By LISA MASCARO (AP Congressional Correspondent)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Hard-right Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is increasing her criticism of House Speaker Mike Johnson, strongly criticizing his leadership in a long letter to colleagues and repeating threats of a sudden vote that could remove him from office.
As lawmakers returned to work Tuesday from a two-week spring recess, the new attack from the Georgia congresswoman dragged the still-new speaker back into the Republican chaos that has defined GOP House control and threatens to grind work to a halt. Johnson may very well be unable to execute the basics of his job.
“Today, I sent a letter to my colleagues explaining exactly why I filed a motion to vacate against Speaker Johnson,” Greene said on social media about the procedural tool that could force the quick vote.
Greene in stark terms warned Johnson not to reach across the aisle to Democrats for votes he would need to pass pending legislation that hard-right Republicans oppose, particularly aid to Ukraine. That aid package as well as other agenda items are in grave doubt.
“I will not tolerate this type of Republican ‘leadership,’” wrote Greene, a top ally of presumptive presidential nominee Donald Trump, in the five-page letter first reported by The New York Times.
The standoff threatens to