GOP hardliners push to purge Marjorie Taylor Greene from House Freedom Caucus: report

Republican hardliners in the House Freedom Caucus reportedly don't think Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) is enough of a right-wing ideologue for their standards.

Politico reports that two Freedom Caucus members recently pushed for the group to start purging members who are inactive or who are too cozy with Republican leadership -- and that includes Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), who has been accused by some on the right of cozying up to House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) at the expense of her right-wing purity.

Although House Freedom Caucus Chairman Scott Perry (R-PA) denied that Greene had become a target for a purge, the publication also writes that "the fact that he had to illustrates how the group continues to struggle with its identity since former President Donald Trump left office, not to mention the acrimony caused in the lead-up to the handshake deals McCarthy made to win conservative votes during January’s grueling speakership battle."

Sources also tell Politico that some Freedom Caucus members no longer speak as freely as they used to during meetings for fears that other members will snitch on them to McCarthy, who has been feuding with the group ever since he cut a bipartisan deal with President Joe Biden to raise the debt ceiling.

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