Rep. Marc Molinaro (R-NY) went off on Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) in an interview with CNN's John King on Wednesday evening, pinning much of the congressional dysfunction on her and demanding she move on from her threats to call a vote to remove House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA).
Greene has turned on Johnson as he faces pressure to bring a vote in the House on defense aid to Ukraine — something she adamantly opposes despite Johnson having loaded the proposed legislation with compromises to the far right, like making some of the aid into loans.
"I'm going to read some numbers that you know too well," said King. "These are more for our viewers. You went 51-49 — you're a freshman — you just went 51-49 while Biden carried your district, President Biden, by nearly five points in a presidential year, you're in a tough district."
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"What happens when you raise your hand in the room and say, people, people, if we keep up the circus, I won't be here next year?" King followed up.
"Well, I would offer to you that I truly don't make my decisions based on that, but there are good number of us who understand that we live in a divided nation," said Molinaro. "We have a bipartisan government and the only way good policy is going to be made better. The only way we're going to stand shoulder to shoulder with our allies, Israel and Ukraine, the only way we push back against evil like Putin, is to do it in a bipartisan way, and I'll want to be judged by my ability and willingness to work across the aisle with anyone who's honest in earnest about solving the problems that face america and the people I serve."
Regarding Greene, he added, "her theater in this constant effort to hold the Congress hostage has to come to an end. I'm gonna have no part in it and a good number of my colleagues, conservative and moderate, believe that enough is enough. It is time to move on and to move past this kind of nonsense."
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