Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) took purpose Wednesday at one of the crucial weak Home Republicans as he and several other of his blue-state colleagues threaten to tank President Trump’s signature coverage invoice.
In a Wednesday submit on social platform X, Greene blasted Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) for pushing Home Republican management for the next state and native tax (SALT) deduction cap within the chamber’s “one big, beautiful bill.”
The tax portion of the measure, which handed a Home committee Wednesday after a marathon markup, features a $30,000 restrict on the SALT deduction. Lawler and several other of his Home GOP colleagues, who hail from higher-income suburban districts, say that stage just isn’t sufficient to account for the steep native taxes their constituents face.
Lawler and 4 different SALT Caucus Republicans are holding out for the next cap in negotiations with Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), who has held out optimism for a deal.
However Greene warned her colleagues in a Wednesday submit on X to not hearken to Lawler, who she stated “usually isn’t the guy in the conference with the best ideas.”
“If a $30,000 State and Local Tax (SALT) deduction isn’t good enough for those making under $400,000 then you need to either vote Republican in NY or you need to move!” Greene stated.
“The rest of America doesn’t want to and shouldn’t have to make up the difference!!!!! And Mike Lawler has a toss up seat,” she wrote.
Lawler is certainly one of a number of Home Republicans going through a tough path to reelection within the 2026 midterm elections. Whereas Lawler is thought to be a younger politician on the rise inside the New York GOP, his district — which covers a lot of New York Metropolis’s northern suburbs — might swing closely towards the Republican Get together amid backlash to Trump.
Lawler shortly hit again at Greene, warning her intraparty assaults might price the GOP its slender majority.
“Shockingly the ‘Jewish Space Laser’ lady once again doesn’t have a clue what she is talking about,” Lawler stated.
“By the way, the reason you enjoy a gavel is because Republicans like me have won our seats. Good luck being in the Majority if we don’t.”
