Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) mentioned Thursday she can be open to supporting Elon Musk for Home Speaker, an thought proposed by different Republicans as Congress faces a authorities shutdown Friday evening.
Musk railed in opposition to the persevering with decision (CR) negotiated by Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) all through Wednesday, serving to tank the invoice. Johnson is now contemplating different plans with lower than two days till authorities funding runs out and with President-elect Trump now calling on lawmakers to raise the debt restrict as a part of a spending deal.
Greene, who heads the so-called DOGE caucus, a part of Musks’s efforts to chop authorities inefficiency, echoed sentiments from Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) in suggesting the billionaire take an official function main the Home.
“I’d be open to supporting @elonmusk for Speaker of the House. DOGE can only truly be accomplished by reigning in Congress to enact real government efficiency,” Greene wrote Thursday on social platform X.
“The establishment needs to be shattered just like it was yesterday. This could be the way,” she added.
Minutes earlier than, she issued an announcement criticizing Johnson’s management on the preliminary CR, which might have funded the federal government via March however was sure to require Democratic votes as a result of numerous additions, together with a rise in lawmaker pay.
“Johnson needs to stop the same failed pattern making dirty swamp deals behind closed doors and keeping everyone in the dark,” she wrote on X.
“Republicans need to be working together to deliver the mandate. That requires big changes in behavior,” she continued.
Her feedback come as Johnson’s future as Speaker has immediately come into query about two weeks earlier than Republicans vote for his or her subsequent chief, and with one GOP member — Rep. Thomas Massie (Ky.) — already opposing Johnson, who has a razor-slim margin within the Home.
Nonetheless, Rep. Andy Harris (R-Md.), chair of the Home Freedom Caucus, mentioned Wednesday that he nonetheless supported Johnson.
However he added, “There are a growing number of voices, both inside and outside the Freedom Caucus, who kind of shake their heads at what’s going on this week.”
