MTG seeks apologies from eight Republican McCarthy ousters to ‘heal the conference’

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) believes that the eight GOP members who voted to oust Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) have a duty to apologize and “heal the conference” as Republicans have struggled to maintain order in the House.

“So we’re gonna have to get back in the room and see who’s willing to run and be a candidate for Speaker,” she said Tuesday on Fox Business’s Kudlow ahead of the fourth round of GOP nominations for speaker. “But I also hope that the eight Republicans who joined the Democrats and ousted Kevin McCarthy, they need to apologize, and we need to heal our conference in order to move forward.”

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The eight Republicans in question are Reps. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Ken Buck (R-CO), Tim Burchett (R-TN), Eli Crane (R-AZ), Bob Good (R-VA), Nancy Mace (R-SC), and Matt Rosendale (R-MT). Gaetz, who had been a longtime adversary to McCarthy, introduced the motion to vacate at the beginning of October.

Wednesday marks 22 days without a House speaker. There have been three GOP nominees that have dropped out of the race: Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA), Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), and Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-MN). All three could not receive the 217 votes needed to become speaker. Scalise and Emmer’s nominations did not make it to the floor, but Jordan lost three rounds after over 20 Republicans defected to support someone else.

Greene, who is a staunch ally of McCarthy’s, is known for her firebrand comments and was kicked out of the House Freedom Caucus earlier this year.

The Georgia congresswoman backed Jordan when he was the nominee but opposed Emmer as speaker. She said she liked the whip personally but could not back his voting record.

“We need to see a speaker of the House that reflects the values and the views of Republican voters across the country. And they support President Trump and his agenda, and Tom Emmer does not,” Green said.

Emmer withdrew from the race on Tuesday afternoon after it was clear he had too many obstacles to overcome, including the 25 Republicans who came out in opposition to his bid earlier in the day and comments from former President Donald Trump.

Despite Emmer’s allies stating that he spoke to the former president over the weekend and supported him in 2020, Trump posted on Truth Social that electing a “globalist RINO” like Emmer as speaker would be a “tragic mistake.” Shortly after these comments, Emmer dropped out, becoming the third speaker-designate to withdraw and sending the House back to the drawing board for nominations.

Following Greene’s remarks on Kudlow, the House GOP conference nominated Rep. Mike Johnson (R-WI) as its fourth pick for speaker Tuesday night. His nomination will head to the House floor on Wednesday.

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Greene suggested on Tuesday that the GOP may need to go through multiple rounds of ballots to bring the necessary change to the party that the country needs.

“I’d like to remind everyone with a history lesson back in 1855. The Congress went two months with 133 ballots trying to elect a Speaker of the House,” she said. “Maybe that’s what we go through again because I think, and I would argue, the GOP is going through a big change, and it needs to be in America First change. That’s what Republican voters want, and that’s what the American people want, and that’s what our country needs.”