The US government shutdown extended into its 20th day on Monday with no resolution in sight, as a prominent Republican lawmaker publicly broke ranks with party leadership over the decision of Mike Johnson, the House speaker, to keep Congress shuttered for weeks.

Marjorie Taylor Greene, a representative of Georgia, on Monday morning criticized Johnson’s strategy, calling on the House to return to session immediately.

“The House should be in session working,” Greene wrote on X. “We should be finishing appropriations. Our committees should be working. We should be passing bills that make President Trump’s executive orders permanent. I have no respect for the decision to refuse to work.”

  • Treczoks@lemmy.world
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    3 hours ago

    Well, you can say she is smarter than the rest of the party, because she can read the writing on the wall…

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      3 hours ago

      We should be passing bills that make President Trump’s executive orders permanent.

      Can she though

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        2 hours ago

        I never said she wasn’t a walking heap of shit. Just that she is the smarter of the bunch. Which probably does not require a three digit IQ.