Greene slams Johnson stopgap funding plan as ‘fake fight’

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) slammed Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) stopgap funding plan as a “fake fight” ahead of the election.

In a video posted to her Instagram page, Greene ripped Johnson for moving ahead with his plan to avoid a government shutdown.

“I think the American people on both sides of the aisle are sick and tired of lying in Washington, D.C., and why set up a fake fight?” Greene told reporters Tuesday. “Like we passed the SAVE Act, I think it was on July 10, we passed it.”

Johnson said Tuesday that he would put the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act and a continuing resolution together and that he was “going to move that through the process.”

Greene is one of several Republicans opposed to Johnson’s plan. She didn’t confirm that she would vote against the government funding plan, but at least six others said they would, which could potentially tank the effort.

“For everyone to stand in there and say that we have to vote for this but in order to vote for it, you have to vote for a continuing resolution that continues the Biden administration’s budget that pays for the Green New Deal, that pays for all these horrific things that people are sick of, it is absurd,” Green said.

Johnson brushed off concerns early Tuesday, saying he would do the right thing and “let the chips fall where they may.”

As Election Day draws near, Greene said she thinks the spending plan will turn off Republican voters.

“We have an election coming up on Nov. 5, the worst thing that Republicans in the House can do is create a fake fight that the base knows they’re lying about and frustrate our voters going into Nov. 5. That’s how you lose the House of Representatives on an election,” she said.

Johnson’s plan passed a procedural hurdle Tuesday afternoon on a 209-206 vote. Reps. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.) and Matt Rosendale (R-Mont.) joined Democrats in voting against the rule for the bill.

A final vote is expected Wednesday. Even if it passes in the House, its future in the Senate is uncertain, as Republicans were not keen on the plan and Democrats say it’s a non-starter.