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A senior House Republican predicts that more “explosive early resignations are coming” after Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s (R-Ga.) surprise announcement that she would leave Congress in January.
SeveralGOPHousemembersprivatelytoldPunchbowlNewsthattheywerealsoconsideringretiringbeforetheirtermsend,afterGreene’sNov.21announcement.
It’sunknownwhichRepublicansarecurrentlyponderingresignation,butafeelingthatlegislators’needsarebeingneglectedbypartyleadershipandaninabilitytopasslegislationhasledsometoconsiderquitting,astheyexpecttheGOPtoloseitsalreadyslimmajorityinCongress.
TheanonymousGOPlawmakersaidthatmoraleamongsttheRepublicancaucusintheHousehas“neverbeenlower”andcalledthepresentsituation a“tinderbox.”
HealsopredictedthatHouseSpeakerMikeJohnson(R-La.)couldlosehisleadershippositionbeforetheendofthetermduetogrowinginternaltensionsintheranksandsaidthatmanyblamehimandtheWhiteHousepersonally.
“ThisentireWhiteHouseteamhastreatedALLmemberslikegarbage.ALL.A
