Former President Donald Trump on Friday said that he gets along well with both Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene and House Speaker Mike Johnson amid Greene’s push to oust the Republican leader.
The Georgia congresswoman has publicly criticized Johnson for working across the aisle with Democrats to put forth legislation on issues like foreign aid, and she recently filed a motion to remove him from his position as speaker.
During a joint press conference with Johnson at Mar-a-Lago, Trump was asked about Greene’s motion.
The former president told reporters that he was “getting along very well with the speaker, and I get along very well with Marjorie.”
“We have a speaker who was voted in, and it was a complicated process, and I think it’s not an easy situation for any speaker,” Trump continued. “I think he’s doing a very good job.”
This is a developing story and will be updated when more information becomes available.
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