Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene has blasted Republicans in the House for throwing away the majority given to them by the voters.
Greene, who represents Georgia’s 14th district, made the comments on Fox News on Thursday as the House remains without a speaker and another vote to fill the vacancy is expected on Friday morning.
Republican Representative Jim Jordan of Ohio is seeking the speaker’s gavel but he has failed to win the required majority of 217 in two separate votes this week, while there was not enough support in the GOP conference for a plan to empower Speaker pro tempore Patrick McHenry to stay on until January.
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Greene told Fox News on Thursday that Republicans “need to unify.”
“It’s the right thing to do, it’s the mature thing to do, it’s the responsible thing to do because Republican voters across America gave us this majority and we are throwing it away and there is no excuse for it,” Greene said.
Writing on social media site X, formerly Twitter, on Thursday Greene expressed her support for Jordan.
“Jim Jordan is still in the race and he still has my vote for Speaker! Let’s get this done!!” she wrote.
Newsweek has reached out to Greene’s office via email for comment.
A third vote on the speakership is scheduled for 10 a.m. ET on Friday, according to Jordan spokesman Russell Dye. No vote to elect a speaker took place on Thursday.
The Republican conference met at 11 a.m. for four hours on Thursday and it became clear that there was not enough support for a plan that would have empowered Speaker pro tempore McHenry until January.
It is possible to grant the speaker powers on a temporary basis, which would allow the House to get to work on passing legislation and move forward on spending bills to avert a November 17 government shutdown.
On Wednesday, Jordan won 199 votes from his Republican colleagues but 22 voted for another Republican, leaving him short of the 217 votes needed to secure the role of speaker.
All 212 Democratic representatives voted for House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
Five GOP members voted for former Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, who was ousted from the position in early October.
Seven Republicans cast their votes for House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, who was seen as the leading contender to succeed McCarthy but dropped out of the race due to the fact that he did not have enough support in the Republican conference to win the gavel.
Scalise had won a majority of votes in the GOP conference, garnering 113 votes to Jordan’s 99, but it appeared that he had no path to 217 when the matter came to the House floor.