GOP Sen. Thom Tillis accuses MAGA Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of dragging our brand down

Republican Sen.Thom Tillis accused MAGA Rep.

Marjorie Taylor Greene of “dragging our brand down” on Tuesday, ahead of a vote to pass $95.3 billion in foreign aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan.The North Carolina senator took the jab at Greene (R-Ga.) after the firebrand congresswoman tried to stop the foreign aid package from moving through the House on Saturday.“She is a total waste of time.She is a horrible leader.

She is dragging our brand down,” Tillis said in a recording played live on CNN’s “Erin Burnett OutFront.”“She — not the Democrats — are the biggest risk to us getting back to a majority,” he added.Greene has sparked a revolt against House Speaker Mike Johnson for backing the military and humanitarian assistance to Kyiv amid its war with Russia, with two other Republicans now signing onto a motion to vacate their leader.“The thing about Marjorie that I appreciate is even though you may not like what she’s saying sometimes, she’s saying what the base is saying in large part, and she’ll say things up here [on Capitol Hill] that people don’t want to hear,” said Rep.Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), one of the three calling for Johnson to step down.

“But they know they’re hearing when you go back home.”But Johnson stood up to the threat to his speakership and passed the four-bill aid package with Democratic assistance that includes $60.8 billion for Ukraine to beat back Russian President Vladimir Putin’s incursion.The rebellion earned her the nickname “Moscow Marjorie” from House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) and others.“Moscow Marjorie has reached a new low,” former Colorado GOP Rep.Ken Buck said on CNN the day before the bill passed.

“She is just mouthing Russian propaganda.”“Putin’s Special Envoy to Congress already delivering for Mother Russia,” Rep.Jared Moskowitz (D-Fla.) said afterward.Greene and other GOP critics have insisted that Johnson backed away from promises to secure the US bord...