Marjorie Taylor Greene backs Speaker McCarthy but also doesn’t want to expel Matt Gaetz

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said that she does not approve of Rep. Matt Gaetz’s plan to oust House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.

She also doesn’t think that expelling Mr. Gaetz would be a good move.

“Republicans need to get off the power trips, stop the absurd drama, remember who the enemy is, stop fighting with each other, and get serious about solving the problems that produce annual systemic failure,” she said on social media.

In a 20-post X thread on Monday, the Georgia Republican called Mr. Gaetz her “friend” and compared this to when she was kicked off her committee assignments in 2021, saying that the Republican votes against her “stung.”

In 2021, the Democrat-run House with the help of 11 Republicans voted to strip Ms. Greene of her committee assignments. The move was punishment for her incendiary social media posts made before her election to Congress. The posts included endorsing violence against Democrats, like suggesting then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi should be executed for treason.

“A Republican-led effort to expel Matt Gaetz absolutely will not be tolerated by Republicans across the country. I can guarantee you that. Remember when 11 R’s voted against me and 10 R’s voted to impeach President Trump? Both the [motion to vacate] and expulsion plans are wrong,” she wrote.

This all comes after Mr. Gaetz, Florida Republican, on Sunday said he would force a vote to remove Mr. McCarthy.

“We need to rip off the Band-Aid. I think we need to move on with new leadership that can be trustworthy,” he said.

The speaker said he’ll “survive” the attempt to eject him and that the attack from Mr. Gaetz is personal.

Meanwhile, some House Republicans are preparing a resolution to expel Mr. Gaetz from the House if an ongoing Ethics Committee investigation determines he was involved in wrongdoing.

It would take a two-thirds majority vote to expel him, which would require support from nearly half of the Republicans if all the Democrats support the expulsion.

Ms. Greene said that she agrees with Mr. Gaetz that “things must change” in Congress but that a motion to remove Mr. McCarthy will not “effectively create the changes needed.”

She said attacking Mr. McCarthy would give “the upper hand to the Democrats.”