Sen. Thom Tillis (R-Ga.) on Tuesday went after Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), calling Greene a threat to the Republican Party and “undermining our brand.” said.
“I don't think she was informed. It's a complete waste of time,” Tillis said in a recording reported by CNN and broadcast Tuesday night.
The senator added: “She's a terrible leader. She's diminishing our brand. She, not the Democrats, is our biggest risk to regaining the majority.”
Tillis' comments came after Greene criticized the House's efforts to pass a long-stalled foreign aid bill. The $95 billion bill passed by the Senate on Tuesday and signed by President Joe Biden on Wednesday includes aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, as well as a potential national ban on the popular video-sharing app TikTok. Contains certain provisions.
The package includes $60 billion in aid to Ukraine and $26 billion in humanitarian assistance to Israel and Gaza. Another $8 billion will be earmarked for security in Taiwan and the Indo-Pacific region. The new law also gives TikTok's parent company, Beijing ByteDance, nine months to sell the platform before it is banned in the United States. He may extend that deadline to one year.
Greene did not immediately respond to NBC News' request for comment on Tillis' remarks. She called House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) “ “Traitor to our country” After the House passed the bill and filed a motion to remove him as Speaker for his role in promoting funding.
“Mike Johnson has betrayed America again,” Greene wrote. Post to X This comes after the House passed the aid on Saturday.
Greene went on to say, “Without his dishonesty and betrayal of principles, the House Republican Party and the American people would be stronger.” “We need a new Speaker of the House!”
Greene also criticized her Republican colleagues. write to x“These are the 139 Republicans who voted against my amendment to strip every penny of taxpayer money from Mike Johnson's $61 billion Ukraine war bill.”
“I have done what I believe is the right thing here, and that is to enable the House of Commons to carry out its will. And as I said, you must do what is right,” Johnson said on Saturday. “I leave the tips to them,” he said. No matter where they fall, I'm going to keep doing it. ”
