Marjorie Taylor Greene calls it 'an embarrassment' the Republican-led House isn't in session during the shutdown

The Georgia Republican sharply criticized her party during an appearance on "The View," but focused her remarks on congressional Republicans, not President Trump.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene used an appearance on "The View" to take direct aim at her own party, saying it’s “an embarrassment” that the GOP-controlled House is not in session more than a month into the government shutdown.

“I want all federal employees to be paid. I want all the programs to be funded,” Greene, R-Ga., said Tuesday on the ABC show. “That is our job, all of us together, Republicans and Democrats, in the House and the Senate.”

The shutdown has now tied the longest in U.S. history, disrupting paychecks and curtailing or halting many services at federal agencies. Most government workers are furloughed or working without pay, and millions of households haven't received their November benefits under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as food stamps.

Greene, who has not held back from faulting fellow Republicans during the standoff, said Tuesday she had grown “really tired of the pissing contest in Washington, D.C., between the men.”

Her frustration was especially pointed toward House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La. Greene said that she “yelled at” him last week, and criticized her party for failing to plan for expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies, which, though she is not a fan, could leave millions of Americans facing higher insurance costs next year.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/marjorie-taylor-greene-house-republicans-government-shutdown-rcna241934


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