Better headline:
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., suggested House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., is "under direct orders from the White House" and doesn't truly lead House Republicans.
"(Mike) Johnson is not our speaker. He is not our leader. And in the legislative branch--a totally separate body of government--he is literally 100% under direct orders from the White House. And many, many Republicans are so furious about that, but they're cowards." --Marjorie Taylor Greene
-- Ashton Pittman (@ashtonpittman.bsky.social) Dec 29, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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Yet the Republican majority in the House has elected him.
Interesting tidbit, the Speaker of the House does not have to be a member of the House, according to the Constitution.
Can a non-member of Congress be speaker of the House? (2023)
www.cbsnews.com
... As Republicans in the House of Representatives debate who should lead the lower chamber, it's notable that the House speaker -- who is second in line for the presidency -- doesn't have to be a member of Congress.
The House has never been led by a non-member in its 234 years of existence, according to the Congressional Research Service, and experts say a non-member speaker is still unlikely. But it is possible. ...
The Constitution has very few requirements to be House speaker. The person must be nominated by a member of the House, then chosen by a majority of the full membership of the House. For a House with 435 members, that's 218 votes, although there are two vacancies right now.
"The House of Representatives shall chuse their speaker and other officers," the Constitution reads.[1] ...
Wow, yeah, it says "chuse."
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