White House goes to war with Marjorie Taylor Greene for warning she won’t vote to avoid a
White House goes to war with Marjorie Taylor Greene for warning she won’t vote to avoid a government shutdown until Joe is impeached over any links to son Hunter’s business deals
- MTG on Thursday listed her demands for helping avoid a government shutdown
- They included an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden
- The White House hit back at ‘extreme House members’ and a ‘hardcore fringe’
The White House condemned the ‘hardcore fringe’ of the Republican Party on Thursday night after Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said she would not vote to fund the government this month unless an impeachment inquiry was launched against President Joe Biden.
Congressional Republicans are weighing an inquiry as they probe Biden family finances.
Without a new spending deal, government funding is due to run out on September 30, sending federal workers home and shuttering agencies.
In a statement on Thursday night, White House spokesperson Andrew Bates said: ‘The last thing the American people deserve is for extreme House members to trigger a government shutdown that hurts our economy, undermines our disaster preparedness, and forces our troops to work without guaranteed pay.
The White House condemned the ‘hardcore fringe’ of the Republican Party on Thursday night after Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said she would not vote to fund the government this month unless an impeachment inquiry was launched against President Joe Biden
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene on Thursday set out her demands for helping avoid a government shutdown, including launching an impeachment inquiry against President Joe Biden
‘The House Republicans responsible for keeping the government open already made a promise to the American public about government funding, and it would be a shame for them to break their word and fail the country because they caved to the hardcore fringe of their party in prioritizing a baseless impeachment stunt over high stakes needs Americans care about deeply – like fighting fentanyl trafficking, protecting our national security, and funding FEMA.’
Greene has promoted outlandish conspiracy theories and occupies territory on the extreme right of her party.
On Thursday she used a post on X, the platform formally known as Twitter, to announce that she would not vote to fund the government if the House did not launch an impeachment inquiry.
She added other conditions, including ending funding for the war in Ukraine and for what she called the ‘weaponization’ of government.
She is not the only Republican to have threatened to block funding.
Earlier in the week Rep. James Comer, who is leading Republican investigations into Biden family finances, says an impeachment inquiry is ‘imminent’ and that he will use a subpoena to get his hands on emails sent by Joe Biden using a pseudonym when he was vice president.
The House Oversight Committee chairman is chasing allegations that Biden and his foreign connections were central to his son’s moneymaking endeavors.
‘Joe Biden’s role in this family influence peddling scheme continues to grow on a daily basis,’ Comer told Fox News host Sean Hannity on Wednesday.
‘I mean, he was front and center in this.’
Republicans believe Hunter Biden used his father’s foreign connections to enrich himself when Joe Biden was vice president. The White House says the two were never in business together
Rep. James Comer (left), who is leading Republican investigations into Biden family finances, says an impeachment inquiry is ‘imminent’ into President Joe Biden
The White House insists Biden was never involved in son Hunter’s businesses and on Thursday dismissed Comer’s latest allegations as lies.
But recent revelations that Biden may have used a pseudonym in nearly 5,400 emails, electronic records and documents when he was vice president, have given Republicans another line of inquiry.
‘I think there’s consensus in our conference now that we’re gonna have to go to impeachment inquiry,’ said Comer.
‘Obviously, that’ll be Speaker McCarthy’s call, but I feel like we’re there now.
‘I feel like that’s imminent and I believe that that will be a tool in our toolbox when we go to court with our subpoena.’
In the meantime, the federal government is hurtling towards its funding deadline.
The White House is looking for a stopgap measure to keep things ticking over.
A spokesperson for the Office of Management and Budget said: ‘It is clear that a short-term continuing resolution will be needed next month.’