Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said Tuesday that Republican women are breaking publicly with House Speaker Mike Johnson because his leadership consistently marginalizes them and sidelines their legislative priorities. Speaking on CNN’s “The Situation Room,” Greene threw her weight behind Rep. Nancy Mace, who wrote in a New York Times op-ed that Johnson’s treatment of women in the GOP conference shows they are not taken seriously by their own party leaders.
“I read her op-ed and I thought it was masterfully written, and she’s right,” Greene said. “It is extremely frustrating as a rank-and-file Republican member … that many of us women are not taken seriously, and our legislation is not taken seriously.”
Greene pointed to her own stalled bill to ban gender-affirming care for minors — which she emphasized was one of President Trump’s top campaign promises. She said Johnson vowed to hold a vote after the government funding showdown but has failed to follow through. “Johnson promised me a vote on it after the shutdown, and it has yet come to the floor,” she said.
Asked whether more GOP women will publicly challenge Johnson, Greene replied, “Well, you’re seeing it,” accusing the Speaker of “speaking out of one side of his mouth” while his actions “show the hypocrisy.”
She cited Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, who was forced to initiate a discharge petition to force a vote on her stock-ban bill — a measure with broad public support — because Johnson would not advance it. Greene also noted that Rep. Elise Stefanik “went to war with the Speaker” over a key amendment last week, further evidence of friction inside Republican leadership.
Greene and Mace were among three GOP women who backed a discharge petition compelling the Trump administration to release the full set of documents related to the Jeffrey Epstein probe. The petition gained enough signatures to force a vote, and after months of resisting the proposal, Trump abruptly reversed course and told House Republicans to support it.
The episode ignited a rare public rift between Greene and Trump, once close allies. The former president has since labeled Greene a traitor, a rupture that comes as she prepares to exit Congress — she announced last month that she will resign at the start of 2026.
As Greene heads for the door, her final year in office appears shaped by open conflicts not only with the Speaker but with the former president she once championed. Her latest criticism reflects a mounting internal rebellion from Republican women who say their own leadership is shutting them out — and who now seem increasingly willing to say so out loud.
