US Congresswomen Calls Male Colleagues 'Weak' in Scathing Remarks

Republican Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene spent much of last week firing back at House Speaker Mike Johnson after he dismissed her calls to eliminate the Senate filibuster. The clash highlights growing tensions within the Republican Party and Greene's complaints that male GOP leaders are sidelining strong conservative women in Congress.

Greene had posted on social media that the Senate should scrap its 60-vote requirement to pass legislation, which would let Republicans end government shutdowns with their votes alone. When Johnson told her this wasn't possible and called it "just math," Greene shot back with evidence that the Senate had recently changed its own rules to confirm a large group of nominees in a single vote. "I sent him a letter talking about them doing it recently," she said. "They did it."

Johnson later told reporters he called Greene and they had what he described as a good discussion "as colleagues and friends." But the exchange shows how Greene continues to challenge party leadership, even as Republicans control the House.

Greene, a Trump ally known for her outsider stance, has a history of battling GOP leaders. She tried unsuccessfully to remove Johnson from his leadership role in 2024 and previously clashed with former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy before eventually forming an alliance with him.

Now Greene faces what some Republicans consider a major media attack as she sharply criticizes Johnson's strategy on government shutdowns. She's also backing Democrats in calls to extend healthcare support and pushing for votes on releasing Jeffrey Epstein files - efforts that both Johnson and Trump oppose.

"My constituents know I ran for Congress to attack Republicans hard," Greene said in a recent TV interview. "They voted for me because they agreed with that. My constituents weren't surprised by that."

But Greene's attacks also reflect frustration with how she and other conservative women have been treated in Congress recently. She claims there's unfair treatment where strong, capable women like herself and Representative Elise Stefanik get punished or ignored, while "weak" Republican men get rewarded.

Greene points out that Trump filled his administration with women, including the third woman to lead the Justice Department and the first female chief of staff. But in the Republican-controlled House, only one woman chairs a committee, and just three women hold leadership positions.

"While President Trump has a very strong, dominant style - he's not weak at all - a lot of the men here in the House are weak," Greene said. "There are a lot of weak Republican men, and they're more afraid of strong Republican women, so they always try to marginalize strong Republican women who really want to do something and achieve it."

She suggests "jealousy" might be part of this dynamic. "They're always afraid of stronger Republican women because we're serious, and we'll do it and we'll make them look bad."

Greene sees a big difference between how Johnson and McCarthy handle women in the House. She says McCarthy carefully recruited and promoted talented women, while women have been sidelined under the current leadership.

The numbers back up some of her concerns. Only one Republican woman - 82-year-old Virginia Foxx - chairs a committee in the current House session, compared to five Democratic women who chair committees. This is down from the previous session when three Republican women held leadership roles.

For investors and political observers, these internal GOP battles matter because they could affect the party's ability to pass legislation and maintain unity as they head into Trump's second term. Greene's willingness to break ranks on key issues like government funding and her media platform make her a wild card that could complicate Republican strategies.