Colleagues erupt in anger as Marjorie Taylor Greene suffers stinging defeat in effort to oust speaker
May 09, 2024•56 min•Transcript available on Metacast Episode description
Tia Mitchell reports from Washington on the stinging defeat for U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, when her own GOP colleagues and substantial numbers of Democrats voted down her effort to remove Mike Johnson as speaker of the House.
But first, Democratic state Sen. Harold Jones talks about the Republican-led Senate committee empaneled to investigate Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’ commitment of resources to prosecute the election interference case against Donald Trump and 12 other defendants. Willis has said she will refuse to cooperate with the committee, which was given the go-ahead by Lt. Gov. Burt Jones, a MAGA Republican who was an initial target of the Willis investigation.
Then, AJC government reporter Mark Niesse joins the podcast to discuss election-related measures Gov. Brian Kemp signed into law this week. The new laws will give broader power for challenges to voter eligibility, require more audits of votes and tighten ballot security.
Links to topics:
Tia Mitchell: MTG effort to oust speaker fails in a stinging rebuke to Greene
Willis vows not to cooperate with GOP-led Senate probe
Mark Niesse: Kemp signs election laws broadening voter eligibility challenges and more
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