GOP women are over it

共和党女性对此已厌倦。

Today, Explained

2025-12-16

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Some Republican women in the House are so frustrated with the leadership of speaker Mike Johnson that they're turning on him. This episode was produced by Kelli Wessinger, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Patrick Boyd and David Tatasciore, and hosted by Noel King. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene at the US Capitol after President Trump addressed Congress last March. Photo by Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images. Listen to Today, Explained ad-free by becoming a Vox Member: vox.com/members. New Vox members get $20 off their membership right now. Transcript at ⁠vox.com/today-explained-podcast.⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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  • Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene is resigning from Congress in January and on her way out,

  • she's been burning some bridges with President Trump, of course, but also with Speaker Mike Johnson.

  • You're seeing Republican women lash out directly at the speaker

  • because he sidelines us and doesn't take us seriously.

  • MTG is reportedly plotting a long shot effort to remove Johnson from the speakership.

  • She accuses him of, among other things, not having a plan to deal with a coming health care crisis.

  • Millions of Americans are going to see their insurance premiums rise in the next few weeks as a result of the big,

  • beautiful bill.

  • Johnson says he does have a plan.

  • She's just not privy.

  • Marjorie is not here in Washington.

  • She's not on the committees of jurisdiction,

  • and she's she's not involved in those specific discussions, but she will be soon.

  • But the health care subsidies will almost certainly expire this year.

  • Coming up on Today explained why some GOP women are turning on the speaker.

  • When a U.S.

  • boat strike prompts questions about war crimes, what does that mean for U.S.

  • foreign policy and the rules guiding use of force?

  • Have we just started a new forever war that has no limitation, no genuine logic to it?

  • I'm John Finer.