The ultra faction of the Republicans in the House of Representatives, gathered in the House Freedom Caucus, is going through moments of maximum internal tension. The latest and resounding demonstration of such struggle was the recent vote by its around 45 members to expel the very extremist and Trumpist Marjorie Taylor Greene, known beyond the borders of the United States for the skid that she gave in February of last year when to refer to the Gestapo he said “gazpacho police”.
The reason the majority of the ultra-conservative Liberty caucus apparently voted to exclude Taylor Greene from their ranks, in a closed-door session last week, was a public confrontation in which the Georgia congresswoman called Greene a “little bitch.” her formation and group partner, Lauren Boebert, representative of Colorado and no less radical than her. Boebert rose to fame in December 2021, when she posted a Christmas card in which she posed with her four children, all armed with assault rifles to underpin her mother’s resounding message in favor of women. weapons.
Greene insulted Boebert, in the chamber, for having presented a proposal for impeachment or impeachment against Joe Biden without respecting the guidelines set by the conservative leadership, which would raise the measure only after the investigations launched by the Republican heads of the Judiciary and of Supervision of the Chamber regarding alleged illegal acts of the leader.
But at the heart of Greene’s ouster is more than an insult. And it is that a large part of the members of the group for Freedom already had plans to get rid of the Trump follower for her excessive approach to the speaker of the House, Kevin McCarthy, whom they consider too soft; especially since, with the support of Greene, he signed an agreement with Biden to suspend the debt limit of the Administration and thus prevent the country from entering into suspension of payments.
Not all members of the House Freedom Caucus supported Greene’s ouster last week, though the number of refusals is unknown as the group’s votes are secret. In any case, the internal division in the group, not because of this specific matter but because of the strategy against the moderate McCarthy line, is so deep that some American media believe that it is a fight for survival. The group was formed eight years ago, under the impetus of the Tea Party, and soon became Donald Trump’s fan club within Congress. Now, its fragmentation raises serious questions about its future.
