House Republicans averted one crisis last week, but another storm is brewing.
On Friday, House Speaker Mike Johnson managed to overcome the GOP’s super-slim majority—and threats from internal defectors—to keep his gavel, thanks to some heavy politicking from President-elect Donald Trump.
Failure to quickly elect a speaker could have delayed Monday’s joint session of Congress to certify the presidential election results.
Now, a snowstorm is barreling down on Washington, D.C., and the National Weather Service predicts six to 12 inches of snow could accumulate between Sunday night and Tuesday morning.
Members of Congress had been told not to leave town over the weekend, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) wrote in a post on the social media platform X, but many went anyway.
“Jan. 6 we certify President Trump’s election!” she added. “I’ll be there no matter how much it snows and so should every single Republican!!”
Greene is a noted proponent of weather-related conspiracy theories.
The MAGA diehard made headlines in early October for suggesting Hurricane Helene, which killed more than 230 people across six states, was an inside job aimed at derailing the presidential election.
“Yes they can control the weather,” she wrote on the social media platform X at the time. “It’s ridiculous for anyone to lie and say it can’t be done.”
It wasn’t clear who “they” were in October, or whether “they” were still pulling the atmospheric strings over the weekend. But in any case, Greene won’t let anyone or anything get the best of her.
“I’m here and will walk to the Capitol if have to,” she wrote.
