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Marjorie Taylor Greene Enters Exile From Powerful Freedom Caucus

Georgia GOP firebrand, ousted after insulting Lauren Boebert, is a close ally of Speaker Kevin McCarthy

‘I enjoy being a free agent,’ says Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, pictured at the U.S. Capitol earlier this year. Julia Nikhinson/CNP/Zuma Press

By Siobhan Hughes

and Simon J. Levien

Updated July 13, 2023 5:46 pm ET

WASHINGTON—The breakup of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and the most powerful conservative caucus in the House was likely sealed when she called her colleague Rep. Lauren Boebert “a little bitch.”

Greene had made her name as a firebrand hard-right Georgia congresswoman and fit well into the House Freedom Caucus ideologically. But ever since she played a role in helping Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R., Calif.) overcome 14 failed votes to become speaker, she and caucus colleagues clashed over whether to continue to make life difficult for McCarthy, as Boebert and some others have done, or assist leadership in passing legislation, Greene’s preferred tack.