House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said on Wednesday that Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) is publicly criticizing the party to secure "the big interview" with media outlets ahead of the midterm elections.

“I’m not unaccustomed to hearing criticism from Marjorie. We have intense fellowship as we say in the Deep South, Stephen. And she knows I’ve got an open door,” Johnson said during a Wednesday appearance on Stephen A. Smith’s podcast “Straight Shooter.”

“She can come in and talk with me anytime, but she goes on these shows. She likes to get the big interviews and that’s fine. Everybody has the right,” he added.

The House Speaker said 99.5 percent of GOP lawmakers in the lower chamber “understand exactly what we're doing and why.”

“Marjorie has a difference of opinion. That's up to

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