Top Republican Sounds Off On ‘Radical Individuals’ in House GOP ‘Chaos Caucus’ Amid Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Threats to Oust Speaker

A top Republican is sounding off about “radical individuals” in the House GOP’s chaos caucus just as Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) is threatening to oust against House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA).

In a Sunday interview on CBS’s Face the Nation with Ed O’Keefe , Rep. Mike Turner (R-OH) — who chairs the House Intelligence Committee — slammed those who are standing in the way of Johnson putting a Ukraine aid package on the floor.

“Unfortunately, the Chaos Caucus has continued to want to stop everything that occurs in Congress,” Turner said. “It’s not as if they have an alternative plan. They’re just against those things that are necessary… This is necessary for national security.”

Turner said that House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) will not encourage Democrats to participate in any effort to vacate the speaker.

“[Jeffries] has made it absolutely clear that he will not join with rebels in the Republican side to take down Speaker Johnson on this,” Turner said. “And I think, we’re certainly going to see, broad support in Congress to get this job done.”

O’Keefe noted the 20 Republicans who have departed the House during the current Congress and asked Turner if any others are looking for the door. Turner said he does not know of any, and added a broader commentary about the state of affairs in the House.

“It shows that we can have radical fringes, even radical individuals — who don’t really have an ideology or an agenda other than chaos — that can cause disruptions,” Turner said. “And that’s what we have seen. That certainly makes it difficult for people who just want to get the job done.”

Watch above, via CBS.