Republican Rep. Marjorie Greene works it…..

The next day, when McCarthy traveled to the Pittsburgh suburbs to publicly unveil the Commitment to America, Greene joined him, sitting just behind his right shoulder and beaming and applauding throughout.

The tableau illustrated the slow remaking of Marjorie Taylor Greene — from an incendiary irritant of her own party’s leadership to a slightly-less-incendiary Republican team player, including opposing many of her usual hard-right allies this month by backing McCarthy as House speaker.

Greene’s evolution was part of a deliberate effort that began during her turbulent first term in Congress, in which she alienated both Democrats and Republicans by parroting conspiracy theories and making a series of offensive comments…

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Greene calculated that McCarthy was likely to be the next House speaker — and that her best opportunity at political relevancy was aligning herself with him, one of these people said. She also made the strategic decision to position herself as conduit between the populist base and her party’s leaders, reasoning that she could lobby for more of her conservative priorities if she had strong relationships between both camps, said a second person, who recently spoke with Greene….

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image…Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) speaks with Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) in the House chamber as the search for speaker continued during a meeting of the 118th Congress, Friday, Jan. 6, 2023…Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post