- Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert had a bust-up in a Capitol bathroom, per The Daily Beast.
- Greene accused Boebert of taking money from Kevin McCarthy but not voting for him, sources said.
Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert engaged in a public spat over Rep. Kevin McCarthy candicancy for House speaker. But new reporting suggests that the former MAGA allies also had an in-person bust-up behind closed doors.
According to The Daily Beast, which cited multiple unnamed sources, Greene and Boebert were "nearly in a screaming match" in the women's bathroom during the House floor vote on January 3.
The pair argued about Boebert's loyalty to McCarthy on the day of the first ballot to select the Speaker of the House, the media outlet reported.
One source said that Greene confronted Boebert as she was coming out of a bathroom stall. Greene accused Boebert of taking money from McCarthy for her re-election bid but then not backing him in the House speaker race, the source said, per The Beast.
Another source backed this up, adding that Greene said to Boebert: "You were OK taking millions of dollars from McCarthy but you refuse to vote for him for speaker, Lauren?"
The bathroom disagreement ended with Boebert running out of the bathroom "like a little schoolgirl," the first source told The Beast, adding that Boebert told Greene before leaving the bathroom: "Don't be ugly."
(According to USA Today, which cited FEC records, Boebert received nothing from McCarthy's PAC in the most recent election.)
Rep. Debbie Dingell, a Democrat, is alleged to have witnessed the disagreement, per The Beast, but declined to comment on the matter.
Greene and Boebert did not immediately respond to Insider's requests for comment.
Greene was among McCarthy's most high-profile supporters in his ultimately successful bid to become House speaker, with Boebert one of the leading opponents of his candidacy.
McCarthy was finally successful after 15 rounds of voting, but only after making sizable concessions to GOP hardliners.
In December 2022, Greene attacked Boebert in a Twitter thread for refusing to endorse McCarthy for speaker, before it had even gone to the first ballot.
Greene complained that Boebert didn't endorse McCarthy, or former President Donald Trump, even after she "gladly takes our $$$" in getting re-elected.
Boebert intensified the feud by telling the Associated Press in January that Greene has made "unhinged" comments on Twitter.
Politico reported in April 2022 that the pair had not seen eye-to-eye long before the McCarthy disagreement. GOP lawmakers anonymously told the news outlet that Boebert detests being associated with Greene.
According to Politico, the pair got into a tense exchange in March 2020 over Greene's appearance at an event hosted by white nationalist Nick Fuentes. Citing one unnamed Republican lawmaker, Politico reported that somebody had to step in to de-escalate the argument because it looked like they were about to get physical.