MTG Pulls the Trigger, Forces the House to Vote to Expel Speaker Johnson

Breitbart ^ | 08 May 2024 | Bradley Jaye

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) has filed a privileged motion to vacate the chair, forcing the House to vote within two legislative days to eject Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA).

Johnson is expected to immediately move to table – and effectively kill – the motion, a vote which requires a simple majority. Yet House rules do not prohibit Greene, or any other lawmaker, from forcing additional votes, and she and her allies have not tipped their hand as to what they’ll do should the motion be killed.

Further, Johnson’s immediate future, despite assurances from Johnson-friendly media outlets, is far from certain. Some Republicans, including those who will vote against ejecting Johnson, may vote against the tabling motion out of principle. Rep. Warren Davidson (R-OH) has announced he would do so, although he has not said how he will vote on the motion to vacate itself.

Greene pulled the trigger Wednesday after almost two months of warnings for Johnson to end his coalition government with Democrats during which the endangered Speaker unleashed a torrent of President Joe Biden’s priorities into law.

While long anticipated, the motion’s inevitability seemed to wane this week as Greene and Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) met Monday and Tuesday with Johnson for a combined three hours to discuss a path forward. The pair proposed four accountability measures to ensure the Speaker would not advance an agenda opposed by a majority of Republicans, including preventing further American funding of Ukraine’s faraway war.

Johnson had continued to state he was hearing the duo out and considering their proposals while insisting it was “not a negotiation.”

But Tuesday evening, after complaining (yet again) he had not been getting enough sleep, Johnson appeared to let the veil drop, sneering and rolling his eyes when asked if he would give Greene an answer soon.

[unlearner]

“McCarthy is pure scum.”

Yep.

I never heard McCarthy criticize the groper-in-chief for his very public inappropriate touching of young girls, as well as what his own son and daughter have said about his perversion. McCarthy would rather attack one of the few consistent conservatives in his own party.

[CivilWarBrewing]

ALL of these Swamp Rat useful idiots write books (that nobody reads), and THIS is how they are PAID OFF BY THE DEEP STATE for this LIES and misdeeds. CASSIDY HUTCHINSON is also a perfect example.

Proceeds from Books = Money laundering 101.

[Alvin Diogenes]

The headline from Breitbart is so poorly written that it's false:

MTG Pulls the Trigger, Forces the House to Vote to Expel Speaker Johnson

She may be forcing the House to vote on expelling Johnson, but she can't force the House to vote to expel him.