Posted on 05/08/2024 2:28:41 PM PDT by 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.
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Should have kept McCarthy
At this point, it’s rearranging the deck chairs on The Titanic.
Our side looking like fools again. God help America.
at this point, what difference does it make
It makes a very big difference in who gets to chair every committee. If Republicans had kept the house in 2022, there would’ve been no fake J6 committee at all.
MTG…the leader of the GOP circular firing squad.
Yes yes yes! Another worthless uniparty member bites the dust.
It’s all showmanship... It’ll go nowhere.
Get rid of this creep
She can achieve nothing but calamity for her own party just six months from a general national federal election.
If she wants specific policy bills to be voted on, PUT THEM before the House. No. She seeks to build herself up, in the eyes of some, that’s all.
Johnson is back stabbing traitor and a dirty coward l for one am glad someone is calling him out
We are screwed. He will take whatever the deep state offers him and give the House to the Democrats.
Then the Democrats will force whatever they want to guarantee their win in 2024.
Mike Johnson wasn’t even able to get the Democrats to remain silent. He is so worthless.
Johnson has been busy shelling The Base for a while now.
Returning fire is OK with me as the GOPeers are typically sitting on their hands taking their enjoyable beatings.
Let the Democrats save him and show everyone just how much they love working with that RINO POS.
Where has your side been on these lawless open borders for the past 50 years? Where is the public outrage regarding this 3rd world yellow bile lawfare attacks on Trump? Why did they aid and abet 34 trillion zillion in debt?
Wish she would grow up. She's a pain in the butt..and has "0" accomplishments politically.
No.
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