Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene says she will force a vote to oust Speaker Mike Johnson next week
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., said Wednesday she will force a vote to oust Speaker Mike Johnson, daring Democrats to save his job.
WASHINGTON — Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., said Wednesday she will force a vote next week to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson, daring Democrats and Johnson's GOP allies to step in and save his job.
Wearing a red "MAGA" hat, Greene accused Johnson, R-La., of betraying the GOP and going against conservative wishes on government funding bills, passing Ukraine aid and reauthorizing the foreign intelligence surveillance program without new warrant requirements, among other issues.
"So next week, I am going to be calling this motion to vacate. Absolutely calling it," Greene said at a news conference outside the Capitol. "I can’t wait to see Democrats go out and support a Republican speaker and have to go home to their primaries and have to run for Congress again.”
Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries of New York and his Democratic leadership team issued a rare statement Tuesday announcing that Democrats would band together to protect Johnson by voting to "table," or kill, a motion by Greene to oust him to promote bipartisan cooperation and return to normalcy.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene outside the Capitol on Wednesday. Brendan Smialowski / AFP - Getty Images"House Democrats have aggressively pushed back against MAGA extremism. We will continue to do just that. At this moment, upon completion of our national security work, the time has come to turn the page on this chapter of Pro-Putin Republican obstruction," the Democratic leaders said in their statement Tuesday.
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