Marjorie Taylor Greene backs off immediate vote to oust Speaker Johnson as she seeks deal
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene will meet again with House Speaker Mike Johnson Tuesday seeking to come to an agreement as she threatens to force a vote to oust him.
WASHINGTON — After a nearly two-hour meeting with Speaker Mike Johnson, far-right Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., emerged from his office and said the two will continue their discussions Tuesday morning amid her threats to force a vote to depose him.
"We're going to be meeting again tomorrow based on the discussion that we've had," Greene said, standing in the Capitol's Statuary Hall, though she did not elaborate on what she and the speaker discussed.
She would not answer any questions about whether she was backing off forcing a vote on a so-called motion to vacate the speaker's chair.
But the continued talks between Johnson and his loudest critic in Congress suggest that the two could strike a deal to avert a vote on Johnson's future that would be an embarrassment for the party six months before the November election.
“I have been patient, I have been diligent, I have been steady, and I have been focused on the facts. And none of that has changed," Greene said, surrounded by a phalanx of photographers and reporters. "So I just had a long discussion with the speaker in his office about ways to move forward for a Republican-controlled House of Representatives. We’re talking to him tomorrow based on our discussion today."
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