Hardline Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has called for a vote to oust Speaker Mike Johnson.
Politics Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene , R-Ga., leaves a meeting with House Speaker Mike Johnson , R-La., whom she has vowed to remove from his leadership post, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, May 7, 2024. Greene, who is one of Donald Trump ’s biggest supporters in Congress, stood on the House floor and read a long list of “transgressions” she said Johnson had committed as speaker. Colleagues booed in protest.
Johnson of Louisiana marched on, saying he had been willing to take the risk, believing it was important for the U.S. to back Ukraine against Russia’s invasion and explaining he wanted to be onon the GOP turmoil and vote to table Greene’s resolution — almost ensuring Johnson’s job is saved, for now. Trump also weighed in after Johnson trekked to Mar-a-Lago for a visit, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee giving the speaker hisThe move now poses its own political risks for Greene, R-Ga., a high-profile provocateur.
Forcing the vote could bring the House chamber to a standstill, as happened last year when eight Republicans voted to ousted Kevin McCarthy from the speaker’s office, and Democrats declined to help save him.Ousting McCarthy resulted in a nearly monthlong search for a new GOP leader, and there is no immediate successor if Johnson is removed.
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