Republicans In Disarray As Mike Johnson To Face Movement To Vacate

Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Thomas Massie are promising to deliver the movement to vacate in opposition to Mike Johnson which suggests the Speaker will want Democratic votes to maintain his job.

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Rep. Massie (R-KY) advised reporters, “I asked him to resign and what he what he said he said he would not. And then I said, well, you’re the one who’s going to put us into this because the motion is going to get called. Okay. The motion will get called, and then he’s going to lose more votes than Kevin McCarthy and I have told him this in private, like weeks ago.”

CNN’s Manu Raju posted when the movement is known as Johnson must depend on Democrats to avoid wasting his job:

This implies — after Gallagher resigns — Johnson would virtually actually want Democrats to avoid wasting his job if the movement to oust him comes up for a vote.

Democratic Rep. Jared Moskowitz says he would save Mike Johnson’s job if MTG brings movement to oust him.

Others like Democratic Rep. Tom Suozzi additionally stated they’d vote to avoid wasting Johnson

“Democrats don’t even let her rename publish places of work, I’m not gonna let her make a movement to vacate,” Moskowitz advised me.

Home Democratic Chief Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) has said that Democrats will save Johnson if he does the right thing and passes a bill to aid Ukraine. Anything less than that, and Democrats will not help him save his job.

The movement to vacate goes to occur. As soon as Rep. Greene formally introduces it, the Home has to carry a vote inside two legislative days.

Mike Johnson may lose his job as a result of the Putin GOP needs to dam all support to Ukraine.

If Johnson does proper by Ukraine, Democrats will assist him. If not, Democrats are going to let Home Republicans throw the physique again into chaos.

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