Marjorie Taylor Greene Files ‘Warning’ Resolution Against Speaker Mike Johnson

[mwai_chat context=”Let’s have a discussion about this article:nnWASHINGTON ― Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) filed a resolution calling for the ouster of House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Friday, but Greene stopped short of forcing a vote. “It’s more of a warning than a pink slip,” Greene told reporters. Greene and other far-right Republicans said they were furious with Johnson for avoiding a government shutdown by moving a government funding bill Friday with Democratic votes. Greene called the legislation “an atrocious attack on the American people.”If Greene had offered her resolution as “privileged,” the House would have been required to vote within two legislative days. Greene said she still might go there, but not yet.Advertisement

“I’m not saying that it won’t happen in two weeks or it won’t happen in a month or who knows when, but I am saying the clock has started,” Greene said. “It’s time for our conference to choose a new speaker.”The move threatens a repeat of the three-weeks of paralysis the House went through in October after eight House Republicans, with the unanimous support of Democrats, voted to oust then-Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.). Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) filed a privileged version of a similar resolution in October, leading to the fateful vote that ousted then-Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) from the speaker’s office. In its wake, Republicans spent weeks with no leader, rejecting candidate after candidate in a series of internal party votes before plucking Johnson out of obscurity because he hadn’t made any enemies.It’s unclear how much support Greene has, though she said had backing from an unspecified number of GOP colleagues. Advertisement

But at least a few House Republicans are in no mood for another speaker search.“At the end of the day, she supported Kevin McCarthy,” Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) told reporters. “She knows firsthand the level of destruction that Matt Gaetz and others caused by vacating the chair, and I don’t see how she could possibly think this will benefit anyone or the American people.” Rep. Clay Higgins (R-La …nnDiscussion:nn” ai_name=”RocketNews AI: ” start_sentence=”Can I tell you more about this article?” text_input_placeholder=”Type ‘Yes'”]