Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene files motion to oust Mike Johnson as House speaker
nbcnews.com
WASHINGTON — Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has filed a motion to oust Speaker Mike Johnson, three sources with knowledge of the move told NBC News, doing so just as the House voted to avoid a government shutdown.
Johnson, R-La., has served as speaker for five months, having taken over for Kevin McCarthy who was ousted from the top job under a similar process.
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No democrat should ever vote to leave this bigot in the succession line to the presidency.
Some fun things Mike Johnson has done:
Called us a "depraved culture" for having high LGBTQ identification:
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/11/mike-johnson-america-depraved-high-school-students
Made his daughter pledge her virginity to him at a "purity ball":
https://abcnews.go.com/US/speaker-mike-johnson-daughter-profiled-attending-purity-ball/story?id=105785626
And just read what he has to say about gay marriage:
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-times-kfile/134019997/
Well he would mostly just be the GOP's speaker. Dems would have their own unofficial speaker and it would be Jeffries, not Johnson. We could mostly start ignoring Johnson with this arrangement.
Except that he remains 3rd in line to the presidency, has massive power over how the house is run and so would just backstab democrats after any "deal?"
There is two paths, we can either have a compromise speaker who isn't Mike Johnson, or Jeffries, without massive concessions (not just floor time, actual policy concessions) it makes no sense for democrats to save Johnson from his own party.
He's awful. Here's the problem: they're all awful. What's the good choice? Challenge mode: has to also be viable for a vote from his party.
Is Bob dole still alive?
Three years in the grave, which makes him still young enough to run for president