Hardline Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene called Wednesday for a vote to oust Speaker Mike Johnson, pressing ahead with her long-shot effort despite pushback from…
Greene pressed ahead with her long-shot effort despite pushback from Republicans at the highest levels tired of the political chaos.
One of Donald Trump’s biggest supporters in Congress, Greene stood on the House floor and read a long list of “transgressions” she said Johnson had committed as speaker. Colleagues booed in protest.
It was the second time in a matter of months that Republicans have tried to oust their own speaker, an unheard-of level of party turmoil with a move rarely seen in U.S. history.
Greene of Georgia criticized Johnson’s leadership as “pathetic, weak and unacceptable.”
GOP lawmakers filtered towards Johnson, giving him pats on the back and grasping his shoulder to assure him of their support.
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise quickly moved to table the effort — essentially stopping it from going forward.
