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House Democratic leadership announced on Tuesday that if a motion to vacate Speaker Mike Johnson is brought to the House floor for a vote, they would vote to table the effort — effectively saving the speaker from ouster. Less than an hour later, Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene indicated that she will trigger a move to oust Johnson to put members on the record.
Greene introduced a motion to vacate the speaker’s chair last month. Her push to remove Johnson came after a vote to fund the government to prevent a shutdown — which Johnson needed Democratic votes to pass.
« We will vote to table Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Motion to Vacate the Chair. If she invokes the motion, it will not succeed, » the leaders wrote in a statement.
This means Democrats have now put it on the record that they would save Johnson if a motion to vacate is brought to the floor for a vote.
Greene — who had not provided a timeline or any insight into if she will make the motion to vacate resolution privileged, meaning it would force the House to take it up at some point — signaled in a post on X shortly after the Democrats’ announcement that she will force a floor vote to remove Johnson from the speakership.
« Mike Johnson is officially the Democrat Speaker of the House. Here is their official endorsement of his Speakership, » Rep. Greene said in a statement on X, citing the statement from House Democratic leadership.
Greene said he should « resign » or « switch parties. »
« If the Democrats want to elect him Speaker (and some Republicans want to support the Democrats’ chosen Speaker), I’ll give them the chance to do it.
