House Speaker Mike Johnson said Tuesday he won’t resign, as another lawmaker calls for him to step down or face an effort to remove him from the top post.
House Speaker Mike Johnson is facing a new call by another Republican lawmaker to step down or face removal, but he said Tuesday he’s not resigning.
Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie said Tuesday that he’d co-sponsor a the speaker filed last month by GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia. She laid the groundwork for an eventual vote to strip Johnson of his gavel after he worked with Democrats to approve a government funding package and avert a partial shutdown weeks ago. But Greene has yet to commit to a timeline on calling for a vote on the resolution to remove Johnson.
Massie said he told Johnson in the closed-door Republican conference meeting Tuesday morning that he would co-sponsor the motion to vacate, adding in a post on social media that Johnson «should pre-announce his resignation» so the conference can work on selecting his replacement.
