Rep. Marjorie Tyalor Greene has dangled the threat of dethroning Johnson since late March after he relied on Democrats to push through a $1.2 trillion spending bill to avert a government shutdown.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene on Wednesday said she would next week follow through on her to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson, adding to the dysfunction that has become increasingly routine for Republicans in the lower chamber.
«I think every member of Congress needs to take that vote and let the chips fall where they may,» Greene said at a news conference Wednesday. «And so next week, I am going to be calling this motion to vacate.»
Greene, a Georgia Republican, has dangled the threat of dethroning Johnson since late March after he relied on Democrats to push through a to avert a partial government shutdown.
She has since publicly and repeatedly denounced the Louisiana Republican’s leadership, arguing that he has failed to live up to his promises by negotiating with Democrats and breaking procedural rules to pass major legislation — tactics made necessary by Republicans’ razor-thin majority and GOP infighting. Johnson’s decision to push ahead with to assist the U.S. ally in its war against Russia, which Greene vehemently opposed, was the final straw.
«I voted for Mike Johnson because his voting record before he became speaker was conservative,» Greene said. «But once he became speaker, he has become a man that none of us recognize.»
In mid-April, her effort to oust Johnson gained the support of two more conservatives — Reps. Thomas Massie of Kentucky and Paul Gosar of Arizona. Facing a weeklong recess after the House approved a major foreign aid package that included billions for Ukraine, they waited until lawmakers returned to Washington to start the countdown on a vote, hoping that Republicans would hear from angry constituents and support their cause or that Johnson would resign.
