House Speaker Mike Johnson crossed a bright red line.
Now Johnson will face the fight of his life.
And Marjorie Taylor Greene declared war on Mike Johnson with this warning.
Marjorie Taylor Greene says she will force a vote to remove Johnson as Speaker of the House
Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) confirmed that the motion to vacate the chair and oust Johnson (R-LA) as Speaker of the House is no joke.
Johnson muscling a $61 billion slush fund for Joe Biden’s war in Ukraine followed by Johnson allowing Democrats to waive the Ukrainian flag on the floor of the House was the last straw for frustrated conservatives.
Support for Greene’s motion is building as Congressman Thomas Massie (R-KY) and Paul Gosar (R-AZ) signed on, giving Greene enough votes to boot Johnson.
Greene hasn’t yet called for a vote on the motion to vacate yet, but she assured Fox News host Maria Bartiromo that it was a matter of when and not if she would do so.
“It’s coming regardless of what Mike Johnson decides to do. And we have three more Republicans joining us for a special election coming up very soon. So, people need to know this can happen,” Greene stated.
Greene blasted Johnson for serving as Joe Biden’s puppet in Congress and helping to pass a $1.2 trillion spending bill that kept the border open, an extension of an illegal warrantless spying program that Biden can use to target Trump voters, and the Ukraine money.
“[Johnson] has completely betrayed Republican voters all over the country, and he is absolutely working for the Democrats, pipe-passing, the Biden administration’s agenda,” Greene concluded.
Democrats say they will save Johnson but expect a ransom
Johnson pushed the Ukraine bill through on the assumption that Democrats would join with his RINO allies and vote to table the motion to vacate, which would save his Speakership.
Representative Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) said on MSNBC that while she didn’t plan to vote for Johnson, Democrats should use their leverage to extract further concessions.
“I, again, have to applaud the Speaker,” Crockett began.
“We don’t do things for you or save you because you did the bare minimum of doing your job,” Crockett added. “We’ve got to get something out of this. Listen, we know that the Republican policies that have been pushed thus far are failures. And so the only thing that we can do is when [Johnson] is in a time of need, that is our time to negotiate.”
“That is our time to make sure that we can push through and get something as well. You know, doing the decent thing as allies and friends of various nations and countries, that’s just doing the bare minimum! That’s what we did. We did the bare minimum. Just like getting through our budget. That is the bare minimum! It took us an extra six months. So we don’t reward doing the bare minimum,” Crockett concluded.
Johnson already gave Democrats their way on spending, illegal FISA spying that Democrats used in 2016 to snoop on Trump’s campaign, and funding the war in Ukraine.
What else will Democrats demand in exchange for Johnson remaining in power?
Amnesty? Gun control?
