Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene argued via social media yesterday that the House GOP majority is “a complete failure.” The Georgia Republican added soon after that she’s “done“ with House Speaker Mike Johnson.
Naturally, this led to questions about what, exactly, the right-wing congresswoman intended to do about her position. Evidently, we didn’t have to wait too long for an answer. NBC News reported:
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has filed a motion to oust Speaker Mike Johnson, three sources with knowledge of the move told NBC News, doing so just as the House voted to avoid a government shutdown.
Before we get to what happens now, let’s briefly review how we arrived at this point.
Last fall, when a group of far-right GOP members took steps to oust then-House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, Greene maintained steadfast loyalty to the California Republican and refused to join the rebels.
A couple of months ago, amidst chatter that there were “knives out“ for House Speaker Mike Johnson, Republicans such as Rep. Chip Roy of Texas floated the possibility of targeting the Louisianan with another motion to vacate the chair. Greene initially balked.
“I would say that Chip Roy haphazardly throwing in a motion to vacate is probably about the dumbest thing that could happen,” the Georgian told The Hill, “because I think the last motion to vacate was pretty stupid, and has thrown our conference into utter chaos.” The congresswoman added, “I’m kind of sick of the chaos.”
A week later, Greene went in the opposite direction and said she’d support a motion to vacate if Johnson allowed House members to approve aid to Ukraine.
Around the same time, Johnson told reporters, “I don’t think I’m in any jeopardy of being vacated.”
Two months later, the House speaker’s hold on his gavel is, in fact, in jeopardy.
So what happens now? In the short term, nothing. When Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida filed his motion against McCarthy, he did so as a privileged resolution,…
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