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ap: Marjorie Taylor Greene triggers effort to remove House Speaker Mike Johnson from office -- (edited)

Posted by mud May 8 '24, 14:43

BY LISA MASCARO AND KEVIN FREKING
Updated 2:37 PM PDT, May 8, 2024
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Hardline Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene called Wednesday for a vote to oust Speaker Mike Johnson, pressing ahead with her long-shot effort despite pushback from Republicans at the highest levels tired of the political chaos.

Greene, who is one of Donald Trump’s biggest supporters in Congress, stood on the House floor and read a long list of “transgressions” she said Johnson had committed as speaker. Colleagues booed in protest.

The vote, which under House rules is required within two days, could happen imminently.

The Georgia Republican had vowed she would force a vote on the motion to vacate the Republican speaker if he dared to advance a foreign aid package with funds for Ukraine, which was overwhelmingly approved late last month and signed into law.

But in recent days it seemed her effort had cooled, as she and Johnson met repeatedly for a potential resolution.

Johnson of Louisiana marched on, saying he had been willing to take the risk, believing it was important for the U.S. to back Ukraine against Russia’s invasion and explaining he wanted to be on the “right side of history.”

AP (apnews.com)

Responses:

leeeeroy jenkins -- nm - hollywood big shot May 8, 15:50 1
- Heh. -- nm - David May 8, 17:06
LOL, who are these people?? "GOP leadership caught off guard by Greene." House Republicans were completely caught off guard by GOP Rep. Marjorie - Jovian May 8, 14:56 1
- Lol -- nm* - znufrii May 8, 15:05
My favorite was when she was talking to the press and said that she was triggering it because he violated the "rule" of only bringing a vote where a - pmb May 8, 14:54
one of her GOP friends called her Moscow Marjorie -- nm - Remlik May 8, 14:53
Thanks solely to this trashbag of human being, Speaker Johnson's standing within his party is better then its ever been. -- nm - Jovian May 8, 14:52
I can’t think of anything she’s done while serving the great state of Georgia, besides showing Biden Jr’s junk and repeated calls for new speakers -- nm - Trending May 8, 14:52 6
- When you’re elected by misguided, petty, vindictive people, is it so wrong to be misguided, petty, and vindictive? -- nm - mara May 8, 14:56 5
  - “Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgment; and he betrays, instead of serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion.” -- nm - Edmund Burke, Speech to the Electors of Bristol May 8, 15:01 2
    - quoting Edmund Burke is a ten kitty feat 😺😺😺😺😺😺😺😺😺😺 -- nm - crash davis May 8, 15:03
    - But what if you really, really want to get re-elected, Ed? What then? -- nm - mara May 8, 15:02
  - Yes. -- nm - Jovian May 8, 14:58 1
    - Ideally, sure. But representatives gonna represent. -- nm - mara May 8, 15:01
congressman Jeff Johnson said on Tik Tok this is just for media points because she knows it will fail. -- nm - Pippy Shark May 8, 14:49
booed as she introduces a motion: -- (link) - mud May 8, 14:45 1
- motion tabled. -- (link*) - mud May 8, 14:49 [Attachment]

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