MTG Files Motion to Vacate the Speaker's Chair As Funding Package Passes House

[Webster]

(The Guardian) Rightwing congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene moves to oust Mike Johnson as House speaker - report
Rightwing Republican congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene has filed a motion to remove Mike Johnson as speaker of the House, Punchbowl News reports:

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Here is Marjorie Taylor Greene’s floor speech from earlier today assailing the government funding bill currently under consideration by the House:


Voting is nearly done on the measure, which requires a two-thirds majority to pass. It currently has received 285 votes in favor and 132 opposed. Fifteen lawmakers have yet to weigh in.

 

[Webster]

(The Guardian) Rightwing congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene confirms effort to remove Mike Johnson over government funding
Speaking to reporters outside the Capitol, rightwing Republican congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene confirmed she has filed a motion to remove Mike Johnson as House speaker, but described it as “a warning” rather than an attempt to boot him.

The Georgia lawmaker cited Johnson’s approach to funding the government, and criticized him for working with Democrats.

“I filed a motion to vacate today, but it’s more of a warning and a pink slip,” she said. “I do not wish to inflict pain on our conference and to throw the House in chaos, but this is basically a warning and it’s time for us to go through the process, take our time and find a new speaker of the house that will stand with Republicans and our Republican majority instead of standing with the Democrats.”

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Marjorie Taylor Greene listed a ream of grievances against Mike Johnson, much of which centered on his approach to funding the government.

She noted that, since become speaker in late October, he allowed votes on short-term measures to keep the government open, and gave lawmakers less than 72 hours to consider the just-passed legislation to prevent a partial shutdown that would have begun at midnight.

Greene did not like any of that: This is a betrayal of the American people. This is a betrayal of Republican voters. And the bill that we were forced to vote on forced Republicans to choose between funding to pay our soldiers and, in doing so, funding late-term abortion. This bill was basically a dream and a wish list for Democrats and for the White House. It was completely led by Chuck Schumer, not our Republican speaker of the House, not our conference, and we weren’t even allowed to put amendments to the floor to have a chance to make changes to the bill.

 

[NeoMetallix]

I was in support of this before but the powers that be will never let an actual good Republican be speaker.

They aren't any different from Democrats, they both will spend way more than they have. 1 trillion every 100 days now, deficits very close to where we were DURING COVID!!

 

[Webster]

I was in support of this before but the powers that be will never let an actual good Republican be speaker.

They aren't any different from Democrats, they both will spend way more than they have. 1 trillion every 100 days now, deficits very close to where we were DURING COVID!!

*deadpans* Why don't we just put the Democrats in charge then?

I mean, seriously, Neo, this was a Morton's Fork decision Speaker Johnson made; had he gone through the normal amendment process it would've been loaded with every Freedom Caucus member's wet dream and it would've gone nowhere - nowhere! - in the Senate OR you pass it as is, under suspension of the rules requiring a 2/3rds' vote of the members present in order to pass it.

Johnson chose it because while he is pretty much what every conservative around wants in an elected official, he's also smart enough to read the polls and knows he has to fashion something that will pass a divided Congress, especially when said Congress has very narrow majorities.

I know this, Neo: you wouldn't have seen stuff like this happen in past Congresses because guys Newt Gingrich and Denny Hastert would've stomped MTG the minute she filed that motion and likely would've had her primaried for it.

 

[NeoMetallix]

Well someone with a spine wouldn't allow this turd of a bill to pass. It's literally funding our government's own demise.

Yeah it wouldn't pass if they actually had common sense budgeting, that's no big deal. If they couldn't pass it, you know what would happen? The government would have to run on taxes only. Gee... Only able to spend the income I make? HOW TERRIBLE!!

 

[riseabovethis]

Well I hope she takes care of it quickly so she can get back to dealing with those Jewish lasers that she said were starting all those wildfires in California.

 

[Nebulous's iconNebulous]

Well I hope she takes care of it quickly so she can get back to dealing with those Jewish lasers that she said were starting all those wildfires in California.

Yeah thats what started them