Marjorie Taylor Greenes attempt to oust Speaker Mike Johnson tabled by House WSOC TV [Video]

WASHINGTON — Marjorie Taylor Greene on Wednesday called up a resolution to oust Speaker Mike Johnson, hoping to force a vote to remove the Louisiana Republican. However, the Georgia representative’s effort was killed as House members voted to table the motion to vacate.

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Johnson: Motion was ‘distraction’

Update 6:28 p.m. EDT May 8: House Speaker Mike Johnson told reporters that a “functioning Congress” was necessary to pass legislation important to conservatives and downplayed the aborted attempt by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene to oust him.

“Hopefully this is the end of the personality politics and the frivolous character assassination that has defined the 118th Congress,” Johnson, R-La., told reporters, according to CNN. “It’s regrettable, it’s not who we are as Americans and we’re better than this.”

House votes to table Greene’s motion

Update 5:53 p.m. EDT May 8: The House overwhelmingly voted to table Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s motion to vacate.

The vote was 359-43, with seven House members voting …