Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene doesn’t think Mike Johnson deserves his job anymore. She’s no longer alone.
The Georgia congresswoman is getting back-up on the so-called “motion to vacate” she filed against the GOP speaker of the House in March: two more Republicans signed on this week.
These GOP lawmakers argue Johnson is betraying his party, first by passing compromise government funding bills that were not sufficiently hard-right and now by working with Democrats to pass more aid to Ukraine.
But the circumstances are far different from October, when then-Speaker Kevin McCarthy was ousted via a motion to vacate for the first time in American history.
That effort, led by Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida and supported by 7 of his colleagues, was only successful because every single House Democrat voted for it. Democrats loathed McCarthy, and the ex-speaker did little to incentivize them to protect him from Gaetz’s effort.
This time, several Democrats have indicated they’re willing to protect Johnson— likely by voting …