Volkonski wrote: ↑Wed May 01, 2024 5:28 pm
Marjorie Taylor Greene to Force Vote Next Week on Ousting Speaker Mike Johnson
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/mar ... k-acb6b3c4
Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said she would call a vote next week to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson, marking the latest chapter in an intraparty struggle between hard-line conservatives and the GOP’s governing wing.
Greene’s decision to move forward with the long-shot effort, over many Republican colleagues’ objections, came after more than a month of holding the threat over the leader’s head and pushing him to quit.
I don't understand why she is doing this now. The Democratic leadership in the House has released a statement, saying that they will vote to table the motion. The only reason that the MAGA caucus was able to oust McCarthy was that the Dems went along.
MoscowMargie has to know that there are more than enough Republicans (RINOs, I guess) who will vote to table the motion as well, which, combined with the Dems, will kill it.
Is she just overreacting to the criticism and bad press she's been getting lately and taking as a dare the statements of a few of the less insane
Republicans Trumpists who have called her out on the issue.
Not that long ago, people were referring to her as some sort of defacto Speaker, without whose support, nothing could happen. Now, she seems to be becoming a pariah even in her own party.