The House of Representatives blocked Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s ( R- GA ) effort to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson from his position. In a 359- 43 vote, the chamber tabled a motion to vacate the chair. 196 Republicans and 163 Democrats voted to block the effort to oust Johnson from the speakership. 11 Republicans and 32 Democrats voted to remove Johnson. The House has unanimously filed a motion to remove @SpeakerJohnson 359- 43R.
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32N— Jake Sherman ( @JakeSherman ) May 8, 2024The House floor booed Greene as she introduced the motion to vacate the chair. ” This is the uniparty for the American people watching”, Greene said. Watch: The house floor pic booes Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene, who has filed a motion to veto the removal of Speaker Mike Johnson. twitter.com/wDAuTEV623— R A W S A L E R T S ( @rawsalerts ) May 8, 2024″ I appreciate the show of confidence from my colleagues to defeat this misguided effort”, Johnson said, according to NBC News. ” Hopefully, this is the end of the 118th Congress ‘ personality politics and trivial character murder,” the president said. It’s tragic. It’s certainly who we are as Americans, and we’re better than this. We need to get beyond it”, he added. Per NBC News: Greene, who had threatened for weeks to force the issue, dragged her feet as it became clear she did n’t have enough support to remove Johnson. Some Democrats had made it clear they would vote for Johnson, especially after he helped thwart a government shutdown, pushed through the renewal of a crucial intelligence surveillance spy tool, and passed billions of dollars in international aid for Ukraine after months of delays, in contrast to last year’s successful vote to remove previous Californian speaker Kevin McCarthy, R. Greene announced that she was making a wealthy motion to resign from the speaker’s chair during the final vote series of the week. She was soon booed by her coworkers. ” It’s a new paradigm in Congress. Nancy Pelosi, and most republicans voted to keep Uniparty Speaker Mike Johnson. These are the eleven, including myself, who voted NOT to save him”, Rep. Thomas Massie ( R- KY ) said. It’s a new paradigm in Congress. Nancy Pelosi, and most republicans voted to keep Uniparty Speaker Mike Johnson. These are the eleven, including myself, who voted No to save him. pic. twitter.com/8 HnfDQ7lBe— Thomas Massie ( @RepThomasMassie ) May 8, 2024″Vacating Kevin McCarthy was a huge mistake. Because of his relentless fighting, every Democratic candidate voted to overthrow him. It’s even worse to ignore Mike Johnson. Because he has given them everything they want, Massie continued,” a majority of Democrats voted to keep him.” It was a great mistake to vacate Kevin McCarthy. Because of his relentless fighting, every Democratic candidate voted to overthrow him. It’s even worse to ignore Mike Johnson. Democrats voted to keep him because he has given them everything they want, according to a majority of them. — Thomas Massie ( @RepThomasMassie ) May 8, 2024USA TODAY reports: The attempt to oust the speaker lacked support from face of the Republican party and its presumptive 2024 presidential candidate Donald Trump. ” If we show DISUNITY, which will be portrayed as CHAOS, it will adversely affect everything! Trump called Mike Johnson,” a great man who is working pretty hard,” on Truth Social. The last tally showed 32 Democrats and 11 Republicans voted against tabling the motion, seven members, all Democrats, voted present and 21 members did not vote. Democrats who moved Greene’s motion expressed doubts about keeping the speaker in charge of the party’s 2020 campaign’s overthrow. Additionally, Democrat lawmakers criticized Johnson for his anti-abortion beliefs and his conservative credentials. Read President Trump’s full statement: Really in: President Trump makes a new statement on MTG effort to vacate Speaker Mike Johnson. pic. twitter.com/dHzPHdPhia— The Calvin Coolidge Project (@TheCalvinCooli1 ) May 8, 2024 [[{“value”:”
The House of Representatives has blocked Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) from removing House Speaker Mike Johnson. The chamber voted 359-43 to table a motion for the speaker to vacate his position. 196 Republicans and 164 Democrats voted against the attempt to remove Johnson as speaker. Johnson was removed by 11 Republicans and 32 Democrats. BREAKING: The House has overwhelmingly passed a motion to remove @SpeakerJohnson, 359-43.196Y
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32N — Jake Sherman @JakeSherman May 8, 2024 The House floor booed Greene when she introduced the motion for her to vacate the Chair. Greene said, “This is uniparty to the American people who are watching.” WATCH: #BREAKING: Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene has called up a motion to vacate to remove Speaker Mike Johnson and is booed by the house floor pic.twitter.com/wDAuTEV623 — R A W S A L E R T S (@rawsalerts) May 8, 2024 “I appreciate the show of confidence from my colleagues to defeat this misguided effort,” Johnson said, according to NBC News. “Hopefully, the 118th Congress will be the last to engage in personality politics and frivolous character attacks. It’s regrettable. We’re better than that. “We need to move beyond it,” he said. Greene, who threatened to force the issue for weeks, dragged on as it became apparent that she didn’t have sufficient support to remove Johnson. Many Democrats, unlike last year when they successfully voted to remove former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), had made it clear that they would vote to keep Johnson. This was especially true after Johnson helped to stave off a shutdown of the government, renewed a spy tool for intelligence surveillance and passed billions in foreign aid to Ukraine after months of delay. Greene announced on the floor that she would be filing a privileged vote to vacate the Speaker’s Chair during the last series of votes for the week. Her colleagues immediately booed Greene. “It’s the beginning of a new paradigm for Congress. Nancy Pelosi and the majority of republicans voted in favor of keeping Uniparty Speaker Mike Johnson. Thomas Massie, R-KY, said, “These are the eleven people, including myself, that voted NOT TO SAVE HIM.” It’s a whole new paradigm in Congress. Nancy Pelosi and the majority of republicans voted in favor of keeping Mike Johnson as Uniparty Speaker. Here are the 11 people, including myself who voted against saving him. pic.twitter.com/8HnfDQ7lBe — Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) May 8, 2024 “Vacating Kevin McCarthy was a huge mistake. Every Democrat voted against him because he fought back with all his might. Mike Johnson’s retention is a bigger mistake. “An overwhelming majority of Democrats voted to keep Johnson because he gave them everything they wanted,” Massie continued. Kevin McCarthy’s removal was a grave mistake. Every Democrat voted against him because he fought back with all his might. Mike Johnson’s retention is a bigger mistake. The overwhelming majority of Democrats voted to keep Johnson because he gave them everything they wanted. Thomas Massie, (@RepThomasMassie), May 8, 2024 USA Today reports: The attempt by the Republican Party and its presumptive presidential candidate Donald Trump to oust him failed. Trump said that Mike Johnson was a good man and is trying hard. The final vote count showed that 32 Democrats and 11 Republicans were against the motion. Seven members, all Democrats voted present, and 21 members did NOT vote. Democrats who voted to advance Greene’s motion cited concerns about saving the Speaker due to his role in the efforts to reverse the 2020 election. Democratic lawmakers also attacked Johnson’s conservative credentials, such as his antiabortion views. Read the full statement by President Trump: Just in: The President makes a new announcement on MTG’s effort to remove Speaker Mike Johnson. pic.twitter.com/dHzPHdPhia — The Calvin Coolidge Project (@TheCalvinCooli1) May 8, 2024
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