Less than a month ago, just before the Easter Recess, Marjorie Taylor Green filed a motion to have Mike Johnson vacate his position as Speaker of the House. At the time, I noted that it didn’t appear that it had the support to go to go anywhere at the time. That was then, this is now. This morning, Jake Sherman of Punchbowl News, who broke the story about MTG’s motion, shared the following on x-tter:
Massie is a member of the House Rules Committee and wields a lot of power within the Republican Caucus. Massie has since confirmed this story on his x-tter feed:
This decision seems tied to Johnson’s attempt to bring Foreign Aide funding for Israel, Taiwan, and most importantly for this fight–Ukraine–up for a vote. Former President Trump has publicly announced that he does not want Republicans to make any border or Ukraine funding agreements until after the election.
Johnson has since publicly stated he is not resigning, setting up a battle within the razor-thin House Republican Majority. On the one side, we have Trump’s strongest supporters in the House who don’t want any legislation moving forward that entails any form of compromise. On the other side, you have moderate Republicans, including those in more competitive districts and those interested in actually governing, who have signaled that if the House doesn’t vote on these aid packages in some form, they will take the unusual step of bringing the Senate bill to the floor via a discharge petition.
Beyond all that, there is a question of what the Democrats will do. Johnson will need their support to stay in the Speakership. Plus, they’re not sure how to react to them finally not being the party that is constantly in “disarray.” Well, other than popping popcorn and dreaming of the solution to this mess being “Speaker Jefferies”–which while still unlikely seems a bit more possible as of today.
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Author: Matt Bernius
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