Trump Runs Away When Asked If He Still Supports Mike Johnson
Maybe he was still groggy from napping all day, but Donald Trump walked away when asked if he still supports Mike Johnson.
Maybe he was still groggy from napping all day, but Donald Trump walked away when asked if he still supports Mike Johnson.
Speaker Mike Johnson is moving forward with a package of four bills, including aid to Ukraine, that the House will try to pass on Saturday.
Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Thomas Massie are promising to bring the motion to vacate against Mike Johnson which means the Speaker will need Democratic votes to keep his job.
Speaker Mike Johnson refused to answer when asked if he was going to talk to Trump about Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s motion to vacate.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s motion to vacate has given House Democrats leverage over Speaker Mike Johnson to get Ukraine aid passed.
During the vote on the government funding bill, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) handed a resolution to the parliamentarian after threatening to file a motion to vacate against Speaker Johnson.
Speaker Mike Johnson may put the Ukraine aid bill on the House floor, but only if Democrats help to save his job when Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene tries to fire him.
House Republicans are described as having the knives out and are angry that Speaker Mike Johnson agreed with Democrats to keep the government funding level in place.
On Meet The Press, Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) got called out for falsely blaming Democrats for his firing as Speaker of the House as his bogus reasoning crumbled under questioning.
By a vote of 216-210, the House has voted to remove Kevin McCarthy as the Speaker of the House.
Rep. Jamie Raskin perfectly described the chaos in the House with an epic George Santos joke.
House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) has told Democrats to vote against any motion to delay the motion to vacate and to vote to oust Kevin McCarthy.
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) has followed through and filed a motion to vacate against Speaker Kevin McCarthy. The vote now must happen within two days.
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) is now accusing Speaker Kevin McCarthy of negotiating a secret side deal with Biden and the Democrats on funding for Ukraine.
After Kevin McCarthy caved and a bipartisan CR passed the House with 209 votes, Matt Gaetz tried to fire McCarthy with a motion to vacate, but the House recessed without recognizing him.
The last House Democrat willing to help Kevin McCarthy keep the speakership if a motion to vacate is filed has withdrawn his offer due to Biden impeachment.
Speaker Kevin McCarthy got his House Republicans into a meeting that was supposed to be about investigations then told them they have to fund the government and dared them to fire him.
As far-right conservatives are making noise about filing a motion to vacate against Kevin McCarthy, Democrats aren’t offering to bail the speaker out.
House Democrats and progressives are getting set to give Kevin McCarthy constant headaches by filing motions to remove him as speaker. Politico reported: “Why not? You know, that sounds like a good idea. I mean, you’re still going to need what, 218 for passage, right? But listen, man, he has a very slim majority,†mused…