House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y. House conservatives are keeping a careful eye on their Democratic counterparts after a statement from. promise to protect Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., under threat of GOP-led ouster.
“Some people are wondering, isn’t this like a psychiatry, where the Dems are saying we’re going to publicly support you because at the end of the day, they want him out of office?” Rep. Eric Burlison, R-Mo., told Fox News Digital on Tuesday.
House Democratic leaders issued a joint statement Tuesday announcing they would block a House-wide vote to remove Johnson from office, known as a resolution to vacate the chair. This is a procedural hurdle that occurs before the main vote, which, if successful, would prevent the House from voting on the motion.
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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., is leading GOP insurgent threats to initiate a vote on removing Johnson from House leadership in protest of his bipartisan efforts on government funding and foreign aid.
Conservatives are skeptical of a pledge from Democrats, led by House Minority Leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, to save Speaker Mike Johnson’s job. (Getty Images)
Several other lawmakers who spoke to Fox News Digital wondered whether the Democrats’ announcement was a ploy to force Greene to vote.
“In some ways, it’s almost like they’re trying to push him to do it, and I don’t know if that’s the best thing,” Rep. Barry Moore, R-Ala., said.
‘quite strange’
When asked if Democrats were trying to embolden Greene, Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C. Said, “That’s what I heard. That’s the rumor on the Hill, that’s it.”
“I mean it’s absolutely bizarre. What role do they play? Why? …They didn’t come for (former Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif.), but they’re coming to keep (Johnson) ?They’re going to have to answer for this,’ Rep. Ralph Norman, R-S.C. told reporters, referencing the fact that all House Democrats Voted to oust McCarthy In October.
Both Mays and Norman also stated that they were against ousting Johnson himself.
Third Republican calls on Speaker Johnson to oust more than $95 billion from foreign aid plan
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is pushing to remove Speaker Johnson (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
Since Greene filed the resolution nearly 40 days ago, after the House passed a $61 billion aid package for Ukraine this month, it has drawn two co-authors in Reps. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., and Paul Gosar, R-Ariz. Have earned sponsors. , But for the most part, it has fallen flat within the GOP.
Even Johnson’s critics in the ultra-conservative House Freedom Caucus have done so distanced myself Effort to oust Johnson signals little interest in three weeks of chaos eviction followed Last fall, former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif.
‘Privileged’
Greene would have to declare her proposal “privileged” in the House to force leaders to take it up within two legislative days, though she has not yet indicated what she would do.
He and Massie are holding a press conference Wednesday morning reacting to House Democrats’ announcement.
“From the very beginning of this Congress, House Democrats have put people above politics and bipartisanship in common,” Jeffries said in a joint statement with House Minority Whip Katherine Clark, D-Mass., and Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar, D-Calif. At the same time, House Democrats have taken the stand to deliver real results, and we will continue to do so.”
Tension rises in House as Conservatives oppose Johnson over $95 billion foreign aid plan
Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., has joined Greene on the resolution to remove Speaker Johnson. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
“At this time, with our national security work complete, it is time to turn the page on this chapter of pro-Putin Republican obstruction. We will vote on Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene’s resolution to vacate the chair. If she calls for The proposal is, it will not succeed,” he said.
The announcement came during Johnson’s regular weekly press conference and it appears that the speaker was not aware of it.
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When asked by a reporter, he said, “I had heard about it before.” “Look, I have to do my job. We have to do what we believe is right. What the country needs right now is a functioning Congress.”
Greene posted on Twitter in response to the Democrats’ statement, “Every day, I fight the Democrat agenda that is destroying America and I fight for the America First Republican agenda. Mike Johnson is officially the Democrat Speaker of the House. His official endorsement here is the presidency. What disgusting compromise did Johnson make behind the scenes to support the Democrats?”
Fox News Digital contacted the offices of Green and Jeffries for comment.
