Far-right Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene on Monday criticized House Speaker Mike Johnson after he publicly announced plans to hold a vote on some form of aid to Ukraine later this month.
“A cruel joke will be hurled at the American people if Chairman Johnson, after fully funding Biden’s dangerous open border program, gives another $60 billion to Ukraine’s border defenses,” said Greene (R-Ga.). ) recently threatened to move to oust Mr. Johnson. , was outraged by X.
“And it’s not April Fool’s Day.”
Mr. Greene’s warning came hours after Mr. Johnson (R-Louisiana) articulated three possible ways to fight aid to Kiev through the closely divided House.
These three paths include lending to Ukraine, seizing and liquidating Russia’s frozen assets, and leveraging the Biden administration to lift the moratorium on approvals for new liquid natural gas export terminals in exchange for aid approval. It will be done.
Johnson told the Post last month that he felt it was imperative to finish the fiscal year 2024 spending process before delving into the impasse in Ukraine.
Parliament finished its appropriations process last month, and Mr. Green introduced a motion to remove Mr. Johnson as speaker, which, if approved, would remove Mr. Johnson from the chair.
“Look, Marjorie Taylor Greene filed a motion. It’s not a privileged motion, so it doesn’t move automatically. It’s just hanging there,” Johnson told Fox News. He spoke on “Sunday Night in America with Trey Gordy.”
“And she’s frustrated. She and I even exchanged text messages today. We plan to talk early next week.”
Last October, Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) introduced a motion to remove former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) during a dispute over spending. Seven Republican mob agitators and a powerful bloc of Democrats joined him in removing McCarthy from the chair on October 3.
This time Mr. Gates He doesn’t seem to have much of an appetite. That’s because of the rebellion against Mr. Johnson, and some Democrats have publicly toyed with the idea of throwing a lifeline to Mr. Johnson if he brings up aid to Ukraine.
“All it takes for evil to triumph in the world is for good people to do nothing,” Greene said, getting even more excited on X Monday with a video showing the arrest of an MS-13 gang member.
“Speaker Johnson gave everything he had in the House to stop horrific crimes like child rape by illegal aliens when he fully funded Biden’s deadly open borders without a fight.” He completely relinquished his authority.”
“These aren’t perfect bills where you and I and Marjorie could write a bill differently. But sometimes we get bills passed that we don’t like by the slimmest margins in American history,” Johnson said. he told Gordy on Sunday night.
“I think all of my other Republican colleagues recognize that this is a diversion from our mission. Again, the mission is to save the republic.”
When Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.) leaves office at the end of the month, the Republican majority in the House is expected to shrink to 217-213.
Democrats and President Biden have been pushing Johnson for months to push for support for Ukraine, which is retreating on the battlefield against the Russian aggressor.
Mr. Biden asked Congress to replenish the aid last August, and in February the Senate passed a $95 supplemental package allocating about $60 billion to Ukraine.
Amid this pressure campaign, Prime Minister Johnson met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy late last month and pledged that Congress would address the Ukraine issue.
The House of Commons is scheduled to reconvene on April 9 after the Easter recess.
