Greene defends move to oust Speaker Johnson

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) on Sunday defended her move to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) over a bipartisan spending deal.

On Friday, after the House of Representatives voted to pass a $1.2 trillion spending package to keep the government running, Ms. Greene introduced a motion calling for Mr. Johnson to resign. She said at the time that the move was a “warning” and she did not say when she would bring it to the floor for a vote.

“Americans are tired of the failures in the House of Representatives. We are barely hanging on to this republic with over $34 trillion in debt,” she said on Fox’s “Sunday Morning Futures.” Ta.

“And we can’t have a Republican Speaker of the House who will follow Chuck Schumer’s orders, hand him the gavel, pass the House Schumer bill on the floor, and not allow any of us Republicans to do that.” It’s our job. ” she added.

He reiterated that Mr. Johnson broke the 72-hour rule set by the Republican conference with former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), giving him only one day to read the spending bill. He said Sunday that the spending bill would not address border issues.

“Yet this week, after only six months in the chair, Johnson has led us into a complete disaster,” she said.

“He broke the 72-hour rule this Friday after giving Republicans only one day to read 1,012 pages and not allowing them to pass amendments that would make changes to this bill. Passed a second giant omnibus bill. Chuck Schumer filled the Democratic Party’s wish list with a continuation of Biden’s disastrous border policies.”

Greene also said bringing the motion would give Republicans time to find a new speaker, as it has not yet been brought to the floor.

“This could take weeks. It could take months. It may not happen until the next Congress, but Speaker Johnson cannot remain Speaker of the House. We do not have a majority because we have allowed Mike Gallagher to resign from Congress and Mr Johnson is unable to hold special elections in his constituencies and elect new representatives for the remaining full council.” she stated.

The Hill has reached out to Johnson’s office for comment.