Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said Sunday she will oust House Speaker Mike Johnson unless he resigns after the House passes a $95 billion aid package that includes foreign aid to Ukraine. He asserted that he intends to implement the initiative.
“Mike Johnson's leadership is over. He needs to do the right thing to resign and allow us to move forward in a managed process,” Greene, a Republican, told Fox News' “Sunday Morning.”・He spoke in an interview with “Futures''. “If he doesn't, he will be fired.”
Asked if she would move forward with a motion to remove Johnson from office, Greene said: “Regardless of what Mike Johnson decides, it's coming.”
Prime Minister Johnson's office was asked to comment on the change in the House of Commons' stance on the motion to vacate, and he told NBC News on Saturday that he “won't walk around the Capitol because I'm worried about the motion to vacate.” , instructed him to introduce the Chairman's recent remarks. ”
“I have to do my job. We did it. I did what I believed was right here so that the House can carry out its will,” he told reporters Saturday. That's true.'' “And like I said, you do the right thing and let the chips fall where they may. I'll keep doing it.”
Mr Johnson faces a backlash from the far-right wing of his party after joining Democrats on Saturday to pass a major foreign aid package that includes $60.8 billion in aid to Ukraine. Republican Reps. Paul Gosar of Arizona and Thomas Massey of Kentucky signed a motion to resign that Greene drafted but has not yet brought to the floor as a privilege resolution.
If the motion were brought to the floor, three votes from Republicans could be enough to pass it, provided all Democrats in the chamber support it. But some House Democrats have indicated they intend to vote to save Mr. Johnson.
Rep. Jared Moskowitz (R-Fla.), a moderate on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, slammed Greene's efforts to oust Johnson on Sunday when asked about her criticism of the foreign aid package. did.
“What Marjorie Taylor Greene and Thomas Massey and Paul Gosar are trying to accomplish by firing the Speaker of the House this moment after October 7th will only embolden China, and only embolden Russia. right. [and] That will only embolden Iran,” Moskowitz said on “Fox News Sunday.”
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.), a progressive who serves on the House Armed Services Committee, said Sunday he would protect Mr. Johnson's job if far-right members follow through on their threat to oust him. .
“I'm a progressive Democrat, and I think there are some progressive Democrats who would do the same thing. And I disagree with Chairman Johnson on many issues and have been very critical of him. But he did the right thing here,” Khanna said in an interview on ABC News' “This Week,” referring to Johnson's foreign aid package. On the floor. “And he is entitled to continue his job until the end of this term.”
The change from the Democratic Party comes considering the party firmly supported the resignation motion that led to former Speaker Kevin McCarthy's ouster last October and ultimately resulted in Johnson taking the gavel. is noteworthy. Lawmakers tried to remove the Speaker during previous legislative terms, but the motion never reached the floor for a vote.