Marjorie Taylor Greene was booed Wednesday after calling for a vote to remove House Speaker Mike Johnson from office. However, Taylor Greene's motion was rejected by MPs and failed, leaving Johnson to retain his position as speaker.
Marjorie Taylor Greene was booed Wednesday after calling for a vote to remove House Speaker Mike Johnson from office. However, Taylor Greene's motion was rejected by MPs and failed, leaving Johnson to retain his position as speaker.
Mr Green listed an extensive list of “offenses” that he claimed Mr Johnson had committed during his time as chairman. She said Prime Minister Boris Johnson's leadership was “pathetic, weak and unacceptable”. However, the exact details of the violations in question were not mentioned.
Here's a video of Greene being booed in the House of Representatives.
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise immediately filed a motion challenging Taylor Greene's effort, effectively blocking its progress. The motion passed quickly amid boos.
Taylor Greene's attempt to oust Speaker Mike Johnson marks the second time in recent months that Republicans have tried to remove their own speaker.
“I have now filed a motion to remove Unionist Party Chairman Mike Johnson, supported by Nancy Pelosi,” Taylor Greene wrote on X, sharing a video of the moment she called for Johnson’s removal.
Six months ago, former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy was removed from office following a move by members of his own party to pass a stopgap funding package with support from Democrats to avert a government shutdown. This was a significant event that rendered the House of Commons dysfunctional.
Previously, in July 2015, then-North Carolina Congressman Mark Meadows, who served as President Donald Trump's chief of staff, tried to oust Speaker John Boehner.