Posted on 04/23/2024 6:22:04 AM PDT by Twotone
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) seemingly won over Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) with his voting strategy over the weekend, as the Democratic representative proclaimed his opposition to vacating the speaker.
Khanna appeared on This Week Sunday to express his support for Johnson, despite the fact that the two hail from opposing parties. As a Democratic politician, Khanna claimed he disagrees with Johnson “on many issues” and admitted he’s “been very critical of him,” but approved of Johnson’s effort to split a previous bill into four bills that were all passed Saturday. These bills pertained to foreign aid to Taiwan, Israel, and Ukraine, in addition to a ban on app stores from hosting TikTok as long as it’s foreign-owned.
“We had one issue, which was give individual votes. Don’t lump things together, and I would give him credit for doing this. I would vote to table any motion to vacate him,” Khanna said. “I think here you have Speaker Johnson who not only put this up for a vote, but he also separated the bills, which I thought was courageous. He let people vote their conscience on Taiwan, on the offensive aid to Israel, and on Ukraine, and I give him credit for that.”
Still, Khanna predicted that House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries will take over Johnson’s leadership role in 2025. Currently the Republican Party holds a slight majority with 218 Republican members against 213 Democratic members. Johnson is up for reelection in 2024, as is Khanna. Both entered the House the same year after they won their respective districts in 2016.
Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), and Thomas Massie (R-KY) are behind a motion to oust Johnson. Neither of them were involved in voting out Johnson’s predecessor Rep. Kevin McCarthy last year.
i actually didn’t see this coming.
When you have the support of the other side...
Liberal democrats protecting a Republican Speaker.
Has hell frozen over?
Cause you couldn’t write this any more strangely than it’s playing out!!
Tells you all you need to know about a traitor. When his usefulness wears out, he’s toast!
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