Posted on 04/30/2024 1:46:59 PM PDT by Coronal
WASHINGTON — House Democratic leadership said in a joint statement Tuesday that they would vote to help save Speaker Mike Johnson if far-right Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., moves to oust him.
"From the very beginning of this Congress, House Democrats have put people over politics and found bipartisan common ground with traditional Republicans in order to deliver real results," said House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Minority Whip Katherine Clark, and Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar. "At the same time, House Democrats have aggressively pushed back against MAGA extremism. We will continue to do just that."
Democratic leaders said they would vote to table or dismiss Greene's resolution to vacate the chair against Johnson, R-La. — a move that would effectively kill the resolution — providing a safety blanket for Johnson even if more GOP critics join Greene.
"If she invokes the motion, it will not succeed," the Democrats said.
They blasted out their statement just as Johnson and his GOP leadership team were holding a news conference in the Capitol, ensuring that the speaker would be asked about it. As the news ricocheted around social media, an aide quickly passed the speaker a note; Johnson told reporters it was the first he’d heard of it. Pressed on whether he had struck a deal with Jeffries, Johnson replied: “No, there’s no deal at all."
"I have to do my job. We have to do what we believe to be the right thing. What the country needs right now is a functioning Congress," Johnson told reporters, adding that the ouster of his predecessor, Speaker Kevin McCarthy, last fall resulted in a three-week paralysis in the House.
"No one can afford that. ... I have to do what I believe is right every day and let the chips fall where they may."
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It’s weird getting lectured to by a guy who talks about America, but doesn’t realize revolution is baked into the Constitution, and who talks about God, but who’s username suggests the founder of country music is, at the least, more than a mere man.
Given that the vast majority of House Republicans support Johnson, the only chance that Greene had in removing Johnson as Speaker was with the help of the Democrats and that appears to be a non possibility now
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