Breaking: Marjorie Taylor Green files motion to vacate against Speaker Johnson - link

[Alhena]

I despise Johnson, but the smart play here is to make sure this fails, otherwise the Marjories of the House will be calling all the shots.

Link to tweet

[GregariousGroundhog]

1. The smart play to demand concessions from Johnson in exchange for the votes to keep his job

[Alhena]

3. Good point and agree.

[617Blue]

7. We've got demand fully funding the gov't and end this piecemeal bullshit.

That said I'm skeptical of this report.

[Johonny]

22. Demand extention of Trump tax cuts

The ones that affect most voters (the ones for the rich don't expire). They are running on this so cut them off at the knees by extending now. Aid to Ukraine. Vote on the senates dead immigration bill.

Make them vote on immigration, tax cuts and Ukraine during the election.

[Ohio Joe]

13. I agree

Put the screws to him hard.

[Eyeball_Kid]

2. IOW, Trump wants some campaign issues to light up against Biden.

Johnson is on the verge of making deals with the Dems, and MTG is assigned the task of throwing a wrench in the works. This all comes from Trump. Guaranteed.

[Alhena]

5. The motion to vacate is what empowers the lunatic fringe of the Republican party. This could be a blessing

since if and when the motion is defeated, these absolutely dreadful excuses for human beings will no longer be able to wield it as a threat and thereby become the most powerful members of the House. Which they absolutely are right now.

[Ping Tung]

4. The purity contest continues and the Republican party contiues to

splinter into two parties.

[patphil]

6. I'm inclined to agree with you.

Johnson's an asshole, but we don't need chaos in the House right now.
An interesting alternative would be for a small group of Republicans to boycott the vote, or even vote with the Democrats, and allow Hakeem Jeffries to be elected speaker.
Anything to send a message to the far right that the House can work without them.

[Alhena]

8. Hakeem Jefferies responds: "She's a joke" - link

Link to tweet

[brush]

9. What an absolute attention whore. She wants the speakership herself.

[Alhena]

11. More likely just doing Putin's bidding by trying to make the Speaker's chair empty

That's the one 100% sure way to make sure no Ukraine aid passes since they can't even use a discharge petition with no Speaker.

[brush]

14. The funding bill passed and is going to the Senate.

[Renew Deal]

10. That's a lose-lose for Johnson

Either lose the job or get rescued by Democrats.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

12. More proof of CHAOS with the House MAGAts.

They cannot govern.

MTG is WORSE than Judge Loose Cannon.

[Moosepoop]

15. Remember when MTG lost her Supreme Court appeal...

... over the fines she got for wearing her mask on the House floor? That was a month ago. It was reported at the time that Speaker Johnson's attorneys had argued AGAINST her to the SC in that case.

I've been waiting ever since to see her call for his ouster in retaliation. She probably won't be citing that as a reason for it, but I'm pretty sure it's a least a part of it.

https://www.wabe.org/supreme-court-rejects-appeal-from-marjorie-taylor-greene-over-500-mask-fine/

Lawyers for House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Republican, had urged the court to reject the appeal from fellow Republican representatives, though they noted that Johnson and every other member of the Republican leadership voted against the mask policy.

[demmiblue]

16. WATCH: House passes spending bill while Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene introduces a motion to oust Speaker Mike Johnson.

Link to tweet

[NutmegYankee]

17. We could use this to force Ukraine aid to come to a vote.

Tell Johnson he'll get no Dem help unless he stops kissing Putin's ass.

[Kaleva]

18. I agree

[Mountainguy]

19. There have to be enough republicans tired of this

To switch and toss the majority back to the Dems.

[struggle4progress]

20. She's not trying to get him killed, like she did to Pelosi?

[Mordred]

21. Merely a protest move

She did not make the motion privileged so it may never be brought up on the floor. The House is recessing for 2 weeks so she can decide whether to pursue it when they come back or not.

This guarantees lots of media appearances for her during the recess which is her biggest win and desire.