Gingrich: 'It would be totally stupid' to move forward with motion to oust Johnson
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) slammed the idea of moving forward with the motion to vacate current Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), calling it “totally stupid.”
Gingrich argued he does not think another GOP member could get 218 votes to succeed Johnson, and the chamber would be embroiled in more turmoil.
“It would be totally stupid,” Gingrich told Politico in an interview published Friday. “My question would be, ‘Show me the 218 you’ve got for somebody,’ because otherwise what you’re doing is putting us through three weeks of looking like idiots — which [Rep. Matt] Gaetz [R-Fla.] managed to do.”
The former Speaker referenced Gaetz’s motion to vacate, which led to the removal of former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) in October, an action that paralyzed the House for three weeks as it struggled to elect the next leader.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/gingrich-totally-stupid-move-forward-143234056.html
Yes it would but you lowered the bar to start with. The GOP has followed that trend ever since.
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