MTG Files Motion to Oust Speaker Johnson

[havarti]

www.npr.org/2024/03/22/1240186860/marjorie-taylor-greene-mike-johnson-motion-to-vacate-house-speaker

A) I can’t stop laughing.

B) “Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., a moderate, called the attempt "lunacy." He called on Democratic House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, to pledge that his caucus was "not going to participate in a stunt," and vote to protect Johnson.“

Because it’s totally the democrats who have been pulling stunts.🙄

[neverfstop]

Buckle up- looks like we're off to crazy town again.

[fernweh]

Why is this woman so dead set on having a government shut down?

[mrsd2006]

Mar 22, 2024 13:31:14 GMT -5 fernweh said:

Why is this woman so dead set on having a government shut down?

Because it will make Biden look bad I'd guess. 

[havarti]

Mar 22, 2024 13:31:14 GMT -5 fernweh said:

Why is this woman so dead set on having a government shut down?

This is in response to the funding bill passing the House with the help of Dems. That bill is on to the Senate now. Same scenario as what happened to McCarthy - he had the audacity to work with Democrats!

[rubytue]

Mar 22, 2024 13:31:14 GMT -5 fernweh said:

Why is this woman so dead set on having a government shut down?

There is a contingent of the voting populace that may respond to burn it down and close everything as a campaign boost. 

[katfco]

Mar 22, 2024 13:31:14 GMT -5 fernweh said:

Why is this woman so dead set on having a government shut down?

I wouldn't be at all surprised if she's just waiting for someone to call on her to lead. 

[neverfstop]

Hmmm...McCarthy is insinuating that Gaetz was the one that filed the motion against him in an effort to stop the ethics investigation. There's some bad blood between those two.

www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/kevin-mccarthy-matt-gaetz-feud-ethics-speaker-rcna144840

“The one advice I would give to the conference and to the speaker is: Do not be fearful of a motion to vacate,” McCarthy said Sunday. “I do not think they could do it again. That was surely based on Matt Gaetz trying to stop an ethics complaint.”

Pressed about his reference to Gaetz, McCarthy elaborated, saying, “It was purely Matt coming to me trying, trying [to get] me to do something illegal to stop the Ethics Committee from moving forward in an investigation that was started long before I became a speaker.”