Conservatives Call for Mike Johnson to 'Come Home' to the Republican Party or Face Ouster Vote

Conservatives Call for Mike Johnson to ‘Come Home’ to the Republican Party or Face Ouster Vote


Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) convened Tuesday with a trio of Republicans calling for him to abandon his coalition government with Democrats and “come home” to the Republican Party that elevated him to the Speakership.

Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), Thomas Massie (R-KY) and Paul Gosar (R) met in Johnson’s Capitol office for about an hour to continue a Monday discussion between Johnson, Green, and Massie. The group of conservatives continue moving closer to forcing a motion to vacate vote that could strip Johnson of his gavel.

Details of that Monday meeting, in which Greene and Massie proposed a series of accountability measures to ensure the Speaker would not advance an agenda opposed by Republicans, leaked early Tuesday to two establishment media outlets. Prior

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