Conservatives Confront Speaker Mike Johnson in Tense Moment on House Floor

Conservatives Confront Speaker Mike Johnson in Tense Moment on House Floor


Just over six months after former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy was ousted from the speakership by House Democrats and a handful of Republicans, current Speaker Mike Johnson faces a similar threat.

A number of Republicans in the House object to the way in which Johnson is handling foreign aid legislation that would give billions to Israel and Ukraine, among other U.S. allies.

Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has already called for Johnson’s removal, filing a motion to vacate the speaker’s chair but not yet pushing for a vote on it.

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The House changed its rules this Congress to allow such a motion by anyone House member, a rule Johnson said on Fox News shortly after taking his role would have to change, according to a

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