Cruz calls Greene’s speakership ouster bid ‘silly’; Johnson reportedly ​claims to be ‘most conservative member’ to be speaker

Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas has criticized Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s (R-Ga.) bid to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) from the speakership, describing it as “silly” and “seriously counterproductive” while calling Johnson “a strong conservative.”

Cruz said that Greene’s ouster effort “increases the chances of chaos” and of giving control over to Democrats. “And there is zero chance a more conservative speaker will result,” he asserted during an interview on the “RealClearPolitics” radio show on SiriusXM, noting, “I think what she’s doing is really unhelpful to the country.”

House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (D-Mass.), and Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar (D-Calif.) have pledged to vote to table Greene’s motion to vacate, saying in a statement earlier this week, “If

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