Democrats Could Save Speaker Johnson from Potential GOP Ouster Effort

Congressional Democrats appear ready to save Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) from a motion to vacate if one is triggered, according to a report.

“More than two dozen Democrats told POLITICO they expect a swath of the party to step in and save the Republican speaker,” should Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) move on her motion to vacate against him, the outlet’s Nicholas Wu and Daniella Diaz reported.

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Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO) bluntly predicted that most Democrats in the conference would back Johnson if a privileged motion to vacate arose.

Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Pérez (D-WA) told Politico that Johnson “showed he was a leader worth saving” by moving his $95 billion foreign aid

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