Georgia Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene blasted Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson as a turncoat after the Democrat leadership in the House vowed to save Johnson from being ousted if Greene forces a vote on her the speaker’s position.
Greene has been unhappy with Johnson’s many work with Democrats, such as the passage of the $95 billion foreign aid bill April 20. But the Democrats have now spoken up and pledged to oppose any removal effort by Republicans, The Hill reported.
House Democrat leaders published a joint statement on Tuesday declaring they would vote to table any “motion to vacate” the speaker’s position — a motion that’s required to force the speaker out, like the one that led to the ouster of former House Speaker
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