GOP Rep. Armstrong on Attempts to Oust Speaker Johnson: 'I Don’t Know Who Would Want the Job at This Point'

GOP Rep. Armstrong on Attempts to Oust Speaker Johnson: ‘I Don’t Know Who Would Want the Job at This Point’


Representative Kelly Armstrong (R-ND) said Wednesday on MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports” that his fellow Republicans pushing an effort to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) did not have a replacement plan.

Mitchell said, “I want to ask you about what the Speaker has announced today, that there will be a Saturday vote on separate votes but one rule for the package, but separate votes on Ukraine, on Israel, and on Republican priorities. Do you support that? Or are you supporting Massie and Marjorie Taylor Greene in the efforts to take him down? Clearly, he will need Democratic votes to get those passed.”

Armstrong said, “I do not support removing Mike as speaker. I think he has the hardest job in politics. I had the opportunity

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