Paul Gosar Is Third Republican to Join Motion to Vacate Speaker Mike Johnson

Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) has seen enough. Minutes after Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) surrendered operational control of the House to Democrats on Friday, Gosar announced he would join Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s (R-GA) motion to vacate the chair.

Gosar echoed the sentiments of many other conservatives, saying Johnson surrendered House Republican leverage to secure the border by tying urgent aid to Israel for Ukraine.

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) also has joined Greene’s effort. After Friday’s unprecedented vote, which sets the table for a Saturday final passage of a nearly $100 billion foreign aid package that includes tens of billions of dollars for Ukraine, others are likely to join them.

Gosar’s entire statement reads:

Nearly 11 million illegal aliens have crossed our southern border

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