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MTG has filed privilege motion to vacate Speakership (Original Post) LetMyPeopleVote May 8 OP
Feels like magats are losing control. Hope I'm right. lindysalsagal May 8 #1
I think you're right to a certain extent wryter2000 May 8 #5
These boos make me smile LetMyPeopleVote May 8 #2
"You don't like me!" viva la May 8 #3
I'd rather just vacate Marjorie Greene. Initech May 8 #4
She thinks she will be the new Speaker bucolic_frolic May 8 #6
I like it when the members get rowdy Walleye May 8 #7
And right now some "moderate" R's are speaking senseandsensibility May 8 #8
They didn't boo loud enough! demosincebirth May 8 #9
Marjorie Taylor Greene begins effort to remove House speaker LetMyPeopleVote May 8 #10
It's all about the Dems Mordred May 8 #11
This makes me smile LetMyPeopleVote May 8 #12
MTG's motion has already been voted down LetMyPeopleVote May 8 #13
Decorum! Decorum! keithbvadu2 May 8 #14

Initech

(100,166 posts)
4. I'd rather just vacate Marjorie Greene.
Wed May 8, 2024, 05:30 PM
May 8

Then nothing of value would be lost! Most useless piece of shit ever elected to Congress. I hope she gets utterly humiliated.

senseandsensibility

(17,264 posts)
8. And right now some "moderate" R's are speaking
Wed May 8, 2024, 05:34 PM
May 8

against her live on CNN. Of course they're not moderate, just scared for their jobs.

LetMyPeopleVote

(146,181 posts)
10. Marjorie Taylor Greene begins effort to remove House speaker
Wed May 8, 2024, 05:35 PM
May 8

This will be fun to watch



https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/house-speaker-mike-johnson-vote-05-08-24/h_f505ee1d2bd5601829947f8d0f6f452d

GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene called up a resolution to remove Republican Speaker Mike Johnson on the House floor Wednesday evening, a move that starts the clock to force a vote over ousting the Louisiana Republican from his leadership post. It's a major challenge to the speaker even though he is expected to prevail with help from Democrats.

Now that Greene has put the process in motion, the House will have to consider the issue within two legislative days. House GOP leaders are expected to quickly take up and move to kill Greene’s motion, which could happen as soon as today.

A floor vote to oust Johnson would require a majority to succeed, but a motion to table — or kill — the resolution is expected to be offered and voted on first.

In the wake of Johnson’s push to pass a major foreign aid package over the objections of hardline conservatives, House Democratic leadership announced that Democrats would help Johnson keep his job by voting to table if the issue arose.

A failed vote will give Johnson an opportunity to argue that it is time to move on from the issue. But support from Democrats will open Johnson up to even more criticism from his right flank.

Mordred

(157 posts)
11. It's all about the Dems
Wed May 8, 2024, 05:35 PM
May 8

Do they save Johnson by having enough Reps vote Present to lower the amount of votes Johnson needs to stay Speaker since he did get the foreign aid bills to floor votes?

Or do they let him twist in the wind since he has come out to interfere in the Trump prosecutions?

I doubt MTG knows.

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