Adding momentum to her campaign of banishing Mike Johnson from his speakership, Marjorie Taylor Greene has publicly announced his time in the office ‘over’, fueling ousting speculations
The House on Friday gave their long-stalling nod to the impending Ukraine aid bill after Democrats unified to make sure the bill reaches its final passe aggravating few hard-right conservatives. Among few who felt personally betrayed by his speakership’s unwavering determination to get the bill passed and approved on in the highly conflicted house – Marjorie Taylor Greene took a peculiar offence.
Her constant lambasting post on Mike Johnson has awakened media frenzy – balling personal strikes against the house speaker. It is a strategy aiming to pool more hard-conservatives together who too believe ideologically betrayed and share determination to oust Johnson from the office.
The threshold of her attacks has not peaked high as she renews her agenda with more force than before expressing how betrayed she and her counterparts felt after Johnson worked with Democrats to get the Ukraine aid bill passed. Subsequent to the passage, Marjorie Taylor Greene launched a new threat against Mr. Johnson claiming that his speakership was ‘over’.
“Mike Johnson’s Speakership is OVER! He has betrayed Republicans by handing the gavel to the Democrats. It is time for him to resign”, excludes Taylor Greene, Rep. Republican for Georgia.
Marjorie Taylor Greene and her personal distaste for Ukraine aid bill
Marjorie Taylor Greene’s endless saga to oust speakership hasn’t come suddenly, it is enveloped in her personal distaste for a bill which she believes has become a center of attention in the Congress when there are issues the country itself is dealing with.
Concentrating his resources, all to fund foreign wars and support Democrats who are unbothered seeing their own people struggling with high soaring inflation has arose a binding divide in the house. Mike Johnson ended months of stalling on an aid package of $95.3 billion for Ukraine, desperate for defense against Russia – as well as billions for allies including Israel and Taiwan, defying the far right of his party.
In a historic bipartisan vote, 210 Democrats and 101 Republicans joined to support Ukraine, with 112 Republicans – majority of the GOP members – voting against. The majority GOP members disapproving the aid bill for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan can become a key indicator of assuming the future of Mike Johnson as the speaker of House of Representatives.
The Senate is expected to start weighing this House bill on Tuesday and is expected to get passed this coming week, which would enable Joe Biden to pass the bill into law. The law will henceforth, supply a total of $95 billion for war-damped regions, including $61 billion for Ukraine, $14 billion for Israel, and lesser sums for Taiwan and other allies in the Pacific.
Marjorie Taylor Greene’s resolution against Johnson – Is it applicable?
In March, Greene revealed a motion to oust Johnson from the role of speaker. She has not yet tried to force a vote on the issue, but the house Republicans Thomas Massie, of Kentucky and Paul Gosar, of Arizona, are now co-sponsors.
Immediately after the house vote on Saturday, Greene said she wouldn’t take any formal steps to boot Johnson from speaker but all that mattered to her, she was able to put forth for the world and her colleagues to hear that “this is a sellout of America today”, she said. In spite of her assurances, she also has moved the possibility of bringing the resolution on floor regardless of Mike Johnson decides to do. Confirming the support she has been receiving from her far-right counterparts, who are equally confident on the resolution, she said “People need to know this can happen”, further fueling the fire.
But many Republicans have decided to stay headstrong with Johnson, declining Taylor’s proposal to oust him and describing her effort as unfruitful and incapable of fostering a serious damage to Mike Johnson’s speakership.
