Embattled House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) has been instrumental in getting a spending measure passed to continue the war in Ukraine by providing billions of dollars in arms, financed by more debt.
A majority of his Republican colleagues in the House voted against the Biden bill, yet Speaker Johnson saved Biden’s Forever War bill by allying with Democrats in the House to pass it.
Now comes Johnson’s payback.
The conservative House members he betrayed – breaking his promise to force a deal on the border as a precondition of taking up the Biden Forever War Bill – now want to oust Johnson from the Speaker’s chair.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) has told Johnson that his days as Speaker are numbered and has threatened to move on her Motion to Vacate the Speaker’s Chair.
But Democrat leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) has promised that the Johnson-Democrat alliance to rule the House over and against the Republican majority is still in effect and that Democrats will vote to support Johnson as Speaker.
Jeffries, after a meeting of the House Democratic Caucus, released a statement, along with Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (D-MA) and Democratic Chair Pete Aguilar (D-CA), declaring that they will “vote to table Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Motion to Vacate the Chair.”
Rep. Greene has responded by calling out Johnson as the Democratic Speaker of the House.
Everyday, I fight the Democrat agenda destroying America and I fight for an America First Republican agenda.
Mike Johnson is officially the Democrat Speaker of the House. Here is their official endorsement of his Speakership.
What slimy back room deal did Johnson make for the… pic.twitter.com/HGDyDzvJQH
— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@RepMTG) April 30, 2024
Greene says she would like to give Democrats the opportunity to officially vote for Johnson as the Democratic Speaker of the House along with other Uniparty Republicans who have backed Johnson’s actions in passing the $1.2 trillion Omnibus spending bill, the FISA renewal allowing warrantless spying on Americans and the Forever War spending bills.
Greene tweeted, “Americans deserve to see the Uniparty on full display. I’m about to give them their coming out party!”
As it stands, with the minority party’s support, Johnson will likely complete his term as Speaker and any correction will have to be applied by Johnson’s home district voting him out.
Congress Critters Greene and Ocasio-Cortez should be working together. They both represent the extreme wings of their respective parties. Looks like Jefferies and Johnson represent the 70% of Americans who believe we can’t let Russia scoop-up Ukraine
Johnson (and most of the Republican-Democrat axis of mindless spending) may not be long in the House come November. Still, there is the problem of the Democrats. I keep wondering why we have a Congress, when we can simply put banksters in charge of doling out all that fiat money? They’d be more efficient, and probably spend more in the U.S., not ship it to Ukraine, Taiwan, Israel, etc… Since Florida is already on the hook for almost $600 million in unpaid invader care, I’d rather have bankers in charge than Democrats or Republicans. Perhaps those unpaid loans would be made good before any corrupt foreign power could expect payment?
It’s possible there will be a Black Swan this fall. The dollar could fail, the economy could collapse and the natural exodus of all of the parasite class will be incentivized to leave the country. That, alone, is a good thing. Bring it on, Johnson, bring it on!