Browsing: Motion to vacate

Fox News host Maria Bartiromo confronted Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, questioning her actions’ impact on the GOP’s ability to govern and reelect President Trump. During a Sunday interview on Fox’s Sunday Morning Futures, Bartiromo pressed Greene about the criticism she has received over her repeated threats to oust Speaker Mike Johnson. “You’re getting criticized on…

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) said on Sunday that her motion to remove the Speaker from the position is definitely happening regardless of what House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) chooses to do, while avoiding questions about an alternative plan if he is removed. “Mike Johnson’s Speakership is over. He needs to do the right thing and allow us to…

House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) pushed back on Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s (R-Ga.) motion to vacate against Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), saying it is “not the right business model.” “Now Mike Johnson walked into a bad situation,” Comer said Friday an interview with Fox News’s Martha MacCallum. “It’s gotten a lot worse since…

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) said she doesn’t care if the “Speaker’s office becomes a revolving door” in Thursday comments as she pushes for the removal of Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) just months after he took the position. Greene argued against foreign aid in an appearance on former White House aide Steve Bannon’s “War Room”…

Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) slammed fellow Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) after she sent a letter to colleagues about her grievances with Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.). Lawler joined CNN’s Jake Tapper on Tuesday to discuss the letter, which he called “a bunch of hogwash.” “I mean, at the end of the day here, the…

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said on Sunday that he exchanged text messages with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) earlier that day and that he plans to meet with Greene early next week to discuss some of her concerns. The meeting comes after Greene filed a motion to vacate more than a week ago against Johnson,…

Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) said Sunday that he’s “confident” that the House will vote on aid for Ukraine after the Easter recess ends, pointing to private conversations with Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.). Johnson has so far refused calls to bring a Ukraine aid bill to the floor for a vote, despite bipartisan demand for…

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) said Tuesday that it is not her fault if House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) is promoted to the House’s top role after she filed a motion to vacate Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) from the position last week. Greene pushed back on criticism that her motion against Johnson could result in Jeffries…

Former Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), who was ousted from the Speakership last year, advised Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Sunday not to be afraid of a motion to vacate. On CBS’s “Face the Nation, ” McCarthy was asked whether the “chaos” within the GOP conference is driving Republican lawmakers to retire from the House or…

Fox News host and former Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) took a swing at House GOP members Friday for ousting former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) in fall 2023. “You and I would not be talking about [House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.)], had it not been for [Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.)] and seven of his comrades,…