Marjorie Taylor Green and Thomas Massive together brought a motion to the House floor to remove Speaker Mike Johnson from office. However, a considerable number of Democrats joined Republicans in a 359-43 vote to table the motion and protect Johnson’s speakership.
Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) aligned with MTG and Massie. Eight Republicans including Andy Biggs, Chip Roy, Eric Burlison (R-Mo.), Eli Crane (R-Ariz.), Warren Davidson (R-Ohio), Alex Mooney (R-W.Va.), Barry Moore (R-Ala.) and Victoria Spartz (R-Ind.) all voted to remove Johnson and create an unknown outcome, perhaps even a Democrat speakership.
After the failed effort to remove him, Republican Speaker Mike Johnson spoke to the media. WATCH:
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I do not see any way this effort to remove Mike Johnson would benefit candidate Donald Trump, the MAGA movement, or the semi-supportive/passive-aggressive Republican Party that genuine MAGA has to contend with.
It also seems strange that many Democrats did not relish supporting the stupid effort and making a mess out of Congress in an election year. Factually, the only beneficiaries of this chaos scenario, a scenario that could have resulted in legislation to block Trump from office, would be Democrats and perhaps Ron DeSantis or RFK Jr. {BACKGROUND}
FUBAR!!
Sundance’s reasoning works for me.
I am quite distressed to see Stephen K. Bannon advocating vacating the chair.
Why?
Bannon is unstable and is his business model is basically click bait
if they did oust Johnson, J6 hearings would start again, link up with Trump lawfare and I totally expect Trump (and most of his network) in big boy federal prison for insurrection
Do you think Bidan’s people are kidding around? We have almost nuclear war with Russia, China is almost completely owning Taiwan, almost all the political and corporate class are owned and controlled by the City of London sex clubs
but, the only institution we haven’t completely lost is not pure enough for us?
are we STUPID AND INSANE?
I am quite distressed that so many are unaware that the chair has already been given to the Demonic party and unwilling to fight, but willing to demonize those of character who do fight.
MTG wanted Johnson’s betrayals and lies on the House record. …she knew it would fail .
Great, and that accomplishes exactly what?
In my humble opinion, it is better than no paper trail.
It’s on the record what he did. He lied, he misled and he caved. That needs to be known. She knew it would fail-there’s only a handful of conservatives and all the others are now on record as to who they are.
It makes more people aware. People who vote. Dah.
It was just to get the failings of Mike Johnson on the record. He made promises then did the exact opposite. This process was harmless and enlightning as to how corrupt DC is and will always be.
He is only doing what his handlers tell him to do they all have handlers not one of these people think independently not one toe the line or you will be exposed they will set you up….Republicans are cowards they never go after democrats and they dont protest …Us Intel agencies are in control the world would be a way better place without the CIA and FBI HLS …They are now focusing on us calling us domestic terrorist if we dont confirm to the Biden regime.. Make no mistake to them all Trump supporters are Terrorist
I understand the struggles here and what is the end game, or there was no chance of meeting the objective. However, we continue to smoke more and more UniParty rats out into the open. For those not paying attention, Johnson’s action are front and center. All should know by now what we are up against.
And I just read Johnson stated its full speed ahead with Jack Smith. I will fund it all. Every last cent. Massie and MTG are on point. Sundance, you have this one wrong.
The road to Hell is paved with good intentions. I prefer smart fighters, not zealots.
Johnson is neither.
I’m talking about us knowing when to pick battles and when not to. Blind zealotry just gets you killed while accomplishing nothing for it.
Just like the majority of Republicans. Never pick a battle and never fight back.
“more uniparty rats out into the open”
Johnson Vows To Protect Jack Smith After Democrats Save Speakership
Exactemundo.
Listening to Johnsons statement;
Remember when Romney assured everyone he was a “True Conservative”?
Any time a Republican politician percieves they need to publically give assurances of their Conservative bono fides,…they ain’t Conservative, just as anyone who assures you of their Christianity, as Johnson has done, probably ain’t.
I think Pierre Delecto called himself a “severe consservative”.
I posit, and also sincerely believe that Ms. Margie is receiving considerable support $$$ from the extremely deeeeep pocketed Sea Island group.
Explains why Meatball Rob DeSantis’ bestest Congressional ally Thomas Massie, is suddenly buddied up with Ms. Margie. Divorces are expensive ya know…
Knowing also that every single Republican is motivated by money and will do anything for the right price, they are pros at looking the other way and pretending not to see the blatant corruption, obfuscation via endless hearings, and of course, quiet support for Dem proposals from which they can themselves profit obscenely; as soon as they finish cutting the pearl clutching outrage fundraising soundbite.
All 535 are corrupt in differing ways.
Ms. Margie is no hero.
I submit the many who compare Professional politicians to prostitutes, are unfairly maligning those hard working women AND flattering the politicians.
Pros offer and negotiate a service for a price, and generally deliver what they SAY they will deliver.
Politicians are more like prostitutes who pull a “murphy game” as LEO refer to it.
The woman poses as a pro, and on e she gets the mark in a place of privacy, he partner (posing as a cop or jeolous boyfriend) bursts in and threatening the mark either with arrest/embarrasment or physically, extorts $ from him.
In other words, the “pro” makes promises they have no intention of delivering on.
Perhaps “stripper” is even MORE appropriate; it is her customer that cons themselves they are getting something the stripper has no intention of actually delivering (sex) and its all a big show.
Prostitures actually WORK for a living, and while I don’t approve I can respect that.
Professional Politicians,…not so much.
At least she speaks the truth publicly. She wants what Johnson has done to be on the House record. I admire her for that.Now you know the number of House UniParty members. This vote records that exact number.
It’s easy and not really that brave to repeat what is universally known, so… truth is not MTG’s motivation.
It does get her limelight, regular spots on CONservative Inc TV; the very attention she cravenly seeks.
It’s not universally known—that’s why she forced them all to be on the record. I bet very few regular GOP voters know what a pack of losers their party is and has been for decades.
You are a poor judge of people.
I simply do not pretend.
Share with us, why you think PDJT told her and others to lay off of Little Mikey?
https://x.com/BrainStorm_Joe/status/1719688664563773926
Speaker Johnson discussing inquiry into Joe Biden’s crimes.
DJT knew the motion would fail. He knows that more RINOs may whine and quit early. Probably trying to avoid that if possible. To calm the waters of discontent between the few MAGA reps and the rest of the losers. I’m just glad she got the info on the record. I can’t recall a Dem speaker ever undercutting his own party the way Johnson has just done.
Yep, I trust not 1 of them, all 535 are on the take, in one way or the other.
I trust one guy.
PDJT.
The rest of em can stick their BS where the sun dont shine. * spit *.
The Great Unmasking continues. Let’s paint the Uniparty with bold colors so everyone can see them.
These are the people that need to be primaried and removed from office.
If you want more of MTG’s thinking, she gave interesting insight during this mornings Warroom.
I won’t comment on what people are doing now. It is a difficult situation right now. I will just point out that a candidate should run against Johnson and with luck he is “Chenneyed”.
Afterwards Massie was on a “X Speech” session discussing the situation, GoodLawgic/Joe Nierman replayed it here–
There is little doubt JFK had the very best speech writers money could buy. However, just because he bought them does not mean he was being truthful when he read their words publicly. Don’t forget, his election was also bought…
This
Oh sure,because having a Republican Speaker who helps Democrats pass leftist legislation is such a wonderful thing for the MAGA cause.
No.
I watched PDJT’s face, during their joint presser, he would have looked more favorably on a steaming pile of human excrement.
He had the same look on his face as when he was standing behind Fauci when he was spewing his lies.
That’s nonsense. Trump just said the timing is bad, which it is….
Notice Gaetz did not vote for this motion to vacate, having heard and dismissed the same arguments against vacating McCarthy, that are now being used against this effort by M&M.
I find THAT interesting,..
There is a division now , it appears between the two.
There is a difference of opinion, not a division.
Even the Democrats are closely monitoring the death watch of the GOP majority in the House, especially due to MTG’s shenanigans, so pretending this situation doesn’t exist when everybody knows it does is really just kinda weird…..
Could House control flip to the Democrats? Early resignations leave GOP majority on edge
After Easter, the House will return to more dysfunction spurred by Republican infighting, which could convince others to leave early. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has called for Johnson’s removal from the speakership after he supported a massive spending bill to fund the government. With that threat hanging over him, Johnson will also have to navigate fractures within his party over sending more aid to Ukraine.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/house-majority-count-republicans-retirements/
They have something on MTG because the timing of this motion is politically strategically stupid considering the Republican numbers in the House.
Andrew Giuliani has a good feed on X for what has been going on in the courtroom. Todd Blanche trying again for another mistrial. Though he did say his first point had now been dropped as Karen McDougal is now apparently NOT going to take the stand. Did the prosecution decide to pull her out after the mauling “Stormy Daniels” took today?
I know a very well informed geopolitical analyst that believes that is the scenario.
They obviously want Johnson in there, because he’ll give them everything they want and won’t ask for anything in return, and he can take the brunt of media abuse when things go wrong. Interesting angle to take here, considering Dems have no problem muddying things up to get their way.
I am very proud of three of my AZ Congressmen showing up to this fight. I have an opportunity this Nov to add another AZ fighter (Abe NOT Blake) to replace the retiring Debbie Lesko in my district. I’ve said here before that I do like Debbie, but these times call for more intestinal fortitude. All battles must be met to forge a new character of this R party we’re stuck with.
A Pox on Blake Masters , the phony traitor!
The Left has abandoned socialism and moved to anarchism: that includes subverting the Constitution.
Republicans may well be unhappy with the status quo (who isn’t?) but how would the effective end of Constitutional America produce anything better than nihilism?
Until they no longer sit in the chair they have now. Then there will be a problem. There is always a problem. Each generation. The interesting thing is this generation, the exit and what happens to be a stake.
Everytime Johnson speaks he loses credibility. And those that continue support him do, too. He rubs our noses in it. The man makes me wish McCarthy was back. And I never thought I’d say that. Vacating the chair will not turn over the House to Hakeem. Johnson needs to go before he causes further damage.
Sometimes, “Truth is stranger than fiction! ― Mark Twain,
Enough of the lesser evil! Stand up for your principals, or surrender. Playing their game is always a losing game. Enough! These traitors work for US. Not the other way around. We need to expose the individuals sucking money and freedom away to enrich a few who are already rich. The rich who play this game need to be outed, boycotted and ridiculed. At the very least.
Someone in Trump’s inner circle better make him understand Johnson is a democrat. Why he ever defended the clown I’ll never understand.
Patriots of Louisianna,
The ball is in your court. If Johnson can’t be vacated from the Speakership, then you need to vacate him from Congress in November 2024.
Chip Roy signed on? It’s a NeverTrump action for sure and certain.
I agree with the intent of MTG and Massie. Perhaps the up coming election can bring in a non waffling leader and enough maga to keep a majority.
I didn’t see any MAGA on my primary ballot. Where are the MAGA candidates???
They will flip the house speakership, no majority of electoral college votes will be achieved, the House will the vote and install Desantis/Haley. MTG jumped the shark—too soon. A couple more Republicans will retire or get retired. Then the plan sets in motion. Shenanigans are coming, and it will be in the House. They cannot go to the 2020 playbook, they need a different game, and the House is where this will play out.
Johnson should step down. If you don’t have the full support of your party, you are a UniParty shoe shine boy. When Pelosi is praising the “republican” speaker, we have a problem. This guy is a disaster. Hopefully his district will vote hime OUT.
The best way to understand this is to see that the GOP is in its death throes. Passing that Ukraine funding bill was an obscenity, an epithet, directed squarely at the American People. Democrats are in just as bad shape, but their hatred of America has kept them staggering along together for now.
We should expect nothing less from that corrupt, deceitful, backstabbing, duplicitous caucus than confusion, incompetence, and treason.
We need a new party – a new club where we set the rules. Some are invited, many are not. We give them a list and if they deviate, we take them out.
I can understand why they did what they did, even if I disagree with it. That Ukraine bill crossed the line and forever sealed the principle that Americans have no representation in Washington.
Why did Democrats vote for Johnson?
They need to blame Republicans when Ukraine collapses later this year. The GOP has long existed to protect the Government Party from the rest of us.
Washington DC has seceded from the Union.
Johnson will stab Trump in the back a thousand times. Making nice with the uniparty doesnt work.
Already accomplished. Using Jack Smith as the blade.
https://x.com/BrainStorm_Joe/status/1719688664563773926
Speaker Johnson discussing inquiry into Joe Biden’s bribery crimes. Congress upholding their oaths.
I don’t have the full story. Just pointing this out as there may be more to the story that is just not yet readily apparent.
May help explain President Trump’s current support for Speaker Johnson and why he’s telling MTG to hold her fire (for now).
Let’s face it, we are in some crazy times right now. Let’s follow the lead of the man who is way ahead of us all and hasn’t led us astray or disappointed. Let’s listen to President Trump.
Certainly a good distraction….
Basically, MTG does what she says she will do. Is that not what each and every one of us want from our representatives?
The basic problem with Washington DC is that most of the politicians Lie.
Sorry Sundance but this is a FAIL for you!!! Did you hear what Speaker Deer in the Headlights said about efforts to defund Smith and his lawfare today!!! 🥴😠🫣😝🫤
Look, on Truth Social, Trump said “ It is my request that Republicans vote for “THE MOTION TO TABLE.” ” The End.
I join you in the skepticism. It also, (to me) casts a light on the efforts of some who keep crying MAGA and throwing the house into even more turmoil, chaos. She, Majorie, had to know how this would end and as she said, now we know who the uniparty is.
Or do we?
The Piano Player of the Whorehouse (Congress) only knows Chopsticks.
Actually the piano player in the whorehouse is more respectable than congress and their playing of chopsticks.
This impulse to find perfect persons to take the positions of responsibility is not a democratic one.
Democracy means citizens working together to find an acceptable compromise.
The Democrats have convinced themselves that geniuses exist within the bureaucracy (Fauci?) so it matters little that Biden is incompetent.
Republicans should certainly not be the people searching for their version of Fauci (gawd!) but big-government Republicans, like the Bush and Cheney clans, believe exactly that.
Bush 43 thought that after victory (?) in Iraq Paul Bremer, with his Ivy League education and extensive experience in the diplomatic service, checked off all the boxes for the Fatal Conceit. He was hopeless.
We sometimes mock the bipartisan collegiality of long-time politicians like Mitt Romney or John McCain, but surely this surpasses the partisan harassment Donald Trump is undergoing. American Democracy cannot possibly survive if this doesn’t soon end. And to my eyes, the Democrats are not striving to maintain democracy.
This move did give cover for some congresspersons, who may have needed to establish their creds for their next election campaign .We came and we stood tall and resolute.
THEY are thinking Johnson is royally screwing the cause of conservatives, of liberty, of trying to save this nation instead of his own ass. I don’t think MTG et all are being controlled by some apparatus but obviously they are influenced by money interests like all are. In this case it got ugly, again, and a little personal. Johnson is a figure head, a set up doll. The BLOB within the R’s, in conjunction with the leftists DEMCOMMIE cabal, zeroed in on Mikey as a compromise candidate for speaker, at just the right timing (after much failure and mashing of teeth), and his election was unanimous.
Why Johnson? He seemed so strongly conservative, determined to do the right thing, as a representative. And maybe he was…
…until they put the screws to him, compromised him (via threat to his family and specifically his son entering the naval academy), and TA DA! Another one bites the dust.
Why on earth did Dims have his back on this attempt, verses getting Jefferies into leadership? Because Johnson is toast, and will play his part dutifully to save himself, his family and his $$$.
It is pathetic, and the good guys and gals calling him out are left to do what little they can to expose this disastrous mess.
IF THE DIMS WERE READY TO TAKE OVER….BELIEVE ME….THEY COULD HAVE DONE IT. All they need do is force another R or two into early retirement. It’s all about leverage, and orchestrating the grand dance in their favor.
Sadly we are lost without a miracle from our Lord, if it be His will. Only a massive election win despite all the satanic obstacles can keep this ship afloat. We are not promised prosperity or goodness forever. Mankind destroys, and there are many multiple paths being marched toward destruction this very day.
If there is no Speaker the House cannot conduct business, cannot spend money. THAT is the real reason the Dems supported Johnson. The Dems intend to keep on spending and likely have a big blowout spending orgy planned for after election day. As much as they would love to see GOPe in chaos they need to keep a rubber-stamp in place even more.
I might be going against the grain, but MTG represented me and many others who long for a republican speaker. When the dems want Johnson, you know they are in control.
Mike Johnson is a traitor of epic proportions.
How do these people live with themselves.
He sold out for power. He will do whatever it takes to maintain that grip. Everything else is of no consequence.
This man has a total absence of integrity.
What is that advantage again for not turning Congress off and coming back after the election? Seems like a distant cloud now.
“I triggered my Motion to Vacate yesterday because Mike Johnson refused to commit to defunding Special Council Jack Smith,” MTG said on Thursday. “Now, he’s not just saying he won’t defund it, he’s promising to PROTECT it.”
“Playbook PM: Mike Johnson’s surprising remarks about Jack Smith”
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook-pm/2024/05/09/mike-johnsons-surprising-remarks-about-jack-smith-00132333
The issue [to “defund” Smith] is clearly a sensitive one. This morning, we asked Trump’s campaign about Johnson’s special counsel remarks at 10:27 a.m. Four minutes later, we got a call from a person close with Johnson who offered what he sees as an important caveat: that Johnson is looking at other ways to go after Smith.
Indeed, Johnson used a good chunk of his news conference this week to denigrate Smith and Trump’s other prosecutors as politically motivated, and in our interview, he told us he’s been in touch with House Judiciary Chair JIM JORDAN (R-Ohio) about how they might rein Smith in.
“We were in the very beginning stages of even beginning to investigate what that would look like,” he said. “I do think there has to be accountability. I do think, you know, Congress has the power of the purse, of course. And we have oversight responsibility. And we’ve been vigorously using both of those powers that we have.”
When the chapter titled “Why The Republican Party Always Loses”… that quote there could be the introductory quote.
Today is May 9th… 180 days until Election Day 2024. You got those subpoenas going out sometime this year, Mr. Johnson?
All our efforts from now till November should be focused on one thing and one thing only. Getting President Donald J Trump reelected President of the United States. All this time and effort spent on Johnson or any of his 500+ fellow RINO’s in Congress is wasted energy. After President Trump is once again in the White House, we can focus on removing these Congressional RINO’s in Nov 2026.
Yes, division plays into the Marxists’ strategy … united we stand, divided we fall, a fact.
The Democrats are smart. They know they can depend on Johnson.
Do not divide the congress into Democrats vs Republicans.
Divide the congress into Patriots vs Totalitarians.
The Totalitarians are in firm control and have been for years.
I disagree. He needs to go.
Been a long day at the office. Anyone got the cliffsnotes on Johnson proving he has no redemption?
I believe MTG and others knew there would not be enough voting their way to change things, but needed to make a stand.
People cannot stand by and not bring these things to the attention of the public.
As it is, from this vote where Johnson was supported by the Demorats, and the quick stance of Johnson in saying he will not allow Jack Smith to be interfered with, this in itself tells the public more than they understood previously.
Asking the wrong people to fix problem.
I read that somewhere.
Fact
God bless America
Didn’t accomplish anything? Yesterday, I heard my thoughts articulated. Brilliantly. How bout inspiration?