House quickly rejects Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's effort to remove Speaker Johnson from office

Hardline Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has called for a ballot to oust Speaker Mike Johnson, but lawmakers person rapidly rejected it

WASHINGTON -- Hardline Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene stunned colleagues Wednesday calling for a ballot to oust Speaker Mike Johnson, but lawmakers rapidly rejected it.

Greene pressed up with her long-shot effort contempt pushback from Republicans astatine the highest levels bushed of the governmental chaos.

One of Donald Trump’s biggest supporters successful Congress, Greene stood connected the House level and work a agelong database of “transgressions” she said Johnson had committed arsenic speaker. Colleagues booed successful protest.

It was the 2nd clip successful a substance of months that Republicans person tried to oust their ain speaker, an unheard-of level of enactment turmoil with a determination seldom seen successful U.S. history.

Greene of Georgia criticized Johnson's enactment arsenic “pathetic, anemic and unacceptable."

GOP lawmakers filtered towards Johnson, giving him pats connected the backmost and grasping his enarthrosis to guarantee him of their support.

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise rapidly moved to array the effort — fundamentally stopping it from going forward. The question to array was swiftly approved.

The Georgia Republican had vowed she would unit a ballot connected the question to vacate the Republican talker if helium dared to beforehand a overseas assistance bundle with funds for Ukraine, which was overwhelmingly approved precocious past period and signed into law.

But successful caller days it seemed her effort had cooled, arsenic she and Johnson met repeatedly for a imaginable resolution.

Johnson of Louisiana marched on, saying helium had been consenting to instrumentality the risk, believing it was important for the U.S. to backmost Ukraine against Russia’s penetration and explaining helium wanted to beryllium connected the “right broadside of history.”

“I conscionable person to bash my occupation each day,” Johnson said Monday.

In a highly antithetic move, the talker received a boost from Democrats led by Rep. Hakeem Jeffries of New York, whose enactment squad had said it was clip to “turn the page” connected the GOP turmoil and ballot to array Greene’s solution — astir ensuring Johnson’s occupation is saved, for now.

Trump besides weighed successful aft Johnson trekked to Mar-a-Lago for a visit, the presumptive Republican statesmanlike nominee giving the talker his motion of approval. And Trump’s hand-picked person astatine the Republican National Committee urged House Republicans disconnected the move.

The determination present poses its ain governmental risks for Greene, R-Ga., a high-profile provocateur.

Forcing the ballot could bring the House enclosure to a standstill, arsenic happened past twelvemonth erstwhile 8 Republicans voted to ousted Kevin McCarthy from the speaker’s office, and Democrats declined to assistance prevention him.

Ousting McCarthy resulted successful a astir monthlong hunt for a caller GOP leader, and determination is nary contiguous successor if Johnson is removed.