{"id":2144107,"date":"2024-01-09T08:46:09","date_gmt":"2024-01-09T13:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chip-roy-refuses-to-rule-out-ousting-speaker-mike-johnson\/"},"modified":"2024-01-09T08:48:54","modified_gmt":"2024-01-09T13:48:54","slug":"chip-roy-refuses-to-rule-out-ousting-speaker-mike-johnson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chip-roy-refuses-to-rule-out-ousting-speaker-mike-johnson\/","title":{"rendered":"Chip Roy does not rule out removing Speaker Mike Johnson"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fchip-roy-refuses-to-rule-out-ousting-speaker-mike-johnson%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2144107&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>House \u200bFreedom Caucus Member Considers Removing Speaker Johnson<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>During an interview on Monday, House Freedom Caucus member Rep. Chip Roy\u2063 (R-TX) hinted at the possibility of removing Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) from his position. When asked\u2062 about supporting a motion to vacate Johnson, Roy stated that it \u200dwasn&#8217;t his preferred route.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Since taking over as speaker in October, Johnson has served for 76 days, with \u2062many of those days being during a holiday recess. However, Roy expressed his disappointment with Johnson&#8217;s recent \u200bspending framework \u2063agreement with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY).<\/p>\n<p>According to Roy, the agreement involves spending more money that the country doesn&#8217;t have. He expressed his hope to find a way to change the situation in the coming days.<\/p>\n<p>When asked if he\u200c held Johnson responsible, Roy pointed out that Johnson&#8217;s office was handling the negotiations.\u200c While Roy didn&#8217;t \u2062rule \u2064out the possibility of removing Johnson, he emphasized\u2062 the need for unity and finding a solution\u200b together.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;We need to figure out how to get this all\u200b done together. But it isn&#8217;t good, and there&#8217;s a lot of \u200dmy colleagues who are pretty \u2063frustrated about it,&#8221; Roy stated.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Roy also expressed his concerns about the state of the House GOP and the lack of confidence \u200cin Republican leadership. He mentioned ongoing conversations about these issues among his colleagues.<\/p>\n<p>The first funding deadline is approaching\u2062 on January 19,\u2062 as outlined in last year&#8217;s continuing resolution. Johnson&#8217;s office did not provide a comment on \u200dthe matter.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What are the \u200cconcerns that Rep. \u200dChip Roy has about the state of the \u2063House\u2064 GOP and Republican leadership?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  \u200bIn a \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/schumer-introduces-bipartisan-measure-to-declassify-ufo-records\/\" title=\"Schumer proposes bipartisan bill to declassify UFO files.\">recent\u2063 interview<\/a>, Rep. Chip Roy of the \u200bHouse Freedom\u200b Caucus hinted \u2064at the possibility of removing Speaker Mike Johnson\u200d from his\u200b position. While he stated that removing Johnson was not his preferred route, Roy expressed his disappointment with Johnson&#8217;s recent spending \u2062framework agreement with Senate Majority\u200b Leader Chuck Schumer.<\/p>\n<p>According to Roy, the agreement involves spending more money \u2064that the country does not have. He hopes to find\u2063 a way to change\u200c the\u200d situation in the coming days. When \u200casked \u200dif\u2064 he held Johnson responsible, Roy pointed out\u2064 that Johnson&#8217;s office was handling\u200d the negotiations. While Roy did not rule out the possibility of removing Johnson, he emphasized \u200cthe need for unity and\u200b finding a solution together.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We need to figure out how\u200d to get\u200d this all done together. But it isn&#8217;t good, and\u2062 there&#8217;s a lot of my colleagues who are\u200d pretty frustrated about it,&#8221; Roy stated.<\/p>\n<p>Roy also expressed his concerns \u200babout the state of the House GOP\u200b and \u200cthe lack\u200b of confidence in Republican leadership. He mentioned ongoing conversations\u2063 about\u200c these issues \u2064among his colleagues.<\/p>\n<p>The first funding \u200ddeadline is approaching on January 19, as outlined in last year&#8217;s continuing \u2062resolution. Johnson&#8217;s office\u200d did not provide\u200d a comment \u2063on the matter.<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, the\u200b comments made by Rep. Chip Roy regarding the possibility of removing\u200d Speaker\u2064 Mike Johnson reflect \u2063the\u2062 underlying tensions within the House GOP.\u200d Roy&#8217;s disappointment with Johnson&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-republican-introduces-bill-to-continue-pay-for-military-members-during-government-shutdown\/\" title=\"GOP lawmaker proposes bill to ensure military pay during government shutdown\">spending \u200bagreement<\/a> \u200bwith Chuck Schumer\u200d highlights the concerns about fiscal responsibility. However,\u200b Roy also emphasizes the need for unity and finding \u2063a solution together. As \u2063the first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-senators-consider-baiting-house-with-border-clause-to-force-more-ukraine-aid-amid-shutdown\/\" title=\"GOP senators may use a border clause to push for additional Ukraine aid during the shutdown.\">funding deadline looms<\/a>, it remains to be seen how this\u2064 situation will \u2062unfold and whether\u200d any actions will be taken against Speaker Johnson.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Freedom Caucus member Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) refused to dismiss the idea of removing Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) during an interview. When asked if he would support a motion to vacate Johnson, Roy did not rule it out. This fate was previously experienced by former Speaker Kevin<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2641,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2144107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2144107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2641"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2144107"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2144107\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2144107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2144107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2144107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}