{"id":2204420,"date":"2024-03-22T17:14:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-22T21:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-wont-go-to-bat-for-speaker-johnson-on-motion-to-vacate-get-your-popcorn\/"},"modified":"2024-03-22T17:15:37","modified_gmt":"2024-03-22T21:15:37","slug":"white-house-wont-go-to-bat-for-speaker-johnson-on-motion-to-vacate-get-your-popcorn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-wont-go-to-bat-for-speaker-johnson-on-motion-to-vacate-get-your-popcorn\/","title":{"rendered":"White House refuses to support Speaker Johnson on motion to vacate: &#8220;Get ready for the show"},"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\">32<\/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%2Fwhite-house-wont-go-to-bat-for-speaker-johnson-on-motion-to-vacate-get-your-popcorn%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=2204420&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>The White House Stays\u200c Neutral Amid \u200bHouse Speaker Drama<\/h2>\n<p>The White House\u200b remains on the sidelines of \u2062the current House \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trump-ends-negotiations-with-nancy-pelosi-on-coronavirus-relief\/\" title=\"Donald Trump Ends Negotiations with Nancy Pelosi on Coronavirus Relief\">speaker<\/a> saga, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-republicans-help-block-spending-bill-after-bipartisan-stopgap-passes\/\" title=\"House Republicans Help Block Spending Bill After Bipartisan Stopgap Passes\">potentially ushering<\/a> in President \u200bJoe Biden&#8217;s fourth new House leader during \u200dhis tenure. The latest twist comes\u200d as\u2062 Rep. \u200dMarjorie \u200cTaylor\u200c Greene (R-GA) initiated a\u200d motion to remove House Speaker \u200cMike Johnson (R-LA)\u200c from his position.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Get your popcorn&#8221; and\u2062 &#8220;sit tight,&#8221; was the cheeky response from White House press \u2063secretary Karine Jean-Pierre when asked about Biden&#8217;s stance on the motion to vacate.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Johnson, who took over from\u2064 former Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) as speaker last autumn, faces \u2062this ouster attempt following the passage\u200b of a substantial $1.2 trillion bill before the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fractured-<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-taking-regeneron-drug-remdesivir-therapy-for-coronavirus-diagnosis-ex-wh-doctor-explains\/\" title=\"Trump taking Regeneron drug, Remdesivir therapy for coronavirus diagnosis: ex-WH doctor explains\">house<\/a>-republicans-fail-to-find-a-new-leader-washington-photos-of-the-week\/&#8221; title=&#8221;House Republicans unable to select new leader; Washington Week in Photos&#8221;>looming government shutdown deadline<\/a> \u2064last Friday.<\/p>\n<h3>A Leadership Carousel in Congress<\/h3>\n<p>If successful, Greene&#8217;s motion could \u2062prompt Biden to welcome his fourth House\u2063 leader since assuming office. \u200bNotably, Rep. \u200cNancy Pelosi (D-CA) held\u2063 the speakership during the \u200binitial \u200ctwo years of Biden&#8217;s term until the Democrats lost \u2063control \u200bof the House in the 2022 midterm elections.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Replacements in\u2063 House leadership underline the \u200dturbulent \u2064political climate.<\/li>\n<li>Johnson&#8217;s \u200cfuture hangs in the balance as Congress\u200c reconvenes in \u2063April.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>When probed about\u200d whether the White House would intervene to save Johnson&#8217;s position, Jean-Pierre \u2064reiterated\u2063 their stance of non-interference. She emphasized faith in Hakeem Jeffries&#8217;s leadership, stating that decisions on Johnson&#8217;s fate rest\u2063 with the Democrats.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;We trust Hakeem Jeffries&#8217;s \u2062leadership. \u2064He&#8217;s\u2063 the \u2062leader of the \u200dDemocrats. That is \u200cfor them to decide on.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Meanwhile,\u200d the White House\u2064 maintains \u200da hands-off approach, refraining \u2063from lobbying efforts in support of Johnson.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on\u200c this\u2064 unfolding\u2062 story, you can refer to the complete \u2064coverage from <strong>The \u200cWashington Examiner<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>To watch the full briefing \u2064from Friday, you can view\u200b the video below:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"03\/22\/24: Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lmLfQUysr28?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The White House stays out of the speaker of the House drama. If successful, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene&#8217;s motion could make President Joe Biden welcome his fourth new House leader in four years. Greene filed to oust Speaker Mike Johnson after his support for a $1.2 trillion package<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2645,"featured_media":2204421,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/AP24082676120928.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2204420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/AP24082676120928.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2204420","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\/2645"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2204420"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2204420\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2204421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2204420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2204420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2204420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}