{"id":2204521,"date":"2024-03-22T19:32:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-22T23:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mtg-hard-pressed-to-find-support-for-motion-to-vacate-johnson\/"},"modified":"2024-03-22T19:35:00","modified_gmt":"2024-03-22T23:35:00","slug":"mtg-hard-pressed-to-find-support-for-motion-to-vacate-johnson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mtg-hard-pressed-to-find-support-for-motion-to-vacate-johnson\/","title":{"rendered":"MTG Struggles to Garner Backing for Motion to Remove 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%2Fmtg-hard-pressed-to-find-support-for-motion-to-vacate-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=2204521&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>Reactions Stir as Rep. Greene Aims \u200bto\u2063 Oust Speaker Johnson<\/h2>\n<p>Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA)\u200c stirred up a wave of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/digital-asset-sales-to-come-under-increased-irs-treasury-scrutiny\/\" title=\"IRS-Treasury to intensify scrutiny of digital asset sales.\">mixed \u200creactions<\/a> within\u2063 her own party by \u2063filing a motion to vacate Speaker\u200d of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA).<\/p>\n<p>The majority\u2064 of responses leaned towards disapproval of Greene&#8217;s move, particularly since she has yet to enlist public backing for her cause. This development has set the stage for intriguing political dynamics within the GOP.<\/p>\n<h3>Divided Voices in the GOP<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Rep. Carlos Gimenez (R-FL) stands Firm:<\/strong> Rep. \u2063Gimenez expressed staunch opposition to any motion to vacate, emphasizing Johnson&#8217;s principles and effectiveness in navigating the\u2064 challenges of a\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/capitol-office-pelosi-was-kicked-out-of-has-a-new-occupant-and-its-not-the-acting-speaker\/\" title=\"Capitol Office Pelosi Evicted, New Occupant Not Acting Speaker\">divided \u200cgovernment<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Rep. Clay Higgins (R-LA) Defends Johnson:<\/strong> Despite considering Greene a friend, Rep. Higgins voiced strong disapproval\u200b of her attempt to \u2064remove Speaker Johnson, highlighting Johnson&#8217;s virtues and their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tim-allen-sends-farewell-message-as-last-man-standing-closes\/\" title=\"Tim Allen Sends Farewell Message As \u2018Last Man Standing\u2019 Closes\">close bond<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Democrat Reactions:<\/strong> Democrats also weighed in on the matter, with Rep. Jared \u2064Moskowitz (D-FL) \u200cand Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-NY) \u200dexpressing \u200btheir\u200b reservations about Greene&#8217;s motion and their support \u200bfor keeping Johnson in \u2063his position.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The looming decision\u200c on \u2064Johnson&#8217;s speakership has invoked\u2064 memories of past changes in leadership, with only a \u200dhandful of \u200dRepublicans voicing their stance on the issue. Notably, Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) has declared his intention to \u200dstand against\u200c vacating the speaker, showcasing the internal divisions within the GOP.<\/p>\n<p>As Johnson faces a potential \u2064challenge to his position, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/newsom-draws-contrasts-with-biden-as-he-leads-democratic-debate-counterprogramming\/\" title=\"Newsom highlights differences with Biden during Democratic debate counterprogramming.\">political landscape remains dynamic<\/a>,\u2063 with \u200cechoes of previous transitions \u2063in leadership coloring the current unfolding \u200ddrama.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) faced a divided response within her party for filing a motion to remove Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA). Predominantly negative reactions ensued, as Greene failed to secure public endorsements. Rep. Ken Buck (R-CO), known for his role in past ousters, remained notably uninvolved in this instance<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2631,"featured_media":2204522,"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\/AP24054717111999.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2204521","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\/AP24054717111999.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2204521","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\/2631"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2204521"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2204521\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2204522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2204521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2204521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2204521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}