{"id":2205141,"date":"2024-03-24T14:44:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-24T18:44:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mccaul-warns-that-ousting-johnson-could-throw-the-balance-of-power-to-democrats\/"},"modified":"2024-03-24T14:45:10","modified_gmt":"2024-03-24T18:45:10","slug":"mccaul-warns-that-ousting-johnson-could-throw-the-balance-of-power-to-democrats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mccaul-warns-that-ousting-johnson-could-throw-the-balance-of-power-to-democrats\/","title":{"rendered":"McCaul cautions that removing Johnson could shift power to Democrats"},"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%2Fmccaul-warns-that-ousting-johnson-could-throw-the-balance-of-power-to-democrats%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=2205141&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>Rep. Mike McCaul&#8217;s \u2064Caution Against Ousting House Speaker \u200cMike Johnson<\/h2>\n<p>Last week, Rep.\u2064 Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) \u200cspearheaded a motion to vacate House Speaker \u2063Mike Johnson (R-LA), a move that has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blm-riots-dragged-democrats-down-in-2020-data-shows-but-peaceful-protests-helped-them\/\" title=\"BLM Riots Dragged Democrats Down In 2020, Data Shows \u2014 But Peaceful Protests Helped Them\">sparked intense debate<\/a> within the Republican\u2064 party. In a recent appearance on CBS News\u2019s Face the Nation, Rep. \u2064Mike McCaul (R-TX) voiced\u2063 his concerns about the potential\u2063 ramifications of removing Johnson from \u200bhis position.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cYou know, I think it\u2019s indicative that\u2064 even [Rep.] Matt Gaetz \u200b(R-FL), who was the\u2062 architect\u2064 of\u200b ousting \u200cMcCarthy, to \u200dsay, \u2018this would be a \u2062huge mistake,\u2019 because it could \u200bactually throw the \u2063balance of power \u2063over\u2062 to [House minority leader] Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY),\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Implications\u2062 of the Motion<\/h3>\n<p>McCaul emphasized that the move to oust Johnson could potentially shift \u2064the \u2062balance of power in favor of the Democrats, a \u2063scenario that many Republicans\u2063 fear. He highlighted\u2064 the need for unity and effective governance, especially given the current global challenges.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2064 don&#8217;t need \u2064dysfunction right now. With\u2064 the world on fire the way it is \u2026 we need to govern. And that \u2062is not just for Republicans, but\u2064 in a bipartisan way. Get things\u2062 done for the country \u2062that\u2019s\u200c in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rand-paul-announces-he-will-oppose-any-federal-funding-package-that-includes-more-ukraine-aid\/\" title=\"Rand Paul opposes federal funding with Ukraine aid.\">national security \u200dinterest<\/a> of the \u2062United States. This is not just Ukraine;\u2063 it\u2019s Israel and Indo-Pacific \u200bas well,\u201d McCaul emphasized.<\/p>\n<p>In a surprising turn\u2064 of \u2064events,\u200d Rep.\u200b Matt Gaetz (R-FL) diverged \u2064from his usual stance\u2063 and chose not \u2063to support Greene&#8217;s motion, underscoring \u2064the division \u2064within the party regarding this issue. Despite his support for Greene in the past, Gaetz refrained from backing the move to vacate the speakership.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Tim \u2064Burchett (R-TN), another key ally of Greene, also voiced \u200bhis opposition to the motion, reflecting the internal discord among Republican representatives regarding the fate of House Speaker Johnson.<\/p>\n<p>As tensions rise within the GOP, the decision on whether to \u2062proceed with the motion to vacate Speaker Johnson remains \u200da critical point of contention that could have far-reaching implications for the party&#8217;s unity and\u200c effectiveness in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vote-on-top-military-leaders-doesnt-solve-the-larger-problem-white-house-says\/\" title=\"White House claims voting on military leaders won't fix bigger issue.\">addressing pressing national<\/a> \u200dand \u2064global issues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Mike McCaul (R-TX) cautioned that removing House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) could benefit Democrats. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) initiated the move to oust Johnson. McCaul, speaking on CBS News\u2019s Face the Nation, expressed concern that the action could weaken the Republican party, stressing the potential consequences for the party&#8217;s standing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2205142,"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\/MixCollage-24-Mar-2024-01-58-PM-531-1024x591.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2205141","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\/MixCollage-24-Mar-2024-01-58-PM-531-1024x591.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2205141","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\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2205141"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2205141\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2205142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2205141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2205141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2205141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}