{"id":2210300,"date":"2024-04-01T00:12:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-01T04:12:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/johnson-calls-motion-to-vacate-a-distraction-from-mission-to-save-the-republic\/"},"modified":"2024-04-01T00:12:38","modified_gmt":"2024-04-01T04:12:38","slug":"johnson-calls-motion-to-vacate-a-distraction-from-mission-to-save-the-republic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/johnson-calls-motion-to-vacate-a-distraction-from-mission-to-save-the-republic\/","title":{"rendered":"Johnson refers to the motion to vacate as a &#8216;distraction&#8217; from the mission to &#8216;save the republic"},"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\">34<\/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%2Fjohnson-calls-motion-to-vacate-a-distraction-from-mission-to-save-the-republic%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=2210300&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--><p>House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) addressed internal discord \u2064within the \u2063Republican Party, labeling efforts to \u2063remove him from the speakership \u200bas a diversion from \u2064the party&#8217;s \u200cvital objectives. In an interview with Fox News&#8217;s Trey Gowdy, Johnson expressed skepticism about \u200dthe motion&#8217;s benefits in enhancing the \u200cGOP&#8217;s majority and\u2063 emphasized the party&#8217;s mission\u200b to safeguard the republic. Your provided text\u200d is a\u200c concise and well-written summary \u200bof House Speaker Mike Johnson&#8217;s stance on internal discord\u2064 within the Republican Party. It effectively highlights Johnson&#8217;s perspective on the \u2064motion to remove him from the speakership as a distraction from important party goals. His skepticism regarding the motion&#8217;s benefits \u2064and emphasis on the party&#8217;s mission to protect the republic are well articulated.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<p>House Speaker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mike-johnson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Mike Johnson<\/a> (R-LA) spoke out against \u201cdissension\u201d within the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/republican-party\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Republican Party<\/a> on Sunday, saying the motion to vacate him from the speakership is a \u201cdistraction\u201d from the most important thing the party is trying to do.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think it does,\u201d Johnson told Fox News\u2019s Trey Gowdy when asked how the motion helps the GOP grow its majority. \u201cAnd I think all of my other Republican colleagues recognize this is a distraction from our mission. Again, the mission is to save the republic. And the only way we can do that is if we grow the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/section\/news\/house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>House<\/a> majority, win the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/senate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Senate<\/a>, and win the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/white-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>White House<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) filed a motion to vacate over a week ago, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/2933865\/speaker-johnnson-motion-to-vacate-mtg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>accusing the speaker<\/a> of failing to do more to secure America\u2019s border and for working with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democratic-party\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Democrats<\/a> on a bipartisan spending deal. However, the Georgia firebrand did not file it as a privileged motion, so it is just \u201changing there,\u201d as Johnson put it. <\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p>The speaker told Gowdy he has the same frustrations as Greene, whom he called \u201ca friend,\u201d and said they have texted, even on Sunday, about the issues they face as a conference.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Democrats know when we don\u2019t all stand together with our razor-thin majority, then they have a better negotiation position. And that\u2019s why we got some of the things we didn\u2019t like,\u201d he said of the spending deal. \u201cNow we fought like warrior poets to keep some of the Senate earmarks out of the bill, and we were successful in getting a lot of the terrible stuff out, but a few of them made it through, and that\u2019s what Marjorie\u2019s upset about, and I am too.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Johnson then said he wants to talk to her about \u201creforming\u201d the budgeting and spending process for the future, saying, \u201cThat\u2019s what Republicans are for. That\u2019s the transformational kind of changes that we can forge if we all stand together.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) criticized Republican Party dissension, calling the motion to vacate him a distracting move from the party&#8217;s crucial mission. 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