{"id":2217312,"date":"2024-04-10T11:37:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-10T15:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mtg-meeting-with-johnson-as-she-dangles-threat-to-take-speakers-gavel-away\/"},"modified":"2024-04-10T11:39:09","modified_gmt":"2024-04-10T15:39:09","slug":"mtg-meeting-with-johnson-as-she-dangles-threat-to-take-speakers-gavel-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mtg-meeting-with-johnson-as-she-dangles-threat-to-take-speakers-gavel-away\/","title":{"rendered":"MTG meeting with Johnson regarding potential removal of speakers gavel"},"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-meeting-with-johnson-as-she-dangles-threat-to-take-speakers-gavel-away%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=2217312&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>Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) has announced her intention to meet with House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) for the first time since she introduced a motion to vacate the speakership. Despite missing \u2062their initially scheduled \u200cmeeting, they have communicated via\u2063 text messages. Greene <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/despite-insistence-by-democrat-politicians-and-medical-elites-empirical-evidence-does-not-conclusively-show-that-masks-reduce-the-spread-of-covid\/\" title=\"Despite Insistence by Democrat Politicians and Medical Elites, Empirical Evidence DOES NOT Conclusively Show that Masks Reduce the Spread of COVID\">filed<\/a> the motion before the House&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-covid-recession-was-the-shortest-in-us-history-but-we-spent-more-than-in-any-prior-recession\/\" title=\"The COVID Recession Was The Shortest In US History, But We Spent More Than In Any Prior Recession\">recent recess<\/a> and plans to meet before\u2063 House <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-continuous-media-covid-fear-mongering-may-backfire-and-diminish-democrat-voter-turnout\/\" title=\"The Continuous Media COVID Fear Mongering May BACKFIRE and Diminish Democrat Voter Turnout\">votes<\/a> on Wednesday. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA)\u2064 is set to meet with House Speaker Mike Johnson\u2062 (R-LA) for the first\u2062 time since she introduced a motion to vacate the \u200bspeakership. \u2064Although their initial meeting was missed, they have been in contact through text messages. Greene lodged the motion before\u2064 the recent House recess\u200b and aims to\u2063 convene before Wednesday&#8217;s House votes.  <\/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>\n<p>Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/marjorie-taylor-greene\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Marjorie Taylor Greene\">Marjorie Taylor Greene<\/a> (R-GA) said she plans to meet with House Speaker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mike-johnson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Marjorie Taylor Greene\">Mike Johnson<\/a> (R-LA) for the first time since she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/2933865\/speaker-johnnson-motion-to-vacate-mtg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Marjorie Taylor Greene\">introduced<\/a> a motion to vacate the speakership.<\/p>\n<p>Greene and Johnson didn\u2019t meet after they were supposed to talk last week, but they have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2948295\/marjorie-taylor-greene-motion-vacate-over-johnson-ukraine-aid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"exchanged texts\">exchanged texts<\/a> since the motion to vacate was filed. The Georgia Republican filed the motion to vacate prior to the House\u2019s two<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kevin-mccarthy-sends-letter-to-members-outlining-americas-declining-condition-under-biden-democrats\/\" title=\"Kevin McCarthy Sends Letter To Members Outlining America\u2019s Declining Condition Under Biden, Democrats\">-week recess<\/a>, which ended on Tuesday. The meeting is planned before votes in the House on Wednesday, according to Greene.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">MTG says she\u2019s planning to speak with Johnson later today as motion to vacate threat remains over his head<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Cami Mondeaux (@cami_mondeaux) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cami_mondeaux\/status\/1778062138558304767?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 10, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cMike Johnson doesn\u2019t have the trust of the conference,\u201d Greene said on Wednesday. \u201cAnd that\u2019s become very clear.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Greene did not file the motion to vacate as a privileged resolution, meaning it does not require immediate action, and the congresswoman said she has yet to decide on what would force her to trigger a vote on the motion to vacate. How he handles votes could have an outsize effect on whether Greene carries through on her threat.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow he handles the FISA process and how he handles funding Ukraine is going to tell our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-rep-bob-gibbs-asks-republicans-to-consider-impeachment-against-biden-over-eviction-moratorium-border-crisis\/\" title=\"EXCLUSIVE: Rep. Bob Gibbs Asks Republicans To Consider Impeachment Against Biden Over Eviction Moratorium, Border Crisis\">entire conference<\/a> how to handle the motion to vacate,\u201d Greene said.<\/p>\n<p>She also said she had spoken with former President Donald Trump about the motion to vacate but did not elaborate on what she had discussed with him. <\/p>\n<p>When asked if Democrats decided to help defeat the effort to oust Johnson, unlike what happened to former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in October, Greene said it would prove her point about the current House speaker.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, I think it would prove me absolutely right,\u201d Greene said. \u201cThat he\u2019s the Democrats\u2019 speaker of the House, not the Republicans\u2019 elected speaker.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Johnson said on Wednesday he considers Greene \u201ca friend\u201d and that the two \u201cdisagree sometimes on strategy and with regard to what we put on the floor.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>He also claimed that Greene is mainly upset about the appropriations process, with the House passing a minibus last month to fund the government through the end of September. Johnson said everyone was disappointed that they were unable to get everything they wanted but that it was the best the House GOP could do with a narrow majority.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201c[That\u2019s] the reality that we have to remind everybody,\u201d Johnson said.<\/p>\n<p>He also said it is not in the interest of House Republicans to let the government shut down.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) intends to meet House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) after introducing a motion to vacate the speakership. 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