{"id":2224170,"date":"2024-04-18T13:11:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-18T17:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gaetz-quips-boebert-would-make-a-better-house-speaker-than-johnson\/"},"modified":"2024-04-18T13:12:43","modified_gmt":"2024-04-18T17:12:43","slug":"gaetz-quips-boebert-would-make-a-better-house-speaker-than-johnson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gaetz-quips-boebert-would-make-a-better-house-speaker-than-johnson\/","title":{"rendered":"Gaetz suggests Boebert would be a superior House speaker compared to 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\">24<\/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%2Fgaetz-quips-boebert-would-make-a-better-house-speaker-than-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=2224170&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. Matt Gaetz jokingly \u2063suggested that Rep. Lauren Boebert might be a better House speaker than Speaker Mike Johnson. Gaetz clarified\u200b that\u2062 he is not pushing for\u2064 Johnson&#8217;s removal. When asked if someone\u200c could outperform Johnson, Gaetz responded, &#8220;I don&#8217;t know,&#8221; adding that Boebert might excel. This remark by Gaetz coincides with \u2062Rep. \u200bMarjorie Taylor Greene contemplating her motion \u200bto vacate. Your rewritten text is clear and concise, providing a summary of Rep. Matt \u2063Gaetz&#8217;s comments regarding Rep. \u200cLauren Boebert, Speaker Mike Johnson, and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene&#8217;s motion to vacate.  <\/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>Rep. <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/matt-gaetz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Matt Gaetz<\/a> (R-FL) quipped on Thursday that Rep. <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/lauren-boebert\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Lauren Boebert<\/a> (R-CO) would make a better House speaker than Speaker <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mike-johnson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Mike Johnson <\/a>(R-LA), but he is not calling for a motion to vacate Johnson.<\/p>\n<p>When asked by reporters whether he thinks someone could do better than Johnson as speaker, Gaetz said, \u201cI don\u2019t know,\u201d followed by, \u201cMs. Boebert could do better.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gaetz\u2019s comment comes as Rep. <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/marjorie-taylor-greene\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Marjorie Taylor Greene<\/a> (R-GA) weighs whether to move forward with her motion to vacate Johnson. The conflict is the latest to surface within the Republican Party, arriving at a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/in-his-final-broadcasts-limbaugh-displays-what-made-him-so-great\/\" title=\"In His Final Broadcasts, Limbaugh Displays What Made Him So Great\">crucial time<\/a> when the House is preparing to vote on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/2969225\/house-gop-releases-ukraine-israel-aid-plan-with-separate-bill-border-crisis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"four-bill security supplemental\">four-bill security supplemental<\/a> that provides <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/congressional-republicans-call-on-biden-administration-to-act-swiftly-on-ethiopia-crisis\/\" title=\"Congressional Republicans Call on Biden Administration to Act Swiftly on Ethiopia Crisis\">foreign aid<\/a> to Israel, Ukraine, and the Indo-Pacific. <\/p>\n<p>The legislation has caused several conservatives to come out against Johnson, particularly those who are against Ukraine aid and want to see action taken at the United States\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">southern border<\/a> first. Many hard-line GOP members have dismissed Johnson\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-gop-pushes-back-on-democrats-criticism-amid-border-talks-stalemate\/\" title=\"Senate Republicans respond to Democrats' criticism amidst border talks deadlock\">foreign aid bills<\/a> as giving up \u201call the leverage\u201d Republicans had over Democrats to force a vote on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-red-wave-of-conservative-women-elected-to-congress\/\" title=\"The Red Wave of Conservative Women Elected to Congress\">border security<\/a>, despite the supplemental including a separate fifth bill that focuses on the border.<\/p>\n<p>Gaetz said a motion to vacate would \u201cput the conference in peril\u201d and that he \u201cdidn\u2019t support one when I woke up this morning.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re working to avoid that, our goal is to avoid a motion to vacate,\u201d Gaetz said. \u201cBut we are not going to surrender that accountability tool, particularly in a time when we\u2019re seeing America\u2019s interest subjugated to foreign interests abroad.\u201d <\/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>The House is preparing to have Friday and Saturday evening votes on the foreign aid bills, but as of Thursday afternoon, the House Rules Committee was still deliberating. Several Republicans on the committee have said they would vote \u201cno\u201d on the rule, meaning a vote on the procedural rule to bring the supplemental to the floor may fall on the shoulders of Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>Leaving their caucus meeting Thursday morning, many Democrats said they were unsure how they would vote on the rule.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Thursday, Rep. Matt Gaetz hinted that Rep. Lauren Boebert could be a better House speaker than Speaker Mike Johnson. Gaetz clarified that he is not initiating a motion to remove Johnson. 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