{"id":2226130,"date":"2024-04-20T17:24:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-20T21:24:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-gop-hard-liners-blast-lame-duck-johnson-for-foreign-aid-passage-but-dodge-on-ouster\/"},"modified":"2024-04-20T17:26:26","modified_gmt":"2024-04-20T21:26:26","slug":"house-gop-hard-liners-blast-lame-duck-johnson-for-foreign-aid-passage-but-dodge-on-ouster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-gop-hard-liners-blast-lame-duck-johnson-for-foreign-aid-passage-but-dodge-on-ouster\/","title":{"rendered":"House Republicans strongly criticize &#8216;lame duck&#8217; Johnson for foreign aid passage while avoiding talk of removal"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/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%2Fhouse-gop-hard-liners-blast-lame-duck-johnson-for-foreign-aid-passage-but-dodge-on-ouster%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=2226130&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>Hard-line House Republicans criticize\u2064 Speaker Mike Johnson over the passage of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-gop-blocks-bipartisan-border-package-that-includes-foreign-aid-in-key-vote\/\" title=\"Senate GOP blocks bipartisan border package with foreign aid in key vote\">foreign aid\u2063 package<\/a>, hinting at his potential removal. A bipartisan House vote approved aid for \u200cUkraine, Israel, \u200dand Indo-Pacific nations, with the Ukraine bill facing GOP opposition.\u200b Rep. Marjorie Taylor \u2062Greene expressed discontent but delayed a motion \u2063to vacate. \u200cDemocrats may play a role\u2064 in Johnson&#8217;s fate, causing division within the GOP ranks.  <\/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>Hard-line <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/house-republicans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>House Republicans<\/a> are blasting Speaker <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mike-johnson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Mike Johnson<\/a> (R-LA) over the passage of his four-pronged <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/foreign-aid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>foreign aid<\/a> package on Saturday, claiming that his days are numbered. However, they deflected on when a motion to vacate could come to the <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/house-of-representatives\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>House<\/a> floor.<\/p>\n<p>A bipartisan House <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/2973096\/house-approves-foreign-aid-package\/\" title>voted to pass aid<\/a> to Ukraine, Israel, and Indo-Pacific nations, as well as a national security package comprised of sanctions and a TikTok divestiture bill to force the sale of the Chinese parent company. The <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Ukraine<\/a> bill did not get a majority of the GOP conference \u2014 a red flag for Johnson as he awaits a motion to vacate the chair from Rep. <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/marjorie-taylor-greene\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Marjorie Taylor Greene <\/a>(R-GA).<\/p>\n<p>Though she expressed outrage at the passage of the foreign aid package as a \u201csellout of America,\u201d Greene did not <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/most-somberly-house-freedom-caucus-calls-for-resignations-of-biden-austin-and-milley\/\" title=\"\u2018Most Somberly\u2019 \u2014 House Freedom Caucus Calls For Resignations Of Biden, Austin And Milley\">immediately move forward<\/a> with the motion to vacate, which has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/2972147\/gosar-joins-mtg-massie-motion-vacate-johnson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>two co-sponsors,<\/a> Reps. Thomas Massie (R-KY) and Paul Gosar (R-AZ).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the third betrayal by Mike Johnson,\u201d Greene said, pointing to the passage of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2906389\/house-passes-first-appropriations-package-ahead-of-shutdown-deadline\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>two-part minibus<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/2964090\/house-passes-fisa-renewal-capping-months-of-gop-infighting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"reauthorization\">reauthorization<\/a> of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act last week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd then he did this bulls**t in here on the House floor: foreign war package that does nothing for America. It\u2019s unbelievable,\u201d the Georgia congresswoman continued.<\/p>\n<p>She said she wants to be \u201cresponsible\u201d about handling the motion to vacate Johnson and \u201cI support my majority.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI do not support Mike Johnson. He\u2019s already a lame duck,\u201d Greene said. \u201cIf we have the vote today in our conference, he would not be speaker today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If a motion to vacate does come to the floor, Johnson\u2019s razor-thin GOP majority means he may need to rely on House Democrats to save his speakership. Ahead of Saturday\u2019s vote, several <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Democrats\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Democrats<\/a> told reporters that a discussion on a motion to vacate had not been had.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Brad Sherman (D-CA), who sits on the Foreign Affairs Committee, said he would implore Democratic leadership to take \u201cthe view that you shouldn\u2019t punish somebody for doing the right thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know Marjorie Taylor Greene wants to do that. I don\u2019t,\u201d Sherman said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur leadership doesn\u2019t believe that I, or Johnson, or anybody in between should suffer because we\u2019re voting for this package of bills,\u201d the congressman added.<\/p>\n<p>However, if Democrats save Johnson, Massie believes Johnson will be \u201ctainted at that point.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause I don\u2019t think it\u2019s ever been done, that Democrats would save him. The question would then be the same question we have today, which is, what did he trade?\u201d Massie said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat was he trading with the Democrats in exchange to maintain power long enough to pass this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/foreign-aid\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>foreign aid<\/a> bill? We don\u2019t know there and we won\u2019t know if he crosses the aisle to get Democrats,\u201d Massie continued.<\/p>\n<p>Massie had previously called on Johnson to resign. If he does not, the Kentucky Republican is \u201cpretty sure\u201d a motion to vacate will come to the floor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWill the Democrats save him from a motion to vacate all that sort of stuff? Do we want to go through trying to replace him mid-term? You know, those are questions that are up in the air, but one that is without doubt is he can\u2019t win on January 3, 2025,\u201d Massie said, adding that Johnson\u2019s fundraising numbers are not where they should be for a speaker.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to have somebody in that position that can raise the money and grow our majority instead of losing it. He\u2019s not that guy,\u201d Massie added. \u201cAnd that\u2019s why even though he\u2019s betrayed us three times, and we can\u2019t see anything that\u2019s immediately on the horizon that would cause us to be upset, that\u2019s the big issue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For his part, Johnson defended the aid package after the vote saying it\u2019s an improved version from what the Senate passed in February with greater accountability over Ukraine aid. <\/p>\n<p>He acknowledged his critics but said it\u2019s unrealistic to expect a \u201cperfect\u201d piece of legislation in a divided government. \u201cBut there is no question whatsoever that the House has made many strong improvements to the Senate bill,\u201d Johnson said of the Democratic-controlled Senate. \u201cAnd the product that we\u2019ve sent over there is much better.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite hard-liners blasting Johnson for his role in the foreign aid package, other House Republicans are praising the speaker for following his \u201ccompass.\u201d Many hard-right conservatives were angered over the lack of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-republicans-accuse-biden-of-playing-political-game-over-border-crisis\/\" title=\"House Republicans Accuse Biden of Playing \u2018Political Game\u2019 Over Border Crisis\">border security measures<\/a> in the package, despite Johnson putting a separate border bill on the floor Saturday. Though <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/2973085\/house-rejects-border-security-bill\/\" title>the border bill failed<\/a>, Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) believes Johnson made the \u201clogical conclusion\u201d by splitting aid and border security.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s always been in his heart to be with Ukraine,\u201d Bacon said of Johnson. \u201cBut also get it, the number one issue is the border. And I think he had to go through this journey to realize you\u2019re not going to get much on the border until you get a new president.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think he made the logical conclusion that just because we\u2019re not getting this done over here, and failing, why should these also fail? And because these things are our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/congressional-war-vets-warn-biden-against-shuttering-gitmo\/\" title=\"Congressional War Vets Warn Biden Against Shuttering Gitmo\">national security interests<\/a> too \u2014 one wrong doesn\u2019t make three wrongs right,\u201d Bacon added.<\/p>\n<p>Bacon praised Johnson for not making decisions based on Greene\u2019s threat to vacate the chair.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe showed courage today,\u201d the Nebraska Republican said. \u201cHe\u2019s gonna go down in history as saying, \u2018I\u2019m gonna do the right thing. I don\u2019t care about the vacate the chair.\u2019 And that\u2019s what leaders are made of. You can\u2019t \u2014 you don\u2019t want to be the leader that\u2019s chasing someone that takes you down a bad path.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think he followed his compass, he did the right thing. And she speaks for three or four people,\u201d Bacon added, referring to Greene.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Marc Molinaro (R-NY) also commended Johnson for navigating the package to the House floor, particularly with a \u201cvery complicated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Congress\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Congress<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe speaker attempted to mold consensus when it was clear that the only path forward was a bipartisan effort to move forward with that, in a very democratic way,\u201d Molinaro said. \u201cIt allowed every member to vote their conscience and vote their constituency \u2014 that is the way the House is supposed to work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When asked about the GOP members calling on Johnson to resign, Molinaro said, \u201cThey\u2019re wrong and they shouldn\u2019t.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hope cooler heads prevail. I think we have to put an end to the Congressional hostage-taking,\u201d Molinaro added.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Conservative House members criticize Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) for passing a foreign aid package, hinting at his potential removal. They remain evasive on the timing of a motion to vacate. 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