{"id":2226471,"date":"2024-04-21T12:55:03","date_gmt":"2024-04-21T16:55:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gonzales-blasts-fellow-house-republicans-as-he-contends-johnson-will-survive-motion-to-vacate\/"},"modified":"2024-04-21T12:56:10","modified_gmt":"2024-04-21T16:56:10","slug":"gonzales-blasts-fellow-house-republicans-as-he-contends-johnson-will-survive-motion-to-vacate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gonzales-blasts-fellow-house-republicans-as-he-contends-johnson-will-survive-motion-to-vacate\/","title":{"rendered":"Gonzales criticizes House Republicans, confident Johnson will withstand motion"},"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\">18<\/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%2Fgonzales-blasts-fellow-house-republicans-as-he-contends-johnson-will-survive-motion-to-vacate%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=2226471&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. Tony Gonzales (R-TX) expressed confidence in\u2062 House\u2064 Speaker Mike Johnson&#8217;s survival against a motion to vacate, dismissing\u200b Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene&#8217;s efforts. Despite Greene&#8217;s threats, \u2064Gonzales remained optimistic about Johnson&#8217;s\u200b position, stating on CNN&#8217;s State of the Union that Johnson would \u2064prevail \u200ddue to the nature of\u200c the House environment. Rep.\u2064 Tony \u2064Gonzales (R-TX) is optimistic about House Speaker Mike Johnson&#8217;s ability to withstand a motion to vacate, \u2063rejecting Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene&#8217;s actions. Gonzales, speaking on CNN&#8217;s State of the Union, maintained \u2064faith in Johnson&#8217;s resilience, attributing it to the \u200brobust nature of\u2064 the House setting.  <\/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=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/house-republicans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Tony Gonzales\">Tony Gonzales<\/a> (R-TX) had some sharp words for his fellow House Republicans, while also dismissing concerns that House Speaker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mike-johnson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Tony Gonzales\">Mike Johnson<\/a> (R-LA) could be ousted by a motion to vacate.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Marjorie-Taylor-Greene\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Marjorie Taylor Greene<\/a> (R-GA) filed a motion to vacate against Johnson last month but did not file it as a privileged resolution, meaning it did not require immediate action. Greene has threatened to trigger the motion to vacate since she filed it, but Gonzales said on CNN\u2019s <em>State of the Union<\/em> on Sunday that he does not think it would be successful.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe will survive. Look, the house is a rough and rowdy place, but Mike Johnson is going to be just fine,\u201d Gonzales said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI served 20 years in the military. It\u2019s my absolute honor to be in Congress, but I serve with some real scumbags,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Gonzales then went after Reps. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) and Bob Good (R-VA) specifically. He <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-had-40-informants-relaying-information-on-the-biden-crime-family\/\" title=\"FBI used 40 informants to gather intel on Biden Crime Family.\">referenced allegations made<\/a> against Gaetz about underage sex trafficking \u2014 which Gaetz has denied, and the Department of Justice <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/672445\/doj-decides-not-to-charge-matt-gaetz-in-sex-trafficking-investigation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"declined\">declined<\/a> to prosecute after an investigation. The House Ethics Committee is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/02\/23\/gaetz-attacks-gop-house-ethics-chair-amid-investigation-00143022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"declined\">reportedly investigating<\/a> Gaetz over alleged sex crimes.<\/p>\n<p>Gonzales also jabbed at Good for endorsing his primary opponent, calling the challenger to his House seat a \u201cneo-Nazi.\u201d He also said he was \u201cencouraged\u201d that most Republicans supported the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mitch-mcconnell-leads-delegation-of-gop-senators-to-ukraine\/\" title=\"Mitch McConnell Leads Delegation of GOP Senators to Ukraine\">foreign aid package<\/a>, specifically pointing to the Israel part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-pushes-back-against-democrat-led-gun-control-efforts\/\" title=\"GOP pushes back against Democrat-led gun control efforts\">aid bills<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLook, what didn\u2019t surprise me that some of these folks voted against aid to Israel, but I was encouraged to see by a nearly 10 to one mark, that Republicans supported our allies on the battlefield,\u201d Gonzales said.<\/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>The Israel aid bill passed in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/House-of-Representatives\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>House of Representatives<\/a> 366-58, with 193 Republicans joining in the majority to approve the legislation.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The motion to vacate Johnson has only three sponsors, Reps. Greene, Thomas Massie (R-KY), and Paul Gosar (R-AZ), and several Democrats have publicly said they would not support a move to oust Johnson.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> reached out to Good and Gaetz for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-TX) criticized House Republicans and downplayed fears of a successful motion to vacate against House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA). Last month, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) filed the motion but did not make it a privileged resolution<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2638,"featured_media":2226472,"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\/04\/AP23063031444011-1-1024x591.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2226471","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\/04\/AP23063031444011-1-1024x591.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2226471","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\/2638"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2226471"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2226471\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2226472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2226471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2226471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2226471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}