{"id":2242644,"date":"2024-05-11T20:05:03","date_gmt":"2024-05-12T00:05:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-democrat-says-her-vote-against-johnson-was-result-of-his-2020-election-challenge\/"},"modified":"2024-05-11T20:06:22","modified_gmt":"2024-05-12T00:06:22","slug":"house-democrat-says-her-vote-against-johnson-was-result-of-his-2020-election-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-democrat-says-her-vote-against-johnson-was-result-of-his-2020-election-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"House Democrat cites Johnson&#8217;s 2020 election challenge for vote against him"},"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\">22<\/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-democrat-says-her-vote-against-johnson-was-result-of-his-2020-election-challenge%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=2242644&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. Nikema Williams (D-GA) voted for \u2062the motion to remove House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) to safeguard the\u2062 integrity of the 2024 election. Alongside \u2064Rep. \u2063Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), \u2063Williams joined 32\u2062 Democrats and 10 Republicans to oppose Johnson&#8217;s potential interference in future elections. Rep. Nikema Williams \u200c(D-GA) backed the motion to oust House\u2063 Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), protecting the 2024 election&#8217;s integrity. Teaming\u2063 up with Rep.\u200c Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), Williams aligned \u200bwith 32 Democrats and 10 Republicans to\u2062 block Johnson&#8217;s influence on upcoming elections.  <\/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. Nikema Williams (D-GA) explained that her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/2997604\/mike-johnson-claims-motion-to-vacate-chaos-will-hurt-our-cause\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>vote<\/a> in favor of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/2997114\/mtg-motion-vacate-johnson-vote-results\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"motion to vacate\">motion to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/its-happening-pennsylvania-state-legislature-files-resolution-disputes-statewide-2020-election-results\/\" title=\"It's Happening: Pennsylvania State Legislature Files Resolution -- DISPUTES STATEWIDE 2020 ELECTION RESULTS\">vacate<\/a><\/a> House Speaker <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mike-johnson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"motion to vacate\">Mike Johnson<\/a> (R-LA) was an effort to prevent him from interfering with the 2024 election.<\/p>\n<p>Williams was one of 32 Democrats\u00a0and 10 other Republicans who sided with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) in an effort to oust Johnson. She appeared Saturday on <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/politicsnation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"PoliticsNation with Al Sharpton\">PoliticsNation with Al Sharpton<\/a><\/em>  to explain that she voted in anticipation that Johnson could reject the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-he-would-accept-2024-election-results-if-its-an-honest-election\/\" title=\"Trump will accept 2024 election results if it's honest.\">2024 election results<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy job is to represent the people of Georgia\u2019s 5th Congressional District, and the very day that this motion was brought to the floor to table Mike Johnson\u2019s motion to vacate, he held a press conference, Rev. Al, and could not even affirm that he would accept the results of the 2024 election,\u201d Williams said. \u201cSo I could not in good faith \u2014 representing this seat that was once held by John Lewis, representing Atlanta, Georgia, steeped in our civil rights history and voting rights \u2014 I couldn\u2019t stand there and vote to save his speakership knowing that he could not even affirm that he would accept the 2024 election results and was one of the architects of the plan to overturn the 2020 election results.\u201d<\/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>Johnson was one of the 100 Republican representatives who signed an amicus brief challenging the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/katie-couric-trump-supporters-need-to-be-deprogrammed-video\/\" title=\"Katie Couric: Trump Supporters Need to Be \u201cDeprogrammed\u201d (VIDEO)\">2020 presidential election results<\/a> in Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin\u00a0\u2014 all states Biden won. However, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trump-ends-negotiations-with-nancy-pelosi-on-coronavirus-relief\/\" title=\"Donald Trump Ends Negotiations with Nancy Pelosi on Coronavirus Relief\">speaker<\/a> still maintained the support of some 359 representatives from both sides of the aisle during the vote on the motion to vacate.<\/p>\n<p>There were only two Republican members who voted in favor of removing their own party\u2019s speaker in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/catalina-lauf-on-challenging-anti-trump-rep-kinzinger-its-time\/\" title=\"Catalina Lauf on Challenging Anti-Trump Rep. Kinzinger: \u2018It\u2019s Time\u2019\">recent vote<\/a> and the one that removed former Rep. Kevin McCarthy: Reps. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) and Eli Crane (R-AZ). It only took eight Republicans at the time, combined with the votes of the Democratic members, to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2450398\/mccarthy-ousted-in-historic-vote-to-strip-him-of-speakership\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>remove McCarthy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Nikema Williams (D-GA) supported the motion to remove House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) to safeguard the 2024 election. Joining Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), she was among 32 Democrats and 10 Republicans opposing Johnson&#8217;s potential impact on future elections<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2631,"featured_media":2242645,"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\/05\/AP24064745946162.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2242644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP24064745946162.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2242644","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\/2631"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2242644"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2242644\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2242645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2242644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2242644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2242644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}