MTG humiliated after effort to oust Mike Johnson spectacularly fails

• ‘I am so done with words,’ said Greene. ‘For me, it’s all about action’
• She’s demanding Johnson promise not to put more Ukraine aid on the floor

Marjorie Taylor Greene’s bid to oust Speaker Mike Johnson failed roundly, with only 43 House members voting to move it forward.

A vote to ‘table’ or kill, the motion succeeded 359 to 43, with only 11 Republicans voting to move forward with booting the speaker.

The Georgia Republican had been met with boos and eyerolls as she called up her motion during votes on Wednesday.

Members of the GOP accused her of throwing a ‘tantrum’ and attention-seeking as she brought her motion to vacate to the House floor on Wednesday night.

The Georgia lawmaker has pressed ahead with trying to dethrone Johnson, even though it has virtually no support.

She made her motion to vacate him privileged on Wednesday evening, prompting a frenzied vote on whether or not to fire him that must occur within two legislative days.

The movement came after four plus hours of meetings this week between Greene and Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., and the speaker where they  laid out a list of demands for Speaker Mike Johnson.

‘Speaker Johnson has not lived up to a single one of his self-imposed tenets,’ Greene said.

Republicans have increasingly grown frustrated with Greene and her efforts to throw the House back into chaos, just like after the ouster of former Speaker Kevin McCarthy.

‘It’s times like this you need a bar in this place,’ Rep. Dave Joyce, R-Ohio, muttered as he came off the House floor.

‘Moscow Marjorie has clearly gone off the deep end— maybe the result of a space laser,’ said Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y.

Asked if he thought Greene should be punished, Rep. Dusty Johnson, R-S.D., said: ‘One dumpster fire at a time.’

On the House floor, Greene railed against the two-part spending bill that funded the government for fiscal year 2024, a bill that reauthorized spy tool FISA without warrants and a foreign aid package that did not include border security.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene made her motion to oust Speaker Mike Johnson privileged on Wednesday evening, prompting a frenzied vote on whether or not to fire him within two legislative days

House members collectively groaned as MTG filed her motion to vacate

Johnson spearheaded a $95 billion foreign policy bill that passed last month with Democrat support authorizing nearly $61 billion to Ukraine, along with billions to Israel and Taiwan.

He was forced to rely on support from Democrats as he presides over a tiny one-vote majority in the House, and it’s challenging to get the unruly GOP conference in line.

‘Excuses like ‘this is just how you have to govern’ and divided government are pathetic, weak and unacceptable. Even with our razor thin Republican majority, we could have at least secured the border,’ Greene said.

Greene accused Johnson of ‘aiding and abetting Democrats’ to ‘destroy our country,’ as Democrats booed her and Johnson shook hands and smiled at the Republicans who support him.

Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene,left, and Thomas Massie, second from right, have laid out a list of demands for Speaker Mike Johnson – and are now holding off on their movement to oust him

Just one day earlier, Greene and Massie said they would give Johnson some time to respond to their demands.

Those demands included ‘not another red cent for Ukraine,’ adhering to the so-called ‘Hastert Rule’ which means not bringing legislation to the floor that does not have the support of a majority of Republicans.

And another is to defund Special Counsel Jack Smith’s investigation into former President Donald Trump for ‘inciting’ the January 6 riot and for his alleged mishandling of classified documents – which the Democratic-led Senate and White House would never agree to.

‘You can’t make things happen instantly. And we all are aware and understanding of that. So now the ball is in his court, and he’s supposed to be reaching out to us, hopefully soon,’ Greene said.

If Congress can’t pass all 12 spending bills to fund the government in fiscal year 2025 by September 30, Greene and Massie want a continuing resolution to punt the deadline through the November elections with an automatic one percent cut.

He ‘shacked up with Democrats to get FISA without warrants, to get the minibus passed, and to get the funding for Ukraine,’ said Massie. ‘It’s time for him to come home now.’

Greene, Massie and Rep. Paul Gosar, R-Ariz., have signed on to a motion to vacate – but have not made the motion ‘privileged’ which would force a vote within two legislative days.

Democrats have already said they would vote to table – or kill – the motion, essentially taking air out of the Republican trio’s threat.

Still, Johnson spent close to two hours on Monday and again on Tuesday in his office with his biggest GOP antagonist, Greene.

Some Republicans have questioned why he would negotiate with Greene.

‘It’s not a negotiation,’ he insisted. ‘Everybody knows I have lengthy discussions, detailed discussions, on a daily basis with members across the conference.

Greene has increasingly found herself at odds with former President Donald Trump in her crusade against Johnson. Trump has publicly supported the speaker and noted the difficulties of operating under a one-vote majority.

Recent reports came to light of a phone call where Trump told Greene to back off of the ouster. Greene declined to share details on whether the former president is supportive of her motion.

Reporters swarm MTG and Massie to see if they will try to kick out Speaker Johnson

Greene, R-Ga., along with Massie, R-Ky., are insisting the speaker commit to no more funding for Ukraine

‘I have to tell you, I love President Trump. My conversations with him are fantastic. And again, I’m not going to go into details. You want to know why I’m not insecure about that. And I don’t have to go into the details here with you guys.

Just days ago she was dead-set on making her motion to vacate ‘privileged’ this week – a move that would force a House vote on whether or not to keep Johnson as speaker within two legislative days.

Asked if she would still trigger the motion, Greene said: ‘That’s up to Mike Johnson.’

Massie said they did not give Johnson a ‘timeline’ to agree to their demands, but it’s pretty short.’

‘Next week I am going to be calling this motion to vacate,’ Greene declared just last week.

‘Absolutely calling it. I can’t wait to see Democrats go out and support a Republican speaker and have to go home to their primaries,’ she taunted one day after Democrats said they would vote down Green’s motion to oust the speaker, deflating her attempt.

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