It’s official: GOP speakership depends on Democrats
By
Byron York
May 9, 2024 3:58 pm
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IT’S OFFICIAL: GOP SPEAKERSHIP DEPENDS ON DEMOCRATS. Late Wednesday, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) surprised her colleagues by going forward with a threat to file a motion to vacate — that is, a measure to remove Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) as speaker of the House. Johnson and Greene had negotiated for a couple of days, and it appeared that Greene might hold off, at least for a while. And then, on Wednesday, she pulled the trigger.
Removing Johnson would, of course, set off chaos in the House to rival or perhaps exceed the mess made last October when a few rebellious Republicans successfully plotted to remove then-Speaker Kevin McCarthy. Back then, there was no Plan B, and there is no Plan B today.
As it turned out, Greene failed, winning only 43 votes to the 359 who voted to keep Johnson in place. The vote was widely interpreted as a smackdown to Greene and her style of politics. That’s one way to look at it. But the more important lesson of the vote was just how much the crippled Republican House majority, a majority crippled by its own divisions, now depends on Democrats to govern the House.
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