House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) suggested on April 11 that Democrats would come to House Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) rescue were there to be a motion to strip him of the gavel.
“If the speaker were to do the right thing and allow the House to work its will with an up or down vote on the national security bill, then I believe there are a reasonable number of Democrats who would not want to see the speaker fall as a result of doing the right thing,” he told reporters.
However, Mr. Jeffries said that this is an “observation” and not a “declaration,” as there would need to be a conversation before deciding how to proceed….
