Mike Johnson says he and Marjorie Taylor Greene, who filed a motion to remove him as speaker, ‘exchanged text messages’, and they plan to talk early next weekMike Johnson’s Fox News interview was significant not just for what he revealed of his demands in order to support aid to Israel and Ukraine, but for comments indicating moving the package will be the first order of business once House lawmakers return to Washington DC. Here’s more on that, from the Guardian’s Richard Luscombe:The US House speaker, Mike Johnson, has raised expectations that a vote on funding for Ukraine could be imminent in the chamber, even at the risk of the Republican losing his leadership position.I think all of my other Republican colleagues recognize this as a distraction from our mission. Again, the mission is to save the republic. And the only way we can do that is if we grow the House majority, win the Senate and win the White House. So, we don’t need any dissension right now. Look, Marjorie Taylor Greene filed the motion. It’s not a privileged motion, so it doesn’t move automatically. It’s just hanging there. And she’s frustrated. Continue reading…
Mike Johnson says he and Marjorie Taylor Greene, who filed a motion to remove him as speaker, ‘exchanged text messages’, and they plan to talk early next week
Mike Johnson’s Fox News interview was significant not just for what he revealed of his demands in order to support aid to Israel and Ukraine, but for comments indicating moving the package will be the first order of business once House lawmakers return to Washington DC. Here’s more on that, from the Guardian’s Richard Luscombe:
The US House speaker, Mike Johnson, has raised expectations that a vote on funding for Ukraine could be imminent in the chamber, even at the risk of the Republican losing his leadership position.
I think all of my other Republican colleagues recognize this as a distraction from our mission. Again, the mission is to save the republic. And the only way we can do that is if we grow the House majority, win the Senate and win the White House. So, we don’t need any dissension right now. Look, Marjorie Taylor Greene filed the motion. It’s not a privileged motion, so it doesn’t move automatically. It’s just hanging there. And she’s frustrated.
