Democrat Leaders Say They'll Save Speaker Johnson From Greene’s Ouster Bid

‘If she invokes the motion, it will not succeed.’

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) talks to reporters during a news conference in the U.S. Capitol Visitors Center in Washington, on April 11, 2024. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Savannah Hulsey Pointer

House Democrat leadership announced on April 30 that they would vote to save House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) from a bid by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) to strip him of the gavel should she activate it.

The Democrat lawmakers said they would vote to table Ms. Greene’s motion to vacate should she bring it up, while referencing the House GOP leader’s recent help in passing $95 billion in foreign aid to Ukraine, Israel, and the Indo-Pacific that had been stalled for months.