Congress

No Appetite Among Republicans to Oust Johnson Despite Disagreements

Rep. Matt Gaetz, who led the effort to remove former Rep. Kevin McCarthy as speaker, said he doesn’t want to see House Speaker Mike Johnson go.
No Appetite Among Republicans to Oust Johnson Despite Disagreements
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) speaks at the U.S. Capitol on March 20, 2024. J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo
Jackson Richman
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Joseph Lord
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Despite disagreements with House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), who has held the title of second-in-line to the presidency for just five months, there appears to be little appetite from Republicans to strip the gavel from him.

This comes as Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) has filed a motion to oust Mr. Johnson from the speaker’s chair—also known as a motion to vacate.

Jackson Richman is a Washington correspondent for The Epoch Times. In addition to Washington politics, he covers the intersection of politics and sports/sports and culture. He previously was a writer at Mediaite and Washington correspondent at Jewish News Syndicate. His writing has also appeared in The Washington Examiner. He is an alum of George Washington University.
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