First Republican Comes Out in Support of Greene’s Bid to Strip Speaker Johnson of Gavel

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene filed a motion of vacate against Johnson but it has yet to be activated.
First Republican Comes Out in Support of Greene’s Bid to Strip Speaker Johnson of Gavel
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) speaks at a House Second Amendment Caucus press conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on June 8, 2022. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images
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Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) announced on April 16 that he would co-sponsor a motion to strip House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) of the gavel.

Mr. Massie said that he told this to Mr. Johnson’s face during the House GOP’s weekly conference.

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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