- MTG’s bid to oust Speaker Mike Johnson failed, thanks largely to Democrats.
- Democratic management beforehand stated they might oppose her effort with a purpose to keep away from chaos.
- Nonetheless, loads of Democrats — principally progressives — didn’t vote to avoid wasting Johnson.
Home Speaker Mike Johnson survived an effort to oust him from the speaker’s chair — thanks largely to the help of Home Democrats.
On Wednesday, the Home voted to desk Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s movement to vacate, with a majority of Republicans and Democrats voting in favor.
Total, the vote tally was 359-43, with seven Democrats voting “current.”
The vote got here as one thing of a shock — Greene had seemingly backed off from the risk on Tuesday, solely to make a shock bid to oust Johnson on Thursday.
Greene’s effort had lengthy been anticipated to fail after Home Democratic leaders introduced that they might vote to desk her movement to vacate.
Whereas most Democrats sided with their management, a number of of them didn’t, arguing that Johnson’s model of politics shouldn’t be affirmed and that their social gathering ought to have extracted extra concessions in change.
“It is essential to ship a really clear message that Mike Johnson is an extremist,” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York instructed reporters on Tuesday. “This isn’t a call that’s simply a straightforward giveaway.”
It’s unclear whether or not Greene will proceed to power votes on ousting Johnson.
This story shall be up to date with a full listing when it turns into accessible by way of the Home Clerk.
