Former President Donald Trump gave House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) a vote of confidence when they held a joint press conference at Mar-a-Lago last week, implicitly rebuking Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) for her threats to oust him from power.
But Greene is not deterred from her war with the speaker, CNN congressional correspondent Manu Raju reports.
"On way into GOP meeting, [Greene] told me that Trump’s comments that he 'stands by' Mike Johnson doesn’t change her push to oust him," Raju posted to X. "She contended that Trump shouldn’t have been put in that position. She also predicted that if Johnson moves on Ukraine, more [Republicans] would back her motion to vacate."
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Raju asked if Greene would back off her efforts to oust Johnson from the Speakership, Greene answered with a resounding negative, according to the report.
"No, no, and as a matter of fact, there’s more people that are probably going to be angry from whatever happens this week," Greene reportedly said.
"[Greene] has been warning Johnson not to move on Ukraine aid," Raju continued. "Leaving conference meeting, MTG is angry about the speaker’s approach but says she hasn’t decided yet whether it will cause the motion to vacate."
This comes as House GOP leadership, which has spent several weeks obstructing the foreign defense aid package that would secure funding to Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan, floats a new proposal to pass the aid in four bills that would include making some of it into loans.
The rule allowing any individual member of the House to call a motion to oust the speaker dates back to former Speaker Kevin McCarthy, who agreed to the rule as a condition of getting votes from the Freedom Caucus, only for Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) and several other rogue Republicans to oust him under the rule. Johnson was appointed in his place after weeks of chaos in the House.
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