Lauren Boebert floated by GOP colleague as someone who 'could do better' than Mike Johnson

Speaker Mike Johnson's days may be numbered as the top lawmaker in the House, and at least one name is already being floated to take his place.

Rep. Laura Boebert (R-CO) as the successor to slam the House gavel was breezily broached by Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) on Thursday while dressing down Johnson.

Asked who could do better than Johnson in the prestigious post, Gaetz replied, “I don’t know... Ms. Boebert could do better."

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Boebert, who is facing reelection and switching districts after Rep. Ken Buck retired, made a cameo on ousted Rep. George Santos’ weekly Twitter call-in show.

She was asked point blank if she would consider taking over Johnson's job if he were to be muscled out, and she apparently is already ready to reject it while rejoicing about how they both “completely ruined [Johnson’s] life.”

Boebert told Santos, "If I were speaker of the House, I would have to go to the GOP conference meetings," she said. "I am not subjecting myself to that every week that we come to Washington, D.C. Absolutely not."

Santos then tried to knock the job itself as one that is the poison pill of D.C. careers.

"I’ll say this for you, Lauren, quite frankly, it is the job nobody wants, and it is the job no one actually deserves," he said. "We took Mike Johnson, perfectly minding his own business, loving life, teaching on the side, having fun, teaching civics… and destroyed his life! Completely ruined his life!"

"Bless his heart."

Last October, Gaetz notoriously spearheaded the unceremonious removal of Speaker Kevin McCarthy, marking the first speaker ever to be booted by his own party, when he brought forward a motion to vacate.

Currently, pulling the same Gaetz motion to vacate card with Johnson, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) is seeking to remove him from the post just as the House Speaker was mulling on how to bring a $95 billion security supplemental bills to bankroll foreign aid to Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan.

Johnson pushed ahead on Friday on the aid and championed a 316-94 victory with the help of Democrats.

A final House approval may happen as soon as this weekend before sending it to the Senate.

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