'Sword hangs over Mike Johnson's neck': GOP rep says time running out for speaker
April 11, 2024
Speaking to the press on Wednesday, Georgia GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said she still plans to move forward with her effort to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson, saying she warned him in a meeting that she's "watching what happens" on Ukraine funding and the reauthorization of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.
And her threat is being increasingly taken seriously by her GOP colleagues in Congress.
During an appearance with Maria Bartiromo on Fox Business Thursday, Rep. Scott Perry (R-PA) suggested that Johnson's tenure as speaker is hanging by a thread.
"I think the sword hangs over Mike Johnson's neck," Perry said.
"And I would say yesterday's actions probably didn't win a whole lot of new advocates, unfortunately, for the speaker. But I still certainly think there's time for him to get the ship right. I think [Greene] in her letter made a very compelling case.
"The American people elected Republicans and put us in the majority to change the course and the direction that the left has taken this country ... and at this point, [Republicans] haven't been that effective."
Speaking on Wednesday, Greene said, "[Johnson] discussed having a kitchen cabinet group that would be a group of advisors for him, asked me if I was interested, and I said I'll wait and see what his proposal is on that right now — he does not have my support," signaling that she still plans to bring a motion to vacate.
On Tuesday, Greene sent a scathing letter to her fellow GOP lawmakers accusing Johnson of failing to gain wins for conservatives, daring to work with President Joe Biden and Democrats to fund the government, and slamming his plan to approve aid to Ukraine.
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“I will not tolerate our elected Republican Speaker Mike Johnson serving the Democrats and the Biden administration and helping them achieve their policies that are destroying our country,” Greene said in her letter. “He is throwing our own razor-thin majority into chaos by not serving his own GOP conference that elected him.”
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