'Makes no difference': Lauren Boebert doesn’t care if speaker is Johnson or Jeffries
In a statement released Tuesday, House Democratic leaders confirmed that they will back House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) in the face of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's (R-GA) threat to oust him through a motion to vacate.
House Minority Leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), House Minority Whip Katherine Clark (D-MA) and House Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar (D-CA) declared their support for Johnson, citing his decision to pass the $95 billion bipartisan foreign aid package earlier this month.
Another House GOP hardliner — Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) — told CNN's Manu Raju that, at this point, she doesn't care if Jeffries became the speaker in Johnson's place.
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Raju tweeted, "Asked Lauren Boebert about Dems coming to aid Mike Johnson over MTG’s threat to oust him. 'We are passing the Democratic agenda each and every day that we're here. We have a slim majority in the House, and it's — everything's being passed overwhelmingly with Democrat support. So it makes no difference to me if it’s Hakeem Jeffries as speaker or Mike Johnson.'"
Due to the Republicans' razor-thin majority, Jeffries' could become speaker with the help of a few House Republicans longing to get back to governing.
The Democratic leaders wrote in their statement, "For months, House Republicans irresponsibly delayed critical security assistance to our democratic allies in Ukraine, Israel and the Indo-Pacific, while simultaneously blocking humanitarian assistance to civilians in harm's way in places like Gaza, Haiti and the Sudan," the statement read. "Thanks to a bipartisan coalition of Democrats and Republicans, led by President Biden, we were finally able to meet the national security needs of the American people."
The statement continued, "From the very beginning of this Congress, House Democrats have put people over politics and found bipartisan common ground with traditional Republicans in order to deliver real results," House Democratic leaders continued. "At the same time, House Democrats have aggressively pushed back against MAGA extremism. We will continue to do just that."
The top Democrats added, "At this moment, upon completion of our national security work, the time has come to turn the page on this chapter of Pro-Putin Republican obstruction. We will vote to table Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's Motion to Vacate the Chair. If she invokes the motion, it will not succeed."