WASHINGTON – House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is expected to survive a challenge from Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) and other far-right Republicans next week, but the goal isn’t to elect a new speaker. At least not this time around.
The goal is to move today’s GOP even further to the right, they indicate, and Johnson’s the perfect prop for this latest political ploy.
While most Republicans oppose Greene’s plan to formally call for a vote on her motion to vacate Johnson’s – the same tool used last autumn to oust Speaker Kevin McCarthy – she doesn’t care what her fellow Republicans are saying. ...
