Joint Democratic Leadership Statement on Motion to Vacate

[LetMyPeopleVote]

MTG is not going to be happy

Link to tweet

[Ohio Joe]

1. Interesting...

I wonder what we get in return.

[Demsrule86]

5. First of all, we got the aid bill through...huge accomplishment.

Maybe we will get more. This will likely stop them from shutting the government down too.

[CincyDem]

2. And with that, Leader Jeffries completes his acquisition of Speaker Johnson.

[Happy Hoosier]

3. This is the correct move.

Leader Jeffries is doing a great job. Can't wait to see him with the gavel.

[Demsrule86]

4. It is the smart move...very clever.

I bet Margie is spitting mad...

[Probatim]

7. Spittinger madder - her default modes are spitting mad and batshit crazy.

[wryter2000]

13. Yup

This is a very smart move. Nancy Pelosi was asked by Katy The what the Dems would do about this, and Nancy said she would defer to our wonderful leader Hakeem Jeffries.

[onetexan]

15. Yup; Jeffries is pulling the strings at this point. Must be humiliating for Johnson & the GOP as a whole they can't

maintain control of their own members. When u make a deal w the devil u never win.

In this situation the only party that's winning are the House Dems.

[BeyondGeography]

6. Someone done lost her power

Oh well.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

8. MTG melts down after 'slimy' Mike Johnson gets bailed out by House Dems

This makes me smile. This will be fun to watch. MTG's motion to vacate relied on Democratic votes to remove Johnson and so now this stunt is doomed because MTG does not have the GOP support to remove Maga Mike

Link to tweet

https://www.rawstory.com/marjorie-taylor-greene-motion-to-vacate/

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) flipped out after House Democrats announced they would back Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) against her ousting threat.

Democratic leadership announced Tuesday morning they would vote to table Greene's motion to vacate if she invoked the measure, calling her challenge to Johnson's position an example of "Pro-Putin Republican obstruction" The Georgia Republican issued a statement on social media attacking the speaker and his new-found allies.

"Everyday, I fight the Democrat agenda destroying America and I fight for an America First Republican agenda," Greene posted on X. "Mike Johnson is officially the Democrat Speaker of the House. Here is their official endorsement of his Speakership."

"What slimy back room deal did Johnson make for the Democrats’ support?" she added. "He should resign, switch parties, and continue voting for Biden’s open border invasion of America, endless wars, full term abortion on demand, trans agenda on children, warrantless spying on the American people, weaponizing government against President Trump and his supporters, and every other Democrat wishlist item he’s handed over."

Democrats have praised Johnson's leadership after he brought a $95 billion foreign aid package to a vote. It included military assistance for Ukraine, Israel and other U.S. allies that Greene had vociferously opposed, and she threatened to invoke the motion to vacate she filed last month in response to the legislation.

[orangecrush]

12. Thanks

This made my day brighter

[W_HAMILTON]

20. How you gonna fail where even Matt Gaetz succeeded?

What a loser she is!

[MorbidButterflyTat]

9. Love this

I also love they didn't use "the Chair's" name.

[PatrickforB]

10. Good. Pelosi talked about this in the interview she did with Katie Tur.

Why even cater to these pro-Russian traitors.

[orangecrush]

11. Sit on that

And get off the mushroom, Marge.

[Ford_Prefect]

14. Kick them where it hurts!!!

[PortTack]

16. Every day she shows what an idiot she is! Do ya think she couldn't see this coming??!!

[LetMyPeopleVote]

17. For GOP, Marjorie Taylor Greene's vacate gambit looks like a dud

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene already had a cringeworthy reputation. It's even worse now that her crusade against House Speaker Mike Johnson is fizzling.

Link to tweet

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/gop-marjorie-taylor-greenes-vacate-gambit-looks-dud-rcna149936

It was 39 days ago when the right-wing Georgian filed her own motion to oust Speaker Mike Johnson, though unlike Gaetz’s effort, the congresswoman did not trigger any votes. Instead, as regular readers know, Greene effectively initiated an uncertain process and got to work looking for allies.

And while it’s true that she’s found a couple — literally, two — there’s a growing impression in Republican circles that Greene’s gambit is proving to be a rather embarrassing failure for an extremist already burdened by a cringeworthy reputation. The headline on an Axios report this morning reads, “GOP lawmakers say Marjorie Taylor Greene’s motion to vacate has fizzled.”

A sizable number of GOP lawmakers cast doubt on the odds of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) pulling the trigger on her motion to vacate Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), with some arguing her efforts lost momentum after members went home for recess.

The report quoted one House Republican who said, in reference to the effort to oust the incumbent House speaker, “Even trolls online have said they don’t want it.” Another added, referring to Greene, “I don’t think she’s going to do it — I think that window for her has passed.”.....

Looking ahead, Greene has a handful of options, none of which are especially appealing:

Greene could push back against the conventional wisdom in her party, force a vote on the speaker’s fate, and see what happens. (She would almost certainly lose the fight.)

Greene could keep the threats going in the coming months, never pull the proverbial trigger on her procedural scheme, and reinforce the impression that she’s not nearly as strong as she likes to pretend.

Greene could concede defeat, admit that she doesn’t have the votes, and look weak.

Greene could somehow find more intraparty allies, convince Democrats not to bail out Johnson, and somehow succeed in her crusade.

It’s that fourth option that seems the least likely.

[Celerity]

18. Putin doesn't like failures, Empty G best watch out the Novichok surprise gift bag and/or the Polonium soup

[Cha]

19. Whereas the Dems did Not help Kev.. Kev didn't help himself.

TY

[Progressive dog]

21. Smart move.

Thank you to the House Democrats for saving the assistance to our allies and then refusing to help MTG and her coalition of fascists retaliate.