Republican Anger Erupts at Johnson as Party Frets About Future

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Representative Elise Stefanik of New York called Speaker Mike Johnson a habitual liar.

Representative Nancy Mace of South Carolina has told people she is so frustrated with the Louisiana Republican and sick of the way he has run the House — particularly how women are treated there — that she is planning to huddle with Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia next week to discuss following her lead and retiring early from Congress.

Representative Anna Paulina Luna of Florida has gone around Mr. Johnson in a bid to force a vote he has declined to schedule on a bill to ban members of Congress from stock trading.

Less than a year out from midterm elections in which Republicans’ vanishingly small majority is at stake, Mr. Johnson’s grasp on his gavel appears weaker than ever, as members from all corners of his conference openly complain about his leadership. Some predict that he may not last as the speaker for the rest of this term.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/us/politics/republican-women-speaker-johnson.html

[Prairie Gates]

1. With Stefanik involved, this sounds like a strategy to distance themselves from the GOP brand, but not Trump

The best way to do that is to embody everything that people dislike about MAGAism and current GOP politics in an expendable patsy like Mike Johnson. That way, they can keep the MAGA vote by attaching themselves to Trump, while still appearing as "outsiders" in their dispute with Johnson, who is a loser and a nobody anyway. The whole thing sounds cooked up in a Roger Stone and Steve Bannon Russian sauna session.

Anyway, how's the weather under that bus, Mikey?

[H2O Man]

9. At the same time,

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Stefanik is running for governor, despite -- or in spite of -- the felon saying her seat was "too important" than to risk losing. She will not, exactly as you note, speak out about the felon. She takes a more passive-aggressive path, after the felon dumped her for the United Nations position. She is a terrible human being.

[Deuxcents]

2. Wringing their hands, gritting their teeth, moaning and groaning and kicking the can of issues down the street

They’ve just come off 53 days of shutdown, thanksgiving recess and in all this time they could huddle together and come up with some ideas, research how other democracies are able to provide healthcare instead of bitching as the deadline is approaching.

[paleotn]

7. They could. But they don't want to provide healthcare to anyone but themselves.

[BannonsLiver]

3. lol they all know it's because of Trump. Grinder Mike is just the scapegoat.

[malaise]

4. Butter please

Pass the popcorn😀

[dalton99a]

5. Kick

Ms. Stefanik told The Wall Street Journal in an interview that Mr. Johnson would not have the support to remain speaker if a vote were held tomorrow, adding that disaffection with him among Republicans was “that widespread.”

Ms. Stefanik declined to speak on the record for this article.

Mr. Johnson declined to comment, as well. But a senior Republican congressional aide, who spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of prolonging an intraparty feud, said that after Mr. Johnson had provided Ms. Stefanik with office space and a budget for what the aide described as “a fake job and a fake title,” he would have expected her to be more gracious.

(After President Trump asked Ms. Stefanik earlier this year to withdraw as his nominee to serve as ambassador to the United Nations, Mr. Johnson created a new post for her called “chairwoman of House Republican Leadership,” although their relationship had collapsed.)

[Renew Deal]

6. He lies constantly

It's almost as blatant as Trump and always obvious

[BlueNProud]

8. Oh god they are tedious. No one wants his job just like McCarthy.

[Grins]

10. " Stefanik...called Speaker Mike Johnson a habitual liar."

Oooooh! So close.

Can you name the true “habitual liar,” Ms. Stefanic? The one you so proudly adore and worship? How can you attack Johnson, and not Trump? And Pence?

The GOP in its entirety, and the Reich-wing media that promotes it, is composed of frauds, cheats, AND LIARS.

[Bluetus]

11. Why does Mace need Greene's permission to leave the House?

Aren't any of these people capable of thinking for themselves?