“This is not personal against Mike Johnson. He’s a very good man. And I have respect for him as a person. But he is not doing the job. The proof is in the vote count today,” she told reporters on Friday.
“The Republican speaker of the House handed over every ounce of negotiating power to Chuck Schumer and the Democrats and went ahead and funded the government when this was our point of leverage.”
U.S. Representative Thomas Massie of Kentucky was reportedly made aware of Taylor-Greene’s plans prior to the motion be filing. As the House of Representatives heads into a two-week recess, he tells NPR that will give the GOP additional time to “select a new speaker.”
With that being said, Greene’s motion is privileged. In other words, there’s no guarantee of when or if it will hit the House floor. However, the GOP’s recent track record of electing and then replacing Speakers of the House suggests that there is a possibility that his could hit the House floor for a vote in the future.
