House Democrats would block MTG’s motion to oust Speaker Johnson: Jeffries

House Democratic leaders would vote to save Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) from a motion to vacate if one was brought by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), the first time Democrats have made a definitive decision on how they would respond to efforts to oust the speaker.

In a statement released Tuesday, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) and other House Democratic leaders said the time has come to “turn the page on this chapter of pro-Putin Republican obstruction” following the passage of the foreign aid package last week — another perceived nail in the coffin for Johnson as Greene called the speaker a “lame duck” and his actions a “betrayal.”

“We will vote to table Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Motion to Vacate the Chair,” Democratic leaders said. “If she invokes the motion, it will not succeed.”