Johnson: Greene not ‘proving to be’ a serious lawmaker

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) brushed off Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s (R-Ga.) sharpened threat to force a vote to oust him from his post, in an interview set to air in full Wednesday on NewsNation’s “The Hill.”

“I don’t think she is proving to be, no,” Johnson said in a preview of the interview, which was taped Tuesday night, when asked if he thinks Greene is a “serious lawmaker.”

“I don’t spend a lot of time thinking about her,” the Speaker continued. “I got to do my job, and we do the right thing, and we let the chips fall where they may. That is my philosophy. That is how we are governing.”

The full interview will air at 6 p.m. Wednesday on NewsNation’s “The Hill.”

His defiance comes ahead of a scheduled news conference Wednesday morning in which Greene is expected to address her motion to vacate resolution, which she initially filed in late March. For weeks, the Georgia Republican has declined to force a vote on the motion, even after Johnson championed more aid for Ukraine, which she opposed.

Democratic leaders announced Tuesday that they would provide the votes to shield Johnson from a potential conservative coup, prompting Greene to vow to bring her resolution to the floor. Still, she did not say when it would happen.