Can Marjorie Taylor Greene rally the troops, or will even her own party leave her hanging?
Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) has announced that she’s finally forcing a vote on her motion to vacate the House speaker’s chair … soon. The Georgia lawmaker first filed her motion to oust Mike Johnson (R-LA) after he helped pass the $1.2 trillion spending bill to keep the government rolling back in March. Now she plans to force the vote sometime in the coming week, but does she have the support she needs to take Johnson down?
An obstacle to her aspirations seems to be the support Johnson enjoys among House Democrats. A handful of Republicans have also made public remarks either defending the speaker or criticizing Greene – or both – making the motion to vacate seem destined to fail. But what price will Johnson,…
