WASHINGTON — Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has filed a motion to oust Speaker Mike Johnson, three sources with knowledge of the move told NBC News, doing so just as the House voted to avoid a government shutdown.

Johnson, R-La., has served as speaker for five months, having taken over for Kevin McCarthy who was ousted from the top job under a similar process.

  • BombOmOm@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Wasn’t that the branch he was kneeling to the hardest? If even they don’t like him, I doubt he will remain speaker long.

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        9 months ago

        It’s so funny how many GOP crazies run because “God told them to,” and then fall flat on their faces with no popular support.

        He must have an excellent sense of humor.

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          9 months ago

          God has no sense of humour, but he hasn’t found a way to power his simulation without irony. That’s why we’re here, the whole thing falls apart with no sentients to torment

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        9 months ago

        They wouldn’t recognize God’s plan if he sent a bolt of fucking lightening down on them.