Greene said she filed because Johnson forced a vote on continuing resolutions and funding bills to avert a shutdown.
Representatives Matt Gaetz and Marjorie Taylor Greene conduct a news conference in the Capitol Visitor Center on February 6, 2024, in Washington, D.C.Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., on Friday filed a motion to oust Speaker Mike Johnson as the House voted to avoid a government shutdown,
“This is a betrayal of the American people. This is a betrayal of Republican voters,” Greene told reporters. “If we vacated this speaker, we’d end up with a Democrat. When I vacated the last one, I made a promise to the country that we would not end up with the Democrat speaker. And I was right. I couldn’t make that promise again,” he told reporters.
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