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Here We Go Again? MTG Files Motion to Remove Speaker Johnson.

After the U.S. House of Representatives passed a funding package to avert a government shutdown in a bipartisan 286-134 vote on Friday, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) introduced a motion to vacate the chair — the vehicle by which members of the House can remove the speaker and which was used by Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) to boot Kevin McCarthy in October 2023 — in order to strip Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) of the gavel.

The formal move comes after MTG warned in an interview this week that passing the "minibus" funding bill "will be the fall of Mike Johnson."

Previously, Rep. Greene aired her concerns about the bill in a speech on the House floor. "This bill will absolutely destroy our majority," she warned her colleagues during debate on the legislation. 

After filing the motion, here's what Greene had to say on the steps of the U.S. Capitol:

When asked about a motion to vacate previously, Greene had suggested Johnson shouldn't be removed without a successor lined up to hopefully avert the chaos that saw legislative activity in the lower chamber grind to a halt following McCarthy's ouster. 


Some House Republicans reacted to the news with a bit more levity:

This is a developing story and may be updated.