Speaker Mike Johnson ( R- LA ) actually owes his hand to Liberals.
An enormous 163 Democrats chose to continue Mike Johnson’s partnership government with the , necessary inc- Speaker Hakeem Jeffries ( D- NY), voting to board a movement from Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green ( R- GA ) to remove Johnson of his hand.
The traditional 359 to 43 ballot good cements Johnson’s speakership – for now.
Seven Democrats cast ballots, eleven did not, and ten Democrats cast ballots, according to the final count.
Finally, just 32 Democrats proved angry much with Johnson’s stewardship of the House to vote to enable Greene’s gavel- stripping resolution to move ahead.
Under Johnson, Democrats will include a good thing going. Jeffries said Sunday that Democrats have  , controlled , the House mission under Johnson.
” Yet though we’re in the minority, we essentially have been governing as if we were in the lot because we continue to provide a majority of the votes needed to find things done”, he , told , CBS. ” Those are just the details”.
On Wednesday night, Greene moved to resign from the head. She read an extensive listing of Johnson’s transgressions that led to her movements, as her colleagues jeered and mocked her throughout.
As expected, Majority Leader Steve Scalise ( R- LA ), on behalf of Johnson, soon moved to board that action – which would effectively remove it.
Jeffries and his management team had promised to deliver the votes needed to keep Johnson, but that commitment did not go beyond the first tabling vote. Greene, her lover Rep. Thomas Massie ( R- KY), or any other Republican may force another vote, a prospect Democrats have certainly tipped their hand as to how they would react.
Breitbart News ‘ Capitol Hill correspondent, Bradley Jaye. Follow him on X/Twitter at , @BradleyAJaye.
