This is great news since it officially establishes that Johnson has a dependency on Democrats now. Which gives Dems more leverage because if Johnson refuses to cooperate on something in the future than Dems could bring a motion to vacate the chair.
this post was submitted on 08 May 2024
142 points (96.1% liked)
politics
19138 readers
4064 users here now
Welcome to the discussion of US Politics!
Rules:
- Post only links to articles, Title must fairly describe link contents. If your title differs from the site’s, it should only be to add context or be more descriptive. Do not post entire articles in the body or in the comments.
Links must be to the original source, not an aggregator like Google Amp, MSN, or Yahoo.
Example:
- Articles must be relevant to politics. Links must be to quality and original content. Articles should be worth reading. Clickbait, stub articles, and rehosted or stolen content are not allowed. Check your source for Reliability and Bias here.
- Be civil, No violations of TOS. It’s OK to say the subject of an article is behaving like a (pejorative, pejorative). It’s NOT OK to say another USER is (pejorative). Strong language is fine, just not directed at other members. Engage in good-faith and with respect! This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban.
- No memes, trolling, or low-effort comments. Reposts, misinformation, off-topic, trolling, or offensive. Similarly, if you see posts along these lines, do not engage. Report them, block them, and live a happier life than they do. We see too many slapfights that boil down to "Mom! He's bugging me!" and "I'm not touching you!" Going forward, slapfights will result in removed comments and temp bans to cool off.
- Vote based on comment quality, not agreement. This community aims to foster discussion; please reward people for putting effort into articulating their viewpoint, even if you disagree with it.
- No hate speech, slurs, celebrating death, advocating violence, or abusive language. This will result in a ban. Usernames containing racist, or inappropriate slurs will be banned without warning
We ask that the users report any comment or post that violate the rules, to use critical thinking when reading, posting or commenting. Users that post off-topic spam, advocate violence, have multiple comments or posts removed, weaponize reports or violate the code of conduct will be banned.
All posts and comments will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. This means that some content that violates the rules may be allowed, while other content that does not violate the rules may be removed. The moderators retain the right to remove any content and ban users.
That's all the rules!
Civic Links
• Congressional Awards Program
• Library of Congress Legislative Resources
• U.S. House of Representatives
Partnered Communities:
• News
founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
Yeah, I was frustrated with Greene saying "Democrats saved him," because with the infinitesimal majority they have, it would be the Democrats who ousted him if they voted the other way. Republicans basically have no agency in their choice of Speaker anymore, thanks largely to the chaos and dysfunction caused by her faction.
It also shows how toothless the extreme MAGA side is. Democrats and moderate Republicans made bipartisan deals to get aid passed and this troglodyte can't abide compromise. She genuinely thinks compromise is evil.
I think you're giving her too much credit. She just wants chaos and attention.
Correct. She must be fuming because she thought she had that kind of power - and she doesn't.
I have a small sliver of suspicion that many Democrats voted to help Johnson in order to put her in her place.
Wake up, babe. New voting coalition just dropped.
Can they also just reject her?
No sooner than Greene triggered the vote on her motion to vacate the speaker from his office, the Republican Majority Leader Steve Scalise countered by calling first for a vote to table it.
An overwhelming majority, 359-43, kept Johnson in his job, for now.
The House voted nearly immediately to resolve something. How often does that happen? That is a resounding rejection.
There are mechanisms for Congress to expell members, but that's unlikely to come up Santos for her.
Just a reminder to Mikey that his fate is controlled by Democrats
I guess on balance it's more important to me that the Democrats reject Greene than reject Johnson. It's clear to everyone that Johnson is "weak" (in MAGA support) and dependent completely on Democrats to get anything done.
Now that that's out in the open and he's slightly a MAGA pariah, he'll probably get back to more old fashioned Republican projects like destroying the environment, fucking over workers, giving billions to billionaires, and a blank check to the military.
I mean ... Freedom.
Haha, what a fucking loser.
In another thread, someone referred to her as Perjury Traitor Greed, and I'm just here to make that more popular.
I like better the video showing the moment she first introduced the motion, to instant booing
That was glorious. Her immediate reaction to realizing she had much less support than she actually thought she had almost made my justice boner orgasm. She’s through, the troglodyte is dead.
I like how she doubles down and pretends she's not bothered, but she's absolutely bothered
You have to be really careful with your eyebrows when you say “uniparty” in front of a camera
To her, bipartisan compromise is a dirty word. Uniparty is the new Antifa boogeyman.
Cuntery Taitor Bullshit’s game is played out, and nobody will put up with her shit anymore.
Oh how I wish that were true.
Explain
Who the hell do you support in this case? The right-wing religious nutter or the Russian FSB agent?
The right-wing religious nutter or the Russian FSB agent?
The right wing nutter. He did the bare minimum to enable support to Ukraine. That's more than the Russian FSB agent ever did.
Is that gif supposed to be going mach 10, or is my client just freaking out?
This is the best summary I could come up with:
WASHINGTON (AP) — Hardline Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene stunned colleagues Wednesday calling for a vote to oust Speaker Mike Johnson, but lawmakers quickly rejected it.
One of Donald Trump’s biggest supporters in Congress, Greene stood on the House floor and read a long list of “transgressions” she said Johnson had committed as speaker.
It was the second time in a matter of months that Republicans have tried to oust their own speaker, an unheard-of level of party turmoil with a move rarely seen in U.S. history.
Johnson of Louisiana marched on, saying he had been willing to take the risk, believing it was important for the U.S. to back Ukraine against Russia’s invasion and explaining he wanted to be on the “right side of history.”
In a highly unusual move, the speaker received a boost from Democrats led by Rep. Hakeem Jeffries of New York, whose leadership team had said it was time to “turn the page” on the GOP turmoil and vote to table Greene’s resolution — almost ensuring Johnson’s job is saved, for now.
Trump also weighed in after Johnson trekked to Mar-a-Lago for a visit, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee giving the speaker his nod of approval.
The original article contains 441 words, the summary contains 200 words. Saved 55%. I'm a bot and I'm open source!
She looks like that troglodyte they just recreated from that skull more and more every day…
Her cranial lobe is noticeably smaller, her eyes are closer together and her skin is more leathery. She should just focus on being less nasty.
She is so disgusting to look at.
Blyat!
So she finally has something in common with turnip? LOSER!
Now do her.
Ring condemns if … oh not what you meant… carryon.
