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riversedge

(75,377 posts)
Fri May 9, 2025, 07:11 AM 15 hrs ago

House quickly kills Marjorie Taylor Greene's effort to oust Speaker Johnson

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Source: abc




Democrats joined almost all Republicans in rejecting Greene's move.

By Mariam Khan and Lauren Peller May 8, 2024, 6:25 PM



Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene on Wednesday officially triggered a vote on her motion to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson, but within minutes Democrats joined almost all Republicans to overwhelmingly reject her move.

There were audible boos from lawmakers in the chamber as Greene spoke at length about her grievances with Johnson as she called for a vote.

The Georgia congresswoman, flanked by co-sponsor GOP Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky, asserted Johnson had "not lived up to a single one" of the promises he made the Republican conference after he was elected to the top post in October.

"By passing the Democrats' agenda and handcuffing the Republicans' ability and influence legislation, our elected Republican Speaker Mike Johnson has aided and abetted the Democrats and the Biden administration in destroying our country," Greene said...




Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-triggers-vote-motion-oust-speaker/story?id=110043228



The Drama Queen of the US Congress has nothing better to do than to create more chaos.




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House quickly kills Marjorie Taylor Greene's effort to oust Speaker Johnson (Original Post) riversedge 15 hrs ago OP
She's so ridiculous and pathetic. 🤢 Dave Bowman 15 hrs ago #1
Understatement of the year! SheltieLover 15 hrs ago #3
Lol, yes it is! Dave Bowman 15 hrs ago #4
Mtg is revolting. SheltieLover 15 hrs ago #5
This story is a year old SCantiGOP 11 hrs ago #21
I was wondering the same thing.... n/t Ol Janx Spirit 10 hrs ago #29
Does anyone like Marge? Irish_Dem 15 hrs ago #2
Well, she keeps getting elected, so I guess so. ananda 12 hrs ago #14
Has to be one of the nastiest areas of the US. Irish_Dem 10 hrs ago #32
Does Marge like anyone? She is addicted to feuds. Midnight Writer 10 hrs ago #30
It won't be long before I start reading online about how awful it is that Democrats "voted with Republicans" * Oopsie Daisy 15 hrs ago #6
Well, other than retaining someone who would kill me on sight if he could in the role of speaker... OldBaldy1701E 15 hrs ago #9
May 7: Rep. Greene and Speaker Johnson meet for a 2nd day as possible vote on his ouster simmers riversedge 15 hrs ago #7
May 7 2024, not 2025. (n/t) thesquanderer 12 hrs ago #16
it's so obvious she wants to be speaker. Javaman 15 hrs ago #8
These stories are from 2024 /nt Abnredleg 14 hrs ago #10
While MTG is no one's fave, wonder what the Dem thinking was in this? A speaker hunt would have tied up GOP for... dutch777 14 hrs ago #11
It's from a year ago. Things were different, Trump wasn't even president yet. (n/t) thesquanderer 12 hrs ago #18
I first read this as: liberalgunwilltravel 12 hrs ago #12
LOL. MarineCombatEngineer 12 hrs ago #13
I did the same thing. boonecreek 12 hrs ago #15
Same here question everything 11 hrs ago #24
Why is this being posted now? The stories are a year old. Wiz Imp 12 hrs ago #17
I know it would be an ideologically-reversed idea, but has anyone thought of beating her to death with a cane? Aristus 11 hrs ago #19
This message was self-deleted by its author Emile 11 hrs ago #20
Like a tenacious dog! Canada Kid 11 hrs ago #22
Why are the Democrats helping Johnson? Owens 11 hrs ago #23
Once she takes over the Senate... dchill 11 hrs ago #25
They know that the Dingleberries might elect someone even crazier than Johnson. ificandream 11 hrs ago #26
Comment on the times and how I regret falling into it: The first six words of the title almost made my day. marble falls 11 hrs ago #27
How will Johnson demonstrate his appreciation this time? Let the wimp fall. marble falls 10 hrs ago #28
And she wants to be a Senator??? johnnyfins 10 hrs ago #31
Article from May 8, 2024, 6:25 PM is NOT Late Breaking News Attilatheblond 9 hrs ago #33
True. But it does beg the question, Bluetus 9 hrs ago #34
Locking because this is over 12 hours old Yonnie3 8 hrs ago #35

Dave Bowman

(5,102 posts)
1. She's so ridiculous and pathetic. 🤢
Fri May 9, 2025, 07:13 AM
15 hrs ago

SheltieLover

(67,583 posts)
3. Understatement of the year!
Fri May 9, 2025, 07:16 AM
15 hrs ago

Dave Bowman

(5,102 posts)
4. Lol, yes it is!
Fri May 9, 2025, 07:20 AM
15 hrs ago

SheltieLover

(67,583 posts)
5. Mtg is revolting.
Fri May 9, 2025, 07:22 AM
15 hrs ago


SCantiGOP

(14,447 posts)
21. This story is a year old
Fri May 9, 2025, 10:57 AM
11 hrs ago

Why is it posted like News?

Ol Janx Spirit

(176 posts)
29. I was wondering the same thing.... n/t
Fri May 9, 2025, 11:42 AM
10 hrs ago

Irish_Dem

(69,348 posts)
2. Does anyone like Marge?
Fri May 9, 2025, 07:14 AM
15 hrs ago

ananda

(31,668 posts)
14. Well, she keeps getting elected, so I guess so.
Fri May 9, 2025, 09:55 AM
12 hrs ago

Maybe they are her fellow troglodytes.

Irish_Dem

(69,348 posts)
32. Has to be one of the nastiest areas of the US.
Fri May 9, 2025, 12:35 PM
10 hrs ago

Midnight Writer

(23,885 posts)
30. Does Marge like anyone? She is addicted to feuds.
Fri May 9, 2025, 12:21 PM
10 hrs ago

Oopsie Daisy

(5,726 posts)
6. It won't be long before I start reading online about how awful it is that Democrats "voted with Republicans" *
Fri May 9, 2025, 07:23 AM
15 hrs ago

It won't be long before I start reading online about how awful it is that Democrats "voted with Republicans." We'll be treated to yet another round of false accusations that "Democrats are secretly Republicans" and they should all be primaried. Ugh. --- How original.

It will not surprise me at all if this becomes this latest news becomes the new outrage du-jour and and yet another reason for online pundits (or those who fancy themselves as such) to begin shitting on Democrats, yet again. I'm shocked, SHOCKED, that Democrats would ever work with Republicans on anything. I mean, who needs to get things done in government, right? More chaos and disarray is what we need! 🤡

OldBaldy1701E

(7,812 posts)
9. Well, other than retaining someone who would kill me on sight if he could in the role of speaker...
Fri May 9, 2025, 07:39 AM
15 hrs ago

I don't see the problem. He is ineffective and that is what we want right now, someone who proves that a MAJOR mistake was made by enough people to cause this travesty of nation we are living in.

riversedge

(75,377 posts)
7. May 7: Rep. Greene and Speaker Johnson meet for a 2nd day as possible vote on his ouster simmers
Fri May 9, 2025, 07:29 AM
15 hrs ago







Rep. Greene and Speaker Johnson meet for a 2nd day as possible vote on his ouster simmers
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/rep-greene-and-speaker-johnson-meet-for-a-2nd-day-as-possible-vote-on-his-ouster-simmers


Politics May 7, 2024 3:18 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Embattled Speaker Mike Johnson worked to position himself as in control Tuesday, insisting he’s not negotiating with far-right Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene as they prepared to meet again at the Capitol and she weighed whether to proceed with a vote on his ouster.

It was the second day Johnson was meeting privately with Greene, a top ally of Donald Trump, and she outlined four demands — including no more funding for Ukraine as it fights Russia and an end to the Justice Department special counsel’s legal cases against the indicted former president.

Greene is threatening to call a vote on her motion to vacate the speaker from office, despite objections from Trump himself and fellow Republicans who want to end the chaos on Capitol Hill. Another hardline congressman, Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky, backs her effort and has joined in the meetings.

Greene said she had “high expectations” the speaker will deliver.

“This is what people all over the country are screaming for,” Greene said Tuesday on Steve Bannon’s “War Room” podcast. “They want to see this vote.”

.................

thesquanderer

(12,589 posts)
16. May 7 2024, not 2025. (n/t)
Fri May 9, 2025, 10:23 AM
12 hrs ago

Javaman

(63,768 posts)
8. it's so obvious she wants to be speaker.
Fri May 9, 2025, 07:37 AM
15 hrs ago

but even she knows she doesn't have a snowballs chance in hell of that happening.

so the next best thing? just continue to be an asshole.

Abnredleg

(1,063 posts)
10. These stories are from 2024 /nt
Fri May 9, 2025, 08:13 AM
14 hrs ago

dutch777

(4,404 posts)
11. While MTG is no one's fave, wonder what the Dem thinking was in this? A speaker hunt would have tied up GOP for...
Fri May 9, 2025, 08:18 AM
14 hrs ago

...weeks if not longer. And shown them to again be unworthy of leadership in the House. Don't know that even with Dem support Johnson could have been ousted, but I keep thinking anything that delays and kills GOP focus on supporting and moving forward the Trump agenda is an opportunity for Dems to resist.

thesquanderer

(12,589 posts)
18. It's from a year ago. Things were different, Trump wasn't even president yet. (n/t)
Fri May 9, 2025, 10:25 AM
12 hrs ago
12. I first read this as:
Fri May 9, 2025, 09:44 AM
12 hrs ago
House quickly kills Marjorie Taylor Greene

I was so disappointed when I read further.

MarineCombatEngineer

(15,253 posts)
13. LOL.
Fri May 9, 2025, 09:50 AM
12 hrs ago

I see what you did there.

boonecreek

(891 posts)
15. I did the same thing.
Fri May 9, 2025, 10:02 AM
12 hrs ago

Too early in the morning to have my hopes dashed. However, watching the
Republican infighting is a pleasant diversion.

question everything

(50,192 posts)
24. Same here
Fri May 9, 2025, 11:28 AM
11 hrs ago

Wiz Imp

(4,929 posts)
17. Why is this being posted now? The stories are a year old.
Fri May 9, 2025, 10:25 AM
12 hrs ago

This moonbreeze person making the posts on bluesky is acting like they're new, but they're from May of 2024.

Aristus

(69,881 posts)
19. I know it would be an ideologically-reversed idea, but has anyone thought of beating her to death with a cane?
Fri May 9, 2025, 10:41 AM
11 hrs ago

It's happened before...

(Well, half to death, actually...)

Response to riversedge (Original post)

Canada Kid

(130 posts)
22. Like a tenacious dog!
Fri May 9, 2025, 10:59 AM
11 hrs ago

She has become a real thorn in the side of the Republican Party. All are afraid of her...most have no use for her, but she carries a big stick because of Trump's acknowledgement of her loyalty to him. She fires off an ongoing stream of truthless, fact less, and invented BS and leaves a wake of embarrassment to all her colleagues. Ongoing damage control with MTG hanging around. GOP Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky also lends her credence to her garbage, as he is the male version of this idiot.

Owens

(511 posts)
23. Why are the Democrats helping Johnson?
Fri May 9, 2025, 11:22 AM
11 hrs ago

dchill

(42,270 posts)
25. Once she takes over the Senate...
Fri May 9, 2025, 11:37 AM
11 hrs ago

...she won't have to put up with this riff raff.

ificandream

(11,123 posts)
26. They know that the Dingleberries might elect someone even crazier than Johnson.
Fri May 9, 2025, 11:39 AM
11 hrs ago

I think they found it was a mistake to oust Kevin McCarthy. They've apparently learned from that one.

marble falls

(65,192 posts)
27. Comment on the times and how I regret falling into it: The first six words of the title almost made my day.
Fri May 9, 2025, 11:41 AM
11 hrs ago

marble falls

(65,192 posts)
28. How will Johnson demonstrate his appreciation this time? Let the wimp fall.
Fri May 9, 2025, 11:42 AM
10 hrs ago

johnnyfins

(2,036 posts)
31. And she wants to be a Senator???
Fri May 9, 2025, 12:23 PM
10 hrs ago

Grow up, lady.

Attilatheblond

(5,846 posts)
33. Article from May 8, 2024, 6:25 PM is NOT Late Breaking News
Fri May 9, 2025, 12:57 PM
9 hrs ago

Please delete or move to General Discussion?

Bluetus

(1,019 posts)
34. True. But it does beg the question,
Fri May 9, 2025, 01:19 PM
9 hrs ago

What did Democrats get for saving Johnson? What was the strategy here? With the benefit of hindsight, does this really look like the best we could do?

Yonnie3

(18,660 posts)
35. Locking because this is over 12 hours old
Fri May 9, 2025, 02:30 PM
8 hrs ago
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