Republican Reveals Possible GOP Plan to Allow Democratic House Speaker

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Source: Newsweek

Published Apr 20, 2024 at 3:30 PM EDT | Updated Apr 20, 2024 at 5:13 PM EDT


As House Speaker Mike Johnson continues to face criticism from conservatives over his support for Ukraine aid, Representative Anna Paulina Luna, a Florida Republican, warned on Friday of a possible GOP plan that would allow a Democratic House speaker if a motion to vacate is introduced. Johnson, a Louisiana Republican, is facing mounting criticism from House conservatives as he pushed forward on a bill to provide supplemental aid to Ukraine, which continues defending its easternmost territories against Russia who invaded the country two years ago.

Conservatives have said those funds should instead be spent to secure the U.S.-Mexico border rather than on American allies. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Georgia Republican, last month introduced a motion to vacate against Johnson, but it was unprivileged, meaning it did not automatically compel a vote.

Greene has continued to warn Johnson against passing Ukraine aid, with Representative Thomas Massie, a Kentucky Republican, cosponsoring the motion this week. In addition, following Saturday's passing of a $95 billion aid package that includes $60.8 billion of Ukraine aid, Greene continued to criticize Johnson in a post on X, formerly Twitter, writing "Mike Johnson's House of Representatives so proud to work for Ukraine. Not the American people!!! It's despicable!"

Meanwhile, during an interview on Rumble with Representative Matt Gaetz on Friday, Luna discussed the unprivileged motion to vacate Johnson and the possibility that a Democrat could become speaker. "So I heard that if and when the motion to vacate is introduced that there will be immediate resignations of a couple more moderate members of Congress and in the event that happens that ultimately means that it does go to a Democrat speaker and so we're in a predicament," she said. Gaetz, also a Florida Republican, warned what it would look like if a Democrat were to be speaker.


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1. "Conservatives have said..." -- No, Russiapublicans oppose sending aid to Ukraine.

[DJ Synikus Makisimus]

2. Anyone else think a D speaker in a R majority Congress would be a bad idea?

While I doubt that the extreme MAGAGOPs will pull this off, indeed I doubt they can tie their own shoes, I can't imagine why Democrats would go along with this. Demonstrating GOP chaos is a better look in an election year (and makes for better trolling on the web), methinks, than the spectacle of making a Democratic Party speaker try to herd a bunch of Pallas' cats.

[Phoenix61]

3. It's 218 R, 213 D.

If enough Rs bail it will be a Dem house.😀

[EndlessWire]

6. I don't get it, I guess.

If Repubs resign the House, then wouldn't we have the majority? And wouldn't that automatically put Hakeem Jeffries in charge? And wouldn't that give us both the House and the Senate, with a Dem tiebreaker? I don't think this is a bad thing. It's what we want in any given year. Because of Marge, we could end up with a Dem President, Dem House, and Dem Senate, this year. We want that. We know how to govern and are doing our jobs, and Repubs don't do that. They are focused on Trump.

I think that Trump is busy finishing off any credibility he once had. Not only is he in a criminal trial for the twin prongs of cheating on his wife and then trying to cover it up for an election, but there he sits, falling asleep drooling, farting his brains out stinking up the courtroom, and showing disrespect to both judge and jury. That's a disgusting spectacle. That's an Ewwww factor. I wouldn't even sit in a chair that he used. The guy's gaffes during speeches further erodes it.

So, maybe the numbers aren't correct, but I think we do indeed want Jeffries in there.

[BumRushDaShow]

7. Right now

some of the (R)s threatening to go (at least before the election) are in "safe" or swing seats so eventually there would be a special election and some other (R) would probably replace them.

But until that happens, you have that "window of opportunity".

[Srkdqltr]

4. Yes but its much more fun to watch a republican squirm

[TrogL]

5. wait...what????

OMG what a shitshow.

[Vinca]

8. Hakeem will make a stellar Speaker someday, but at this point

they're looking for a scapegoat. If a Democrat is suddenly Speaker, all the problems and dysfunction will suddenly, magically be the fault of every Democrat in the country. Let the rats keep devouring each other. There are only a few more months of madness to get through.