House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is suggesting he wants to move forward with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s (R-Ga.) effort to remove him from his position.
“I don’t hold a grudge. I have to work with everybody. I told her last night before she left the room, let’s move on, Marjorie,” Johnson said Thursday in an interview with “FOX and Friends.”
Asked how Greene responded, Johnson only suggested that the two “will have the opportunity to do so.”
The House voted Wednesday to block a Greene-led attempt to oust Johnson from the presidency. The final vote was 359-43-7, with 196 Republicans and 163 Democrats choosing to save Johnson.
Democrats suggested last week that they would provide votes to help Johnson, although that could also spell trouble for the House speaker, who is now in the role of speaker for the Democrat-backed Republican Party.
Republicans widely criticized Greene’s motion, arguing it was an unnecessary diversion that highlighted their internal disputes.
“We have some serious work, folks,” Johnson said. There are two competing visions for the country. We are fighting to save America and preserve its founding principles to bring Donald Trump back to the White House and win the majority in the Senate and House for the Republican Party so that we can resolve all these extreme challenges. We don’t have time for nonsense. We have to do the work.”
Greene had been threatening to advance the motion to vacate against Johnson for weeks, pointing to her decision to introduce several bills that ultimately passed with Democratic support, including a spending package to avert a shutdown and a foreign aid package for the Ukraine.
The two Republicans met for hours earlier this week, during which Greene presented a list of demands to the House speaker.
When asked if he believes Greene is a “serious legislator” after the meetings, Johnson said: “Look, I’ll let other people judge Marjorie. in no one.”
Johnson reiterated his appreciation to his colleagues who helped defeat what he called a “misguided effort.”
“I have to do my job. I have to do what I know is right,” he said. “We advance our conservative policies and principles as much as we can here every day on the field, despite the fact that we have the smallest majority in U.S. history. We don’t get 100 percent of what we want, and sometimes a few of my colleagues demand it It’s just not possible right now.”
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