Johnson has served as speaker of the House for five months. It wasn't immediately clear how the House would respond to the motion.

WASHINGTON — Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has filed a motion to oust Speaker Mike Johnson, three sources with knowledge of the move told NBC News, doing so just as the House voted to avoid a government shutdown.

Johnson, R-La., has served as speaker for five months, having taken over for Kevin McCarthy who was ousted from the top job under a similar process.

  • @[email protected]
    16•8 months ago

    At this point, I think the job of the Speaker of the House is going to be a position most politicians wouldn’t want to touch.

    • @cybervseasEnglish
      36•8 months ago

      Democrats seem to do a fine job of managing their caucus when they have the gavel.

      • @[email protected]
        17•8 months ago

        That’s because of the democrats’ shared platform of not being obstructionist disruptive morons.

      • @sygniusEnglish
        -5•8 months ago

        The rule change that McCarthy allowed also affects Democrats. So just 1 Republican vote can oust a Democratic Speaker. They really fucked over both sides.

          • @sygniusEnglish
            2•8 months ago

            I’m really hoping it does get immediately repealed when the next Dem is elected as Speaker.

    • El Barto
      2•8 months ago

      Most GOP politicians.