GOP rebels who ousted ex-House Speaker McCarthy like Reps. Tim Burchett, left, and Matt Gaetz, right, are showing little appetite to oust current House Speaker Mike Johnson. (Getty Images)
However, beyond finding impassioned support in Reps. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., and Paul Gosar, R-Ariz., Greene's push has mostly fallen flat within the House GOP. That includes the seven remaining House Republicans out of the original eight who voted with Democrats to boot McCarthy, R-Calif., in early October.
When asked what was different about the situation now, Burchett told reporters the rebels were "100% sure that we'd put a Republican in."
"You've got Republicans in districts [where] Democrats won the White House by 15 points. So in an election year, anything can happen," he said.
Additionally, while nearly all the rebels expressed disappointment in their belief that Johnson has not fought hard enough for House GOP priorities since winning the gavel in late October, most were hesitant to say if they wanted to go through another midterm speaker election – while others outright rejected the idea.
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"I don't support the motion to vacate. I'm still recovering from the first one," Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C. told Fox News Digital on Monday.
Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., who spearheaded McCarthy's ouster, said, "I’ll probably support a motion to table it."
When asked what he thought of Greene announcing she would force the vote next week, Gaetz told Fox News Digital, "I think everybody's got the weekend to think about it."
Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Thomas Massie were emphatically against ousting ex-House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
"But if they stand by the words and the statements that they made when they voted to oust Kevin McCarthy from the speakership after he basically did nothing wrong, I would think that they would be the first ones running to vote to vacate Mike Johnson," Greene said.
In comments to reporters alongside Greene, however, Massie said early on Wednesday evening that he anticipates more GOP support next week.
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"I'll go out on a limb and predict there'll be enough votes to show that Mike Johnson can't be elected speaker in January because although he can get Democrat votes on a motion to table, it's not a motion to table vote on January 3rd," Massie said, referring to closed-door House GOP leadership elections.
Both Massie and Greene were emphatically against toppling McCarthy last year.
The eighth Republican who voted to oust McCarthy, former Rep. Ken Buck, R-Colo., left the House in March before the end of his term.
Elizabeth Elkind is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital leading coverage of the House of Representatives. Previous digital bylines seen at Daily Mail and CBS News.
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