Speaker of the House Mike Johnson leaves Columbia University in New York City on Wednesday, April 24, 2024. Johnson called on Columbia University president Minouche Shafik to resign ahead of his speech on campus earlier in the day as student-led anti-Israel protests escalated. (Fox News Digital)
Johnson said in a statement after her announcement, "This motion is wrong for the Republican Conference, wrong for the institution, and wrong for the country."
Greene responded to accusations that her push would fuel more chaos for congressional Republicans by arguing that House Republicans would lose the majority in November if Johnson remained at the helm.
She also denied that she was defying former President Trump, who backed Johnson in comments on a radio show last month.
Greene's push to oust Johnson just six months after taking the gavel mostly fell flat within the House GOP, with even Johnson's critics showing little appetite to go through another three weeks of chaos and disorder that followed the ouster of ex-Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., in early October last year.
HOUSE DEMS SAY THEY’LL BLOCK MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE FROM OUSTING SPEAKER JOHNSON
Representative Mike Johnson, a Republican from Louisiana, speaks after becoming House speaker in the House Chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023. (Ting Shen/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
"And it's based in what exactly, that Mike Johnson brought bills to the floor that were necessary for our national security, that the vast majority of members wanted to vote on? So allowing the democratic process to move forward is apparently the crime of the century, according to these people", Crenshaw chided.
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"They make it impossible for us to have any leverage with our very slim majority, and then they turn around and punish the speaker when they can't actually make a deal that we want," Crenshaw added.
"It's a game, and voters have to stop falling for it."
Brianna Herlihy is a politics writer for Fox News Digital.
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