As our editor Becca Lower reported, the House of Representatives effectively silenced GA Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene in her motion to vacate House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) from leadership.
The House voted 359-43, with 11 Republicans voting against, and seven Democrats choosing to vote present. This came after Monday and Tuesday meetings between Greene and Speaker Johnson to have a meeting of the minds on the issues Greene was having with the Speaker. The fact that this vacate vote was brought on Wednesday could well be a result of those meetings.
Greene is not well-liked amongst her colleagues, and beyond Arizona Rep. Paul Gosar and her partner in this quixotic quest, Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie, Greene was not moving the needle in rallying more Republicans to her cause.
Rather than having the motion withdrawn, it might have looked better for Greene to appear resolute,…
