Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene blasts Speaker Mike Johnson, says will wait on potential move to vacate

Rep.
Marjorie
Taylor
Greene
says
she
will
let
her
fellow
House
Republicans
hear
from
their
constituents
before
deciding
whether
to
move
forward
with
a
vote
to
remove
Speaker
Mike
Johnson.

Greene
made
the
remarks
to
a
gaggle
of
reporters
aired
on
CNN
after
the

House
passed
four
bills
in
a
Saturday
session.
Three
of
the
bills
were
for
aid
to
Taiwan,
Ukraine
and
Israel
and
the
fourth
approved
a
potential
TikTok
ban
if
its
parent
company,
China’s
ByteDance,
does
not
sell
it.

Greene
listed
several
reasons
why
she
believes
Johnson
should
not
be
Speaker,
but
she
also
said
she
wants
to
be “responsible”
and
not
call
for
Johnson’s
resignation
before
garnering
enough
support.

“I
do
not
support
Mike
Johnson,
he’s
already
a
lame
duck,”
Greene
told
reporters.

Greene

filed
a
motion
for
a
vote
to
force
Johnson
to
vacate
the
Speaker
position
in
March,
but
no
further
action
has
been
taken
since
then.

Greene
also
chastised
House
members
for
cheering
and
waving
Ukrainian
flags
after
that
specific
bill
was
passed.
Speaker
Johnson,
who
spoke
to
reporters
after
the
votes
as
well,
voiced
a
similar
sentiment.

“We
should
only
wave
one
flag
on
the
House
floor,
and
I
think
we
know
which
flag
that
is,”
Johnson
said.

The
bills
will
now
move
to
the
Senate,
which
Majority
Leader
Chuck
Schumer.
D-N.Y.,
has
hinted
could
be
Tuesday.
If
approved,
the
bill
would
go
to
President
Joe
Biden.

—
CNBC’s
Rebecca
Picciotto
contributed
to
this
report.