Marjorie Taylor Greene Announces She Will Call Vote to Oust Mike Johnson, Crowns Him with ‘Make Ukraine Great Again’ Hat
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) announced that she would soon force a vote on a motion to strip Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) of his gavel at a fiery press conference on Wednesday, theatrically crowning a picture of him and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) with a “MUGA” (Make Ukraine Great Again) hat.
“The uniparty is ‘Make Ukraine Great Again,’ the uniparty is all about funding every single foreign war. They think this is the business model that needs to be done,” declared Greene while holding up the hat.
“There you go,” she said as she placed it on top of the picture of Johnson and Jeffries.
Marjorie Taylor Greene puts a MUGA hat on a picture of Mike Johnson pic.twitter.com/GyIFTap8Yi
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“I think the American people need to see a recorded vote of do they, does Congress, does the members of Congress support the uniparty? Is this what they support? I think every member of Congress needs to take that vote and let the chips fall where they may. And so next week, I am going to be calling this motion to vacate, absolutely calling it,” announced Greene at the press conference.
“I can’t wait to see Democrats go out and support a Republican speaker and have to go home to their primaries and have to run for Congress again having supported a Republican speaker, a Christian conservative. I think that’ll play well. I’m excited about it,” she continued.
Greene has expressed outrage over Johnson’s support of a foreign aid package passed by a robust bipartisan majority of the House last month.
According to CNN’s Manu Raju, Greene dismissed the fact that former President and presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has defended Johnson.
“She contended that Mike Johnson is not advancing the Trump agenda and defended her support for the former president,” explained Raju.
“Well, look, we have a majority of one, okay? So it’s not like he [Johnson] can go and do whatever he wants to do,” said Trump during an interview last week. “I think he’s a very good person.”
Watch above via CNN.
