In a House interview due to run in full on Wednesday, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) brushed off Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s (R-Ga.) heightened threat to demand a vote to remove him from his seat.
When asked if Greene is a “serious lawmaker,” Johnson responded in a preview of the taped interview, “I don’t think she is proving to be, no.”
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“I don’t spend much time thinking about her,” the speaker added. “I have a responsibility to fulfill my duties, and we have made the correct decisions, allowing the outcomes to unfold naturally.” That’s my philosophy: “That is how we govern.”
The whole interview will run Wednesday at 6 p.m. on NewsNation’s “The Hill.”
His defiance comes before a scheduled news conference Wednesday morning, when Greene is anticipated to discuss her request to vacate resolution, which she filed in late March. For weeks, the Georgia Republican has refused to call a vote on the motion, despite Johnson’s advocacy for further aid to Ukraine, which she opposed.
Democratic leaders declared Tuesday that they would supply the votes to protect Johnson from a possible conservative coup, prompting Greene to promise to bring her resolution to the floor. However, she did not specify when it might occur.
“If the Democrats want to elect him Speaker (and some Republicans want to support the Democrats’ chosen Speaker), I’ll give them the opportunity,” Greene stated in a lengthy post on the social media site X.
“I’m a big believer in recorded votes, because putting Congress on record allows every American to see the truth and provides transparency to our votes,” she went on to say. “Americans deserve to see the Uniparty in full force.”I’m about to throw them a coming-out party!”
The House made history about seven months ago when it ousted former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), who later resigned from Congress at the end of last year.
During the interview, Johnson committed to pursuing a conservative agenda.
“We are going to keep the train on the tracks and show the American people not just what we are against, but what we are for,” stated the Speaker of the House. “We need a conservative agenda to steer the country back on the right path, and maintaining and expanding the House majority is the key to achieving this.”
“Descending into chaos, closing the house down, and vacating the chair again is exactly the opposite of what needs to happen,” he went on to say.
