'Definition of insanity': Frustrated House Republicans blast GOP rebels' threat to oust Johnson

House Republicans were near disappointment connected Tuesday aft 2 of their colleagues threatened to oust Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., complete his scheme connected overseas aid.

"The meaning of insanity is doing nan aforesaid point complete and complete again and expecting different results," Rep. Carlos Gimenez, R-Fla., told Fox News Digital. "So, you do it again, you're going to extremity up pinch nan aforesaid results."

Those GOP lawmakers are worried astir repeating nan 3 weeks of chaos that followed nan ouster of ex-Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., by a group of 8 Republicans and each House Democrats. Most would not spell truthful acold arsenic to opportunity it could costs them nan predetermination successful November, but they suggested it weakened nan Republican position successful nan House while already dealing pinch conscionable a razor-thin mostly and a Democrat-controlled Senate and White House.

"The caller speaker will person to play nan aforesaid manus that this speaker is playing. The results are going to beryllium nan same," Gimenez said, adding that it "could" wounded nan GOP successful November.

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House Republicans are disappointment by nan push to oust Speaker Johnson by Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Thomas Massie

During a closed-door convention gathering connected Tuesday morning, Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., urged Johnson to measurement down aliases look a imaginable ballot to vacate nan speaker’s chair. He’s now signed onto a solution introduced by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., past period to oust Johnson complete his actions connected authorities spending and overseas aid.

Johnson, for his part, told reporters he would not measurement down and called nan threats "absurd."

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, a personnel of nan ultra-conservative House Freedom Caucus who ran for speaker aft McCarthy’s ouster, called vacating Johnson a "bad idea."

"We don't request that. No way, nary way. We don't. We don't want that. We shouldn't spell done that again," Jordan told reporters.

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Speaker Mike Johnson took power of nan House GOP successful precocious October (Getty Images)

Even an state of Greene and Massie, Rep. Clay Higgins, R-La., said it was a "mistake."

"Marjorie is my friend but she made a immense correction there," Higgins said of Greene initiating nan move. "Mike is astonishing man,  a profoundly opinionated Republican. And that's a very bully starting constituent for a leader of our conference, and he was for illustration thrust into an intolerable occupation retired of precarious infinitesimal pinch nan slimmest mostly successful nan history of Congress."

Meanwhile Freedom Caucus Chairman Bob Good, R-Va., 1 of nan 8 Republicans who ousted McCarthy and who has been captious of Johnson for moving pinch Democrats connected captious legislation, suggested he had nary appetite to travel nan aforesaid way again correct now.

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"I don't person immoderate remark on motion to vacate. You tin inquire nan 2 members who are talking astir doing that. I don't perceive different members talking astir doing that," Good told reporters. "But I didn't spell astir cavalierly, flippantly throwing motion to vacate around."

Rep. Ryan Zinke, R-Mont., a activity ally, called nan 3 weeks Republicans spent without a speaker past twelvemonth "wasted time."

"I deliberation it’s an unwanted distraction," he said.

House Freedom Caucus Chair Bob Good refused to talk mobility to vacate pinch reporters. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

And Rep. Garret Graves, R-La., who was adjacent to McCarthy erstwhile he was speaker but has a noticeably much distant narration pinch Johnson, said it was not successful nan House GOP’s liking to oust his chap Louisianan.

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"I deliberation we person a number of group present that, they don't deliberation past measurement one, which is why we person truthful galore problems present correct now," he said of nan vacate push.

Massie said he would motion onto Greene's existing resolution to vacate Johnson. But unless they record it arsenic a privileged motion, arsenic was nan lawsuit pinch McCarthy, location is thing compelling House Republican activity to clasp a vote. If they do record it arsenic privileged, however, nan House will beryllium forced to enactment connected it wrong 2 legislative days.

Neither Massie nor Greene were portion of nan 8 Republicans to oust McCarthy successful October, and criticized nan group who did so.