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1 of 5 | The U.S. House of Representatives voted Wednesday to artifact Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's effort to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson. Johnson survived a mobility to vacate revenge by Greene, R-Ga., by a 359-43-7 level vote. Photo by Annabelle Gordon/UPI. | License Photo
May 8 (UPI) -- House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., survived a mobility to vacate revenge by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., by a 359-43-7 level ballot Wednesday.
The final vote efficaciously quashed Greene's mobility to vacate by tabling it and was wide anticipated arsenic majorities of House Republicans and Democrats opposed nan effort to region Johnson arsenic House Speaker.
"Hopefully, this is nan extremity of nan characteristic authorities and nan frivolous characteristic assassination that has defined nan 118th Congress," Johnson said aft surviving Greene's ouster motion, Politico reported.
Greene and 10 different House Republicans voted against tabling her mobility for Johnson to vacate nan speaker position, arsenic did 32 House Democrats.
"The mobility to vacate effort was only a headline-grabbing, petty governmental stunt to distract from our duties and raise money," Rep. Steve Womack, R-Ark., posted connected X. "I'm gladsome rationality overwhelmingly prevailed."
Former President Donald Trump, nan presumptive GOP nominee for president, successful a Truth Social station complimented Greene for having "spirit" but said "Republicans person to beryllium fighting nan radical-left Democrats and each nan harm they person done to our country," The Hill reported.
Trump said now is nan clip for Republicans to show unity pinch nan wide predetermination conscionable six months away, and Trump starring President Joe Biden successful respective swing-state polls arsenic good arsenic nationally.
With Greene's mobility tabled, it would return a mostly successful nan House to ballot to return it to nan level for consideration.
Tabling Greene's mobility enabled Johnson to past a akin destiny suffered by erstwhile House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., who past twelvemonth was removed arsenic Speaker erstwhile a mobility to vacate revenge by Rep. Matt Gaetz was approved.
McCarthy resigned from nan House of Representatives connected Dec. 31.
Greene and Gaetz are members of nan GOP House Freedom Caucus and said McCarthy and Johnson were not doing capable to beforehand blimpish causes and viewpoints while moving pinch Democrats to get authorities approved.
