Marjorie Taylor Greene introduces motion to impeach President Mike Johnson

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene filed a motion to impeach House Speaker Mike Johnson.

Greene previously promised to bring this motion against Johnson this week. He met with the speaker twice this week along with his ally, Republican Rep. Thomas Massie.

His motion is privileged, meaning the House would have been forced to vote within 48 hours. However, voting to table her motion began almost immediately after Ms. Greene finished speaking.

Democrats and some members of the Republican Party have vowed to help save the president by voting to introduce the motion.

As moderate representatives gathered on the steps of the Capitol as the motion was announced, Greene’s boyfriend, Brian Glenn, looked on.

“I love it,” Mr. Glenn said. The independent.

Greene’s motion comes after she criticized Johnson for working with Democrats to pass a series of foreign aid bills, allocating funds to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan.

On Tuesday, Mrs. Greene said The independent the speaker has been “working with Democrats all along.”

“(Democrats) are willing to hand over the votes to save his presidency, because they support him for what he has brought to the Democrats and to the Biden agenda,” Ms. Greene said. The independent.

Greene and Massie gave Johnson a list of demands at their two meetings earlier this week. The duo called on Johnson to block future aid to Ukraine, as well as defund special counsel Jack Smith’s investigations into Donald Trump. Mr. Smith is investigating the classified documents case and the January 6 riots.

These requests were largely symbolic because the US Senate and President Joe Biden would likely block them.

GOP members criticized Greene’s motion moments after she announced it.

“It’s a trick, it’s a joke, it’s ridiculous,” Republican Rep. Max Miller told reporters Wednesday. “We have a lot of work to do.”

“It’s going to sow discord… and by the way, it’s going to fail,” Republican Congressman Dusty Johnson said outside the House chamber.

The other side leveled similar criticism on Tuesday, when it was still unclear when Ms. Greene would make her motion. Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell of California criticized Greene for appearing hesitant to oust Johnson.

“I can speak for our side: we will be the side that wants to get things done, we will be united, we will deliver the votes,” he said. The independent. “And like I said, it seems more like a waver motion than an eviction motion because she can’t decide what she wants to do other than try to be famous.”

Johnson, a Republican representative from Louisiana, became president in October 2023. He won the leadership position after 22 days of turmoil in the House of Representatives following the impeachment of former Speaker Kevin McCarthy.

Last week, Ms. Greene promised to file an override motion against the president. Greene and Massie criticized the work between Johnson and Jeffries as the culmination of “one party.”

“The one-party game is ‘Make Ukraine Great Again,’” Ms. Greene said on May 1. “The one-party is about financing each and every foreign war. They believe that this is the business model that needs to be done.”