After a week-long vacation in Washington, President Mike Johnson returns to Washington with a string of policy victories – and will be forced to confront threats to his job.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., reminded Johnson on Sunday that she was waiting in the wings to take him down. “Her days as President are numbered,” she wrote on X.
The Republican firebrand talked up the $60 billion for Ukraine passed by Congress last week – and warned that Johnson and the rest of Congressional leaders could usher in “boots on the ground” in Ukraine.
“Permanent funding for Ukraine is exactly what they want and Mike Johnson will give it to them,” Green wrote on X.
“Peace is not an option for them because it does not fit the commercial and economic model of war allocated by the government, which is despicable and disgusting.”
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., reminded Johnson on Sunday that she was waiting in the wings to take him down. “Her days as President are numbered,” she wrote on X
She continued: “Their plan (sic) is to continue funding the proxy war with Russia in Ukraine and if that doesn’t work, after all the Ukrainian men are massacred, they will then send American troops into the field . Johnson will do whatever Biden/Schumer wants to keep the President’s gavel in his hand, but he has completely sold out the Republican voters who gave us the majority.
Greene cited a statement by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that the United States and Ukraine were working to “set specific levels of support for this year and for the next ten years.”
Johnson received praise from across the political spectrum for pushing through a $95 billion foreign aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan and for reauthorizing the intelligence community’s warrantless spying powers.
He also faced backlash. Two other Republicans — Reps. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., and Paul Gosar, R-Ariz., — joined a motion to remove Johnson from the presidency, launched by Greene last month.
The motion has not been brought forward and Greene has been coy about any type of deadline or red line that might prompt her to bring it forward. The three Republicans on the motion attempted to increase pressure on Johnson to resign.
The Republican firebrand talked up the $60 billion for Ukraine passed last week by Congress — and warned that Johnson and the rest of Congressional leaders could usher in “boots on the ground” in Ukraine.
“Mike Johnson’s term is over,” Greene told Fox News’ “Sunday Morning Futures” earlier this month. “He needs to do the right thing to resign and allow us to move forward in a controlled process.”
Such a vote would return the House to tumult, much like the three voiceless weeks during which Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., launched a nullification motion against former Speaker Kevin McCarthy.
But Republicans can only afford two defections based on party lines — and many fear another reversal motion could lead to more early retirements on their side, which is why some Republican supporters Hardliners strongly opposed Greene’s motion.
Gaetz suggested on his podcast earlier this month that a member of his party could be “bribed” to allow Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries to become president.
“I believe in a one-seat majority, there could be one, two or three of my colleagues who would take a bribe in one form or another in order to deprive the Republicans of having a majority.”
Rep. Bob Good, R-Fla., another McCarthy antagonist and chairman of the Freedom Caucus, said Johnson had “failed” as president, but said the November election was too close to try to nominate anyone. ‘one again in this position.
But Democrats have already said they would not vote for a motion to oust the president after he brought up aid to Ukraine.
Johnson is clinging to former President Donald Trump as a lifeline. Trump took a moderate stance, defending Johnson and emphasizing the slim majority he has to work with.
“Look, we have a majority of one, okay? It’s not like he can do whatever he wants,” the former president said on Real America’s Voice last week.
Ukraine’s bill includes $23 billion to replenish depleted U.S. stockpiles for the war in Russia.
Some $11 billion would be spent on U.S. military operations in the region and $14 billion on the purchase of advanced weapons systems.
Another $26 million would be spent on monitoring and accountability for equipment supplied to Ukraine.
Two separate economic aid funds, worth $7.85 billion and $1.58 billion, would also be offered to Ukraine under a loan structure.
The president has broad authority over the terms of the loan and could cancel half of them after November 15, 2024 and the other half after January 1, 2026.
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