Some Democrats have suggested they would no longer back House Speaker Mike Johnson in a future motion to vacate vote.
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson listens during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol on May 15, 2024.Several Democrats in the House of Representatives have indicated that they might not vote to save Republican Speaker of the House Mike Johnson if a second motion to vacate is introduced, citing his recent defense of Donald Trump during the former president’s criminal court case in New York City.
— voted to table the measure, effectively killing it. Just 32 Democrats voted with 11 Republicans to allow the measure to move forward.speaker’s cooperation with bipartisan votes Less than a week after that vote, Johnson traveled to New York City to speak to media about the trial regarding hush money payments that Trump had kept hidden through potentially illegal bookkeeping practices. Johnson lambasted the judicial system,about the case being politically motivated. The speaker of the House also attacked the judge and his daughter in his comments — rhetoric that Trump himself is barred from engaging in due to a gag order issued by the judge.
Because of Johnson’s public attacks on the judiciary, some Democrats are now saying that they would have serious misgivings about voting to protect Johnson if another motion to vacate was introduced.“Inserting himself into the president’s criminal trial, it’s unprecedented for a sitting speaker of the House of Representatives,”“People are just absolutely shocked that this is where we’ve sunk. … absolutely … be part of the calculation” on a future motion to vacate vote,”.
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