House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) risks being ousted over his announcement that the House will vote on another aid package for Ukraine.
This, according to Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE).
Bacon believes a vote to remove Johnson is “very likely.” He adds that such a successful vote is “possible.”
“It’s possible, I don’t deny it,” Bacon said in an NBC interview Meet the press.
“It is very likely that after this bill on Ukraine we could have a stalemate with the speaker.”
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Mike Johnson calls for vote on aid to Ukraine
Bacon was responding to a vacate motion against President Mike Johnson earlier this month. The motion was introduced by Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA).
“We have begun the process to begin the process of electing a new speaker,” Greene said after introducing the motion.
The ability to hold such a vote was established through former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s grant to gain approval for his role as speaker. A disgruntled individual member can now make a motion to remove the Speaker of the House.
McCarthy was ousted in just this way. But Greene suggested that his motion is simply a warning in case Mike Johnson tries to approve further aid for Ukraine.
“I don’t want to inflict pain on our conference and throw the House into chaos, but this is basically a warning,” he said.
“It’s time for us to go through the process, take our time and find a new Speaker of the House who will stand with the Republicans and our Republican majority, instead of standing with the Democrats.”
Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene on the motion to vacate Mike Johnson: “We can’t have a Republican Speaker of the House who is willing to do Chuck Schumer’s bidding, hand him the gibberish and let him pass the House bill Schumer on the floor And not allowing none of our… pic.twitter.com/bWS4SRfBhx
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Bacon often seeks support from Democrats
Rep. Don Bacon suggests Speaker Mike Johnson could be saved from Greene’s motion by Democrats. A truly naive point of view.
“I think there will be Democrats who don’t want to see this dysfunction, and I think they will probably vote present or perhaps not be present for a vote,” he said during the interview.
Why wouldn’t they want dysfunction? They enjoyed every minute when McCarthy was ousted. They enjoyed every minute that McCarthy fought to even get elected.
But now Democrats will abandon years of causing dysfunction in Washington and say, “Should we continue to work for the American people?”
Please.
Bacon also told the far-left news outlet that he doesn’t think any of the evidence presented so far shows President Biden should be impeached.
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Republican Rep. Don Bacon: “There is no specific crime, and you need it for serious crimes or misdemeanors… There is no specific crime that has been committed.” WTF!? pic.twitter.com/eY5qyqMypA
— Eddie (@ICU1010) March 31, 2024
Why he keeps putting an “R” next to his name is anyone’s guess.
Bacon was one of 13 Republicans who helped pass Biden’s $1.2 trillion “infrastructure” bill in 2021. The effort handed the president a victory he could tout as “bipartisan.”
It never would have happened without Bacon and the 12 other Republicans supporting him. To no one’s surprise, the infrastructure bill was a failure. Inflation has reduced its value by billions. And it has forced states to cancel or delay projects due to rising costs.
Bacon was also one of 22 Republicans who chose not to vote for a true conservative for Speaker of the House in Representative Jim Jordan (R-OH).
That effort prompted conservative radio host Mark Levin to call for a primary for them. Fox News host Brian Kilmeade was caught on hot mic calling Bacon an “idiot” for voting for him.
Brian Kilmeade took the mic back live on air after Don Bacon voted for Kevin McCarthy for Speaker of the House: “DUMBASS!”
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) October 17, 2023
Bacon’s latest claim that Democrats will help save President Mike Johnson is further evidence that confirms Kilmeade’s suspicions.
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