Marjorie Taylor Greene humiliated after her effort to oust Mike Johnson spectacularly fails and Democrats join Republicans in vote to save the speaker

Marjorie Taylor Greene was humiliated in Congress on Wednesday when her bid to oust Speaker Mike Johnson failed spectacularly.

Only ten Republican colleagues joined the Republican party and voted in favor of the motion to evict, which would remove the speaker from office.

It took just 30 minutes for her effort to collapse in scenes reminiscent of the circus that led to the vote to get rid of Kevin McCarthy.

Only 43 House members voted in favor of Greene’s motion.

A vote to table or kill, the motion passed on a 359-43 vote, with 11 Republicans voting to move forward with booting the speaker.

Only thirty-two Democrats voted against the effort to advance the motion, a dramatic reversal from months ago when all Democrats joined eight Republicans in voting to throw out McCarthy.

The Georgia Republican drew boos and eye-rolls when she advanced her motion during Wednesday’s vote.

Members of the Republican Party accused her of throwing a “tantrum” and seeking attention when she brought her motion to resign to the House of Representatives on Wednesday evening.

The Georgia lawmaker has continued his efforts to unseat Johnson, even though he has virtually no support.

She filed her motion to dismiss him as privileged on Wednesday evening, setting off a frenzied vote on whether to fire him, which must take place within two legislative days.

The move came after more than four hours of meetings this week between Greene and Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., and the speaker, where they laid out a list of demands for Speaker Mike Johnson.

“Speaker Johnson has not lived up to any of his self-imposed principles,” Greene said.

Republicans have grown increasingly frustrated with Greene and her efforts to throw the House back into chaos, as they did after the impeachment of former Speaker Kevin McCarthy.

“In times like these, you need a bar here,” Rep. Dave Joyce, R-Ohio, muttered as he left the House floor.

“Moscow Marjorie has clearly gone off the deep end — perhaps as a result of a space laser,” said Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y.

When asked if he thought Greene should be punished, Rep. Dusty Johnson, R-S.D., said, “One dumpster fire at a time.”

In the House of Representatives, Greene denounced the bipartisan spending bill that funded the government for fiscal 2024, a bill that reauthorized spy tool FISA without warrants and a foreign aid package that did not include border security.

Johnson spearheaded a $95 billion foreign policy bill that passed last month with Democratic support and authorized nearly $61 billion to Ukraine, along with billions to Israel and Taiwan.

He has been forced to rely on Democratic support as he presides over a slim one-vote majority in the House of Representatives, and aligning the restive Republican conference is a challenge.

“Excuses like ‘this is how you should govern’ and a divided government are pathetic, weak and unacceptable. Even with our razor-thin Republican majority, we could have at least secured the border,” Greene said.

Greene accused Johnson of “aiding and abetting the Democrats” to “destroy our country,” as Democrats booed her and Johnson shook hands and smiled at Republicans who supported him.

Just a day earlier, Greene and Massie said they would give Johnson some time to respond to their demands.

Those demands include “no new penny for Ukraine,” and adherence to the so-called “Hastert rule,” which means no legislation should be brought up that does not have the support of a majority of Republicans.

And another is undoing Special Counsel Jack Smith’s investigation into former President Donald Trump for “inciting” the January 6 riot and for his alleged mishandling of classified documents – which the Democratic-led Senate and the White House would never agree.

‘You can’t make things happen all at once. And we all realize and understand that. So now the ball is in his court, and the plan is for him to contact us soon,” Greene said.

If Congress cannot pass all 12 spending bills by September 30 to fund the government in the 2025 fiscal year, Greene and Massie want a continuing resolution to meet the November election deadline with an automatic one percent reduction.

He “worked with Democrats to get FISA without warrants, to pass the minivan, and to get the funding for Ukraine,” Massie said. “Now it’s time for him to come home.”

Greene, Massie and Rep. Paul Gosar, R-Ariz., have signed a motion to vacate — but have not “privileged” the motion, which would force a vote within two legislative days.

Democrats have already said they would vote to table — or kill — the motion, essentially removing the threat from the Republican trio.

Yet Johnson again spent nearly two hours in his office on Monday and Tuesday with his biggest Republican antagonist, Greene.

Some Republicans have wondered why he would negotiate with Greene.

“It’s not a negotiation,” he emphasized. ‘Everyone knows that I have long and detailed discussions every day with members of the entire conference.

Greene increasingly came into conflict with former President Donald Trump in her crusade against Johnson. Trump has publicly supported the speaker and pointed out the difficulties of operating under a one-vote majority.

Recent reports came to light of a phone call in which Trump told Greene to withdraw from the impeachment. Greene declined to share details on whether the former president supports her motion.

“I have to tell you that I love President Trump. My conversations with him are fantastic. And again, I’m not going to go into details. You want to know why I’m not insecure about that. And I don’t need to go into the details with you here.

Just days ago, she was determined to make her motion to vacate this week “privileged” — a move that would force a vote in the House of Representatives on whether to retain Johnson as speaker within two legislative days.

When asked if she would still make the motion, Greene said, “That’s up to Mike Johnson.”

Massie said they have not given Johnson a “timeline to agree to their demands, but that is quite short.”

“Next week I will withdraw this motion,” Greene said last week.

‘I call it absolute. “I can’t wait to see how Democrats are going to support a Republican chairman and go home for their primaries,” she quipped a day after Democrats said they would reject Green’s motion to impeach the chairman, leaving her attempt was defeated.