Speaker Mike Johnson's torturous path to embracing Ukraine aid is the result of many factors: high-level intelligence briefings as a House leader, his faith, the counsel of three committee chairs named Mike, and a realization the GOP would never unite on Ukraine. This story is drawn from interviews with more than than a dozen lawmakers and staff, many of whom spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss Johnson's evolution. read more
The United States informed the government of Niger on Friday that it agreed to its request to withdraw U.S. troops from the West African country. It is the culmination of a military coup last year that ousted the country's democratically elected government and installed a junta that declared America's military presence there "illegal." read more
Former Rep. Ken Buck (R-Colo.) knocked Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) for "acting completely irresponsibly" on Friday amid her opposition to delivering aid to Ukraine. Buck said Greene is mouthing Russian propaganda and added that she's "really hurting" U.S. foreign policy in the process. "She's acting completely irresponsibly," Buck said. read more
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Now that he did, she's going to be "responsible" and "listen to her constituents".
I don't know what tea leaves you're reading, but the opposite appears to be the truth.
Marjorie Taylor Greene Calls On Mike Johnson To Resign Or Be OustedThe House remains in recess all week so no motions can be called until the members return.
"Mike Johnson's leadership is over. He needs to do the right thing to resign and allow us to move forward in a controlled process," Greene said in an interview on Fox News' "Sunday Morning Futures" over the weekend. "If he doesn't do so, he will be vacated."
Greene also said she will file a "motion to vacate" against Johnson "regardless of what [he] decides to do."
"Mike Johnson's leadership is over. He needs to do the right thing to resign and allow us to move forward in a controlled process," Greene said in an interview on Fox News' "Sunday Morning Futures" over the weekend. "If he doesn't do so, he will be vacated."
Greene also said she will file a "motion to vacate" against Johnson "regardless of what [he] decides to do."
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I thing you're paragraph is related to remarks Saturday while still in the Capitol Building. Mine was from Sunday, and as yet I've seen no walkback or denial of the intentions she unambiguously stated.