Far-right Republican congresswoman suffered setback in quest to remove Mike Johnson as speaker after top Democrats announced opposition to effortIn the below tweet, Thomas Massie, one of two other House representatives known to be backing Marjorie Taylor Greene’s motion to vacate, accuses speaker Mike Johnson of belonging to the “uniparty”:Uniparty is a term that has become popular on the far-right to describe Republicans that work with Democrats – the allegation being that the two parties are essentially the same. Lawmakers like Massie would prefer that Johnson hold fast and reject compromises with Democrats, like the foreign aid bill that funded Ukraine’s defense, or the government funding legislation enacted in March that Greene seized on to begin her push to remove Johnson as speaker. Continue reading…
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Author : Chris Stein
Publish date : 2024-05-01 12:55:05
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