House Democrats will block motion to remove Speaker Johnson

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene pushes to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson
This comes after Johnson allowed votes on foreign aid bill
Minority leader: Democrats will table Greene’s motion to vacate the chair

Updated: Apr 30, 2024 / 10:10 AM EDT

Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) speaks to members of the press following the Senate vote to dismiss the impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas without a trial on Wednesday, April 17, 2024.

(NewsNation) — House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries announced Tuesday that House Democrats will block Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s effort to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson.

“We will vote to table Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Motion to Vacate the Chair. If she invokes the motion, it will not succeed,” Jeffries said in a statement.

Greene, R-Ga., introduced the motion to vacate, as it’s known, last month. However, she had thus far declined to force a vote on the resolution.

Greene and some other GOP lawmakers have been frustrated with Johnson, especially after he allowed a $95 billion foreign aid bill to pass last week.

Greene accused Johnson of betraying Republicans for putting tens of billions of dollars in Ukraine aid up for a vote. She believes that money should go to protecting the U.S.-Mexico border.

Since filing the motion to vacate the chair, Greene had received support from two other Republicans.

NewsNation’s Tom Dempsey contributed to this report.