<p>On Wednesday, the GOP-led <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/u-s-house-of-representatives" target="_blank" rel="noopener">House</a> quickly defeated a bid by Rep. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/marjorie-taylor-greene" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Marjorie Taylor Greene</a> (R-GA) to remove Speaker <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/mike-johnson" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mike Johnson</a> (R-LA) from his top perch.</p>
<p>Within an hour of Greene declaring that she was going through with her motion to vacate the chair — an announcement met by a <a href="https://twitter.com/CitizenFreePres/status/1788322758058770553" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wave of boos</a> in the chamber — members overwhelmingly voted to table the measure by a <a href="https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2024188" target="_blank" rel="noopener">359-43 tally</a>.</p>
<p>The measure was introduced in a privileged fashion, meaning leadership had two legislative days to act on it, similar to what Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) did last year to queue up a vote that led to Kevin McCarthy&#8217;s ouster as speaker.</p>
<p>Unlike what happened with McCarthy, who <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mccarthy-ousted-from-speakership-after-democrats-side-with-matt-gaetz" target="_blank" rel="noopener">lacked support</a> from across the aisle when he was forced out of the role, Johnson <a href="https://apnews.com/article/speaker-mike-johnson-marjorie-taylor-greene-motion-to-vacate-552169f3e831ab8fb3baacfdf76c2d82" target="_blank" rel="noopener">had the backing of Democrats</a> who said they would vote to table a motion to vacate the chair brought by Greene.</p>
<p>He also got a boost from former President Donald Trump, now the likely GOP nominee in the 2024 election, who stood with Johnson at Mar-a-Lago in April and <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/12/politics/mike-johnson-trump-mar-a-lago/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> the speaker was &#8220;doing a very good job.&#8221;</p>
<p>When the vote finally did take place, 196 Republicans and 163 Democrats <a href="https://twitter.com/JakeSherman/status/1788325269003960783" target="_blank" rel="noopener">voted</a> to table the motion from Greene. <a href="https://twitter.com/ChadPergram/status/1788334658830082475" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Eleven Republicans</a> and 32 Democrats opposed it. Ten Republicans and 11 Democrats did not vote.</p>
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<p>“I want to say that I appreciate the show of confidence for my colleagues to defeat this misguided effort. That is certainly what it was,&#8221; Johnson <a href="https://www.c-span.org/video/?535527-1/speaker-johnson-motion-vacate-failure&amp;live" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told reporters</a> after the vote.</p>
<p>Greene had been talking about using the motion to vacate against Johnson ever since <a href="https://apnews.com/article/speaker-johnson-motion-vacate-marjorie-taylor-greene-3" target="_blank" rel="noopener">late March</a> when the House <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/senate-passes-massive-spending-bill-in-middle-of-the-night" target="_blank" rel="noopener">passed</a> a $1.2 trillion spending package.</p>
<p>At least two other Republicans, Reps. Thomas Massie (R-KY) and Paul Gosar (R-AZ), <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/19/politics/paul-gosar-mike-johnson-house-gop/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">supported</a> Greene last month as she refused to relent on her campaign against Johnson.</p>
<p>Johnson and Greene met over the past <a href="https://apnews.com/article/marjorie-taylor-greene-speaker-johnson-trump-7bbe71b7fc2aef26de3036a354af0d13" target="_blank" rel="noopener">couple days</a> during which Greene made a series of what she said were &#8220;suggestions,&#8221; <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-privately-urges-greene-drop-push-oust-speaker/story?id=109990543&amp;cid=social_twitter_abcnp" target="_blank" rel="noopener">including</a> defunding special counsel Jack Smith&#8217;s inquiries into Trump and no more financial aid for Ukraine.</p>
<p>Recent polling from Monmouth University <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4618204-just-1-in-5-want-johnson-replaced-as-speaker-survey/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">showed</a> just one in five Americans wanted Johnson to be replaced as speaker.</p>
<p>Trump <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/112407712153390935" target="_blank" rel="noopener">posted</a> to Truth Social on Wednesday, around the time of the vote on tabling Greene&#8217;s motion, complimenting Johnson, as well as Greene. He also called attention to the slim majority the GOP has in the House while pushing for unity.</p>

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