Rep. Massie to Co-Sponsor Motion to Strip Speaker Johnson of Gavel

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) announced on April 16 that he would co-sponsor a motion to strip House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) of the gavel. Mr. Massie said that he told this to Mr. Johnson’s face during the House GOP’s weekly conference. “I just told Mike Johnson in conference that I’m cosponsoring the motion to vacate that was introduced by @RepMTG. “He should pre-announce his resignation [as Boehner did], so we can pick a new speaker without ever being without a GOP Speaker,” posted Mr. Massie on X, formerly Twitter. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) put forth the motion to vacate earlier this month after the House passed a $1.2 trillion bill to fund most of the government....