Conservative commentator Jonah Goldberg has predicted that Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s (R-GA) motion to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) will fail. Goldberg says that it will be difficult for Greene to find enough support within the Republican party to succeed in her motion, as few are likely to join her and fellow hardliners Reps. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) and Thomas Massie (R-KY) on the “Mount Rushmore of Weirdness.”
Goldberg also believes that former President Donald Trump will not support Greene’s motion, as Johnson is a key figure in the GOP conference. He said, “Johnson is the crucial Jenga piece that, if they pull him out, the GOP conference collapses and we’re in a bizarro situation where Donald Trump is worried that Republican chaos might make him look bad.”
Lula Garcia Navarro of the New York Times suggested that Greene’s actions may be perceived as a threat by Trump if they cause excessive chaos in the House of Representatives. Goldberg said that this probably never even occurred to Greene, saying, “No one ever accused her of being a four-dimensional chess player.” He continued, “She has a goldfish memory and lives in the moment… she’s just a creature of the internet age.”
Despite Greene, Gosar, and Massie’s vow to support a motion to vacate Johnson as speaker over his deals with Democrats, it appears that enough Democrats would come to Johnson’s rescue to defeat such a measure.
