Jeffries: Biden not weighing in on whether Democrats should save Johnson
Source: The Hill
04/19/24 2:03 PM ET
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said Friday the White House is not advising Democratic leaders on whether to save Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) from a conservative coup — if one emerges. A number of Democrats are already on record saying they’d help keep Johnson in power if his hard-line detractors try to topple him over frustrations with his bipartisan deal-making — a Democratic rescue mission Jeffries has acknowledged, though without endorsing it himself.
On Friday, Jeffries said President Biden has not weighed in on the issue. Asked if that means the White House is leaving the decision entirely up to House Democrats, Jeffries didn’t hesitate. “That’s correct,” he said. “And that was also the case in October of last year” — a reference to the ouster of former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), which was supported by every voting Democrat.
The Democrats’ approach to Johnson has been different. After Johnson was threatened by conservatives for cutting deals with Biden on federal spending and government surveillance, a number of Democrats said they’d vote to save the Speaker if one of those hard-liners brings a removal resolution to the floor.
Their stipulation? He would have to usher a foreign aid package — including billions of dollars for Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan and humanitarian aid in Gaza — through the House, where it has been stuck for months. This week, Johnson brushed aside his conservative critics to champion that foreign aid legislation, which advanced through the House on Friday and is expected to win final passage on Saturday with broad bipartisan support.
Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4605621-hakeem-jeffries-joe-biden-mike-johnson-marjorie-taylor-greene-ukraine/
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...we need to have an clear understanding and say in legislation with mikey and the non-magats...
...we have big problems that need addressing and we can't keep allowing a handful of magats to run the House and country into the ground...
...if at any time the understanding should go south we could pull our support for mikey and let magats eat him...
...what a country...
