Motion to vacate Speaker Mike Johnson thread

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

I really didn't think she'd go through with the motion once it was obvious that it was going to get crushed.

You expected MTG to be logical and rational?

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

It's a wasted motion we are about to vote

[Gass3268]

Have to imagine the Democrats voting for Johnson today was part of the Ukraine/Israel/Taiwan deal.

[Bernie Derangement Syndrome Haver]

Surprising votes on the motion to table the Johnson ouster:

-Josh Harder, John Garamendi, and Pat Ryan voting "no" with Progressives

-Some of the McCarthy ousters voting "yes" to keep Johnson like Gaetz, Rosendale, Burchett, Good, and Mace.
 
-Boebert voting "yes": mainly out of spite because she and MTG hate each other? It seems like she and MTG take turns being the one sticking it to the establishment and Caucus leadership.

-Ilhan Omar breaking with the rest of The Squad and many in the Progressive Caucus to vote "Present" instead of "no"

-Becca Balint voting "yes" - probably the most Progressive House member to do so.

-Eric Burlison voting "no" - I didn't know he was as much of a hardliner as this

-Alex Mooney voting "no" - he's pretty Trumpy but is he in the top 10 most isolationist/deficit hawk members of the House GOP? Probably not. I bet this is a last ditch attempt to win the Senate primary that he's going to get destroyed by Jim Justice in.

And some general comments:

-Does anyone understand what Spartz wants or does she just scream incoherently and everyone ignores her? Why is she like this? Truly a bizarre representative.

-Why is so much of the AZ GOP delegation so crazy? I know AZ Republicans are crazy but there are plenty of other state GOPs giving them a run for their money. Who the hell is Eli Crane and why is he such a hardliner - is he a protege of Biggs and Gosar? Is he just not that smart?

-Nikema Williams seems to be accumulating a rather strange and contrarian voting record. I can't tell if she is an establishment Dem or not. I didn't expect for her to vote "no" on here (but her weirdest vote is still not expelling Santos).

[GeorgiaModerate]

Re Spartz, Jacob Rubashkin of Inside Elections once commented that she apparently made decisions by Ouija board.

[lfromnj]

Did MTG talk about how Biden scammed Johnson and backtracked on Israel aid?

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

-Does anyone understand what Spartz wants or does she just scream incoherently and everyone ignores her? Why is she like this? Truly a bizarre representative.

https://twitter.com/RepSpartz/status/1788328337313542308

[GeorgiaModerate]

https://twitter.com/JaredEMoskowitz/status/1788349419349242233

Moskowitz has a wicked sense of humor.

[Progressive Pessimist]

https://twitter.com/JaredEMoskowitz/status/1788349419349242233

Moskowitz has a wicked sense of humor.

The Jewish sense of humor has gotten us through centuries of hardship. He might have a future touring in the Catskills when he leaves Congress.

[S019]

Read: She didn't want to be embarrassed by watching it fail by over 350 votes.

Wow, almost on the dot I should go apply to be a psychic. 😛

[Stranger in a strange land]

Did MTG talk about how Biden scammed Johnson and backtracked on Israel aid?

No. She also voted against the Israel aid

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

She knew it would fail. She just wants to see her name in the news as usual

[Never Made it to Graceland]

Republicans against motion to table:

    Marjorie Taylor Greene
    Thomas Massie
    Warren Davidson
    Barry Moore
    Andy Biggs
    Chip Roy
    Alex Mooney
    Victoria Spartz
    Paul Gosar
    Eli Crane
    Eric Burlison

As a follow up, here are the Democrats who voted against.
Bit of a surprising list, including some centrists like Pat Ryan and, from what I can tell, a significant cross-ideological percentage of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus either voted no or abstained.

Nanette Baragan
Jamaal Bowman
Cori Bush
Greg Cesar
Joaquin Castro
Yvette Clark
Gerald Connolly
Diana Degette
Lloyd Doggett
Veronica Escobar
Maxwell Frost
John Garamendi
Sylvia Garcia
Robert Garcia
Jimmy Gomez
Josh Harder
Jonathan Jackson
Pramila Jayapal
Sydney Kamlager-Dove
Barbara Lee
Summer Lee
Robert Menendez
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Ayanna Pressley
Delia Ramirez
Pat Ryan
Mary Gay Scanlon
Rashida Tlaib
Nydia Velazquez
Maxine Waters
Bonnie Watson Coleman
Nikema Williams

[ProudModerate2]

She knew it would fail. She just wants to see her name in the news as usual

This (of course).