Commentary: ‘Resign’—Rep. Thomas Massie Tears into Mike Johnson, Wants Him Out of Speakership

The status of the Republican Party installing a speaker who is fully responsive to Conservatism and much less so to the Deep State Uniparty is approaching another milestone.

This from westernjournal.com.

At least, that’s what it looks like to Republican Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky.

Axios reported Tuesday:

Massie joined Rep. Majorie Taylor Greene of Georgia as the second House Republican to call for House Speaker Mike Johnson’s ouster.

The conservative congressman expressed his desire to remove Johnson to members of the Republican conference, saying a motion to vacate would be put to the floor if the speaker did not step down.

Two members of the Republican conference told Axios that Massie’s comments were met with boos from a majority of the conference.

Axios also reported:

Some [communists/globalists] have indicated they will “bail Johnson out” on the floor so that Congress does not have a repeat of the motion to vacate in October, which resulted in the ouster of former Speaker Kevin McCarthy.

Massie discussed his position with reporters, citing Johnson’s support for massive spending bills, warrantless spying, and billions of dollars in aid to Ukraine as reasons he should be removed.

He said, referring to McCarthy’s ouster:

There’s only one person right now who could stop us from going into what happened last fall, and that’s Mike Johnson.

Concerning Johnson, Massie said:

He’s cleaning the barn, that’s obvious.

He had three things to do: He wanted to do an omnibus that broke all the spending records, he wanted to do FISA without warrants, now he wants to do Ukraine. Those are the three things.

Further:

There are people riding him like a horse here. They don’t care when the horse collapses. I do, because it’s gonna throw our conference into turmoil.

While the Kentucky Republican indicated he would not put forth the motion himself, he expressed that such a motion likely would result in Johnson’s ouster.

He stated:

If it is called, there will be a lot of people who vote for it.

Reporters questioned Massie on how such a motion would be beneficial to the country. He responded by saying:

Johnson has been more conciliatory to the policy interests of the Democrats rather than trying to get our nation back on track.

Further:

If the country likes [Democratic Senate Leader] Chuck Schumer, then they should like what Speaker Johnson’s accomplished in the House.

Massie is known for his opposition to foreign aid, believing that such spending is detrimental to our country’s future.

The House is set to vote this week on two bills that will send billions of dollars in aid to both Ukraine and Israel.

To avoid the chaos of October, Massie suggested that Johnson should follow in former Speaker John Boehner’s footsteps, giving Republicans time to find a suitable replacement and then stepping down once the replacement has been agreed on.

And when reporters asked him if the speaker could get back in his good graces and retain the gavel, Massie said:

Regardless of what I want, [the motion] is going to happen. And when it does happen, it’s going to pass. The motion to vacate will pass.

He was referring to the ability of any single member of the House to call a vote of no confidence in the Speaker.

A measure to which McCarthy agreed as a concession to hold-out Republicans in January 2023.

Because of the rule, Republicans could be in for another battle for the gavel mere months after Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida led an effort to oust McCarthy.

While few if any want a repeat of October, Massie’s concerns are not without warrant.

He is correct in challenging Johnson’s policy decisions. Bending to [communists/globalists] and pursuing billions of dollars in endless spending and aid to Ukraine is not what Republican members had in mind when they elected Johnson.

However, since returning to power in 2022, Republicans have spent more time fighting among themselves than they have pursuing policies to rebuild our nation.

[And] another speakership battle would damage the public’s confidence in the GOP’s ability to lead the House, which could spell trouble for Republicans in November.

And even if Johnson were ousted, it’s unclear who would take his place and whether a future selectee would be any better. After all, Republicans went through three candidates in October before landing on Johnson, and he still can’t seem to make the conference happy.

Moreover, [some are saying] it’s a bad precedent to oust a speaker every few months.

There is a collection of minds, too, that believe Johnson’s assistance of the Leftist initiative is part of The Plan to flush out the Uniparty and burry the Deep State. They believe Johnson is working closely with President Trump.

So, is Massie right that Johnson needs to do more to stand up to the Left and get spending under control and begin the rebuilding of our nation? Or is this all mere kabuki theater?

Let us hope and pray for the best and prepare for the worst.