The US House of Representatives has voted to reject a resolution to remove House Speaker Mike Johnson in a landslide decision. According to the vote that took place on Wednesday, there was a crushing 359-43 result, with seven Democrats voting for a neutral "present" position, Xinhua news agency reported.
The motion to remove Johnson, by Republican Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, took place during the session in the House on Wednesday evening. Immediately afterwards, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise from Louisiana moved that the resolution be laid aside.
The Washington Post noted that House Republicans and Democrats both came together in some remarkable show of unity to save the speaker, who has only been in the position for just over six months. Johnson has been eliciting mixed reactions from traditional Republicans, though he won plaudits for preventing shortages of government funding and extending aid to US allies such as Israel and Ukraine, albeit with Democratic votes—something which infuriated members like Greene.
The fact that former US President Donald Trump voiced strong support for Johnson further cemented the.
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