House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) pushed disagrees with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s (R-Ga.) move to oust Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), stating that it's not a proper business approach.
“Mike Johnson faced a difficult situation,” Comer mentioned on Friday in interview an interview with Fox News’s Martha MacCallum, “Things have gotten worse since he arrived. However, changing the Speaker is not a good business model.”
His remarks come as Greene has intensified her threat against the Speaker due to his efforts to provide additional aid to Ukraine. She filed initiated the motion to remove Johnson in late March and has gained at least three GOP supporters.
Earlier this week, the Georgia Republican said stated that she doesn’t mind if the “Speaker’s office becomes a revolving door.” During an appearance on former White House aide Steve Bannon’s “War Room” podcast, she expressed her desire for an “‘America First’ economy” and stated that “we are going to demand it from our Republican leaders.”
Comer seemed to disagree, suggesting on Friday that Johnson should “remain Speaker,” at least until the end of the current session. Then, he mentioned that “we can re-huddle, and decide which direction to go in next year.”
He also admitted that he believed the motion to remove the former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) at the end of last year was a “mistake.” He added that the move “really disrupted” the House Republican Conference in “a bad way.” Asked about former Speaker Newt Gingrich’s
recent remark that the motion to vacate was “totally stupid,” as it would be difficult to find 218 supporters, Comer seemingly agreed, standing behind Johnson. “But currently, as you mentioned, there’s not going to be another candidate that 100 percent of our conference is gonna rally behind,” the lawmaker said.
Nevertheless, Comer stated he was against the Ukraine aid measures within the foreign spending package
put forward by Johnson almost a week ago. The pressure on the Speaker to pass additional assistance for the embattled country has been strong. With
the help of Democrats some conservatives’ dismay, to , the House advanced the group of bills that would send more aid to Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan, and the Indo-Pacific region, among other priorities.“They are different aid bills. With respect to Ukraine, I’m completely against that,” Comer told MacCallum. “I don’t think the hard-working, tax-paying people in Kentucky want to see their hard-earned tax dollars go to Ukraine. We’ve already given Ukraine a lot of money.”
“We definitely hope Ukraine defeats Russia, but I believe America has already gone above and beyond,” he added. And we’ve got our own border we have to worry about, and that should be the number one priority.”
The Hill has contacted Greene’s office.
House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) pushed back on Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s (R-Ga.) motion to remove Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), saying it is “not the right business model.” “Mike Johnson faced a difficult situation,” Comer mentioned on Friday in an interview with Fox News’s Martha MacCallum. “Things have gotten worse since…
