Progressives Explain Why They Did Not Join Other Dems to Save Mike Johnson
The majority of the House voted to save the far right speaker from Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's attempt to oust him.
The majority of Democrats and Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday saved far-right Speaker Mike Johnson from Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s attempt to oust him after less than seven months in the leadership position. Johnson’s (R-La.) election to the role in October — following the ouster of former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), who then left Congress early — was seen...