ANOTHER Republican joins Marjorie Taylor Greene to demand Speaker Mike Johnson ... trends now
Speaker Mike Johnson is facing multiple calls to resign by his fellow Republicans disgruntled that a massive $95 billion foreign aid package doesn't include border security measures.
Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., told DailyMail.com that he will be joining Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green, R-Ga., in her effort to strip Johnson of his speakership through a 'motion to vacate.'
'He's going to lose more votes than Kevin McCarthy,' Massie vowed during a closed-door Republican meeting Tuesday morning..
Massie is urging Johnson to 'pre-announce his resignation,' as former Speaker John Boehner did, 'so we can pick a new Speaker without ever being without a GOP Speaker,' he wrote on X.
The threat comes after Johnson announced he will lead House Republicans in pushing three separate bills this week to send billions to Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan.
But there is no provisions included to secure the southern border as thousands of illegal migrants are still streaming across daily.
Massie went on to slam Johnson, saying there is 'no shortage of people in that room' who could be a better speaker.
The two parties have remained at an impasse as the White House has made clear President Joe Biden does not support a package with aid for only Israel
Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., told DailyMail.com that he will be joining Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green, R-Ga., in her effort to strip Johnson of his speakership through a 'motion to vacate'
'We went through this last fall. It took two days and then we ended up with somebody nobody on America ever heard of,' he added.
A fourth bill will reportedly include several measures such as requiring TikTok divest from its Chinese-owned parent company, an effort to obtain seized Russian assets, a lend-lease program for military aid to Ukraine and also loans for humanitarian aid.
All four bills would be lumped together under the same 'rule' to advance them to the House floor for final passage this week before going to the Senate.
The fourth bill include a provision involving the REPO Act, meaning it would seize Russian assets that until now have only been frozen, and one that would involve the Lend-Lease Act, which would require Ukraine to give back U.S. military assets that are not destroyed in war.
Speaker Johnson noted Monday evening that some 65 percent of the package is just replenishing U.S. stockpiles that have been depleted, from giving arms to Ukraine to defending Israel from Iran's attacks.
The package is expected to be valued in total at around $95 billion. On the defense side, $14 billion would go to Israel, $48 billion would go to Ukraine, $5 billion would go to Indo-Pacific Command and $3 billion would go to the submarine industrial base, according to a source familiar with House leadership's plans.
The package is also expected to include humanitarian aid in the form of a loan.
Conservative hardliners had warned Johnson against attaching any Ukraine funding to an Israel aid bill.
'Under no circumstances will the House Freedom Caucus abide using the emergency situation in Israel as a bogus justification to ram through Ukraine aid with no offset and no security for our own wide-open borders,' the conservative hardliner Freedom Caucus said in a statement on Monday.
Meanwhile a motion to vacate has loomed over Johnson's head since Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene launched the bid to oust him last month.
The Georgia Republican is a staunch opponent to Ukraine aid and has already threatened to try to boot Johnson if he brings it to the floor.
But after Johnson met with Donald Trump in Mar-a-Lago Friday and said he stands by him, Greene showed no daylight between her and the president.
She told DailyMail.com: 'I am one of President Trump's biggest fighters here in Washington and everyone knows that we're grateful for the president and I want him to focus on beating these ridiculous trials in New York and winning his election.'
Trump was in New York City Monday for the first day in his criminal hush money trial over an alleged scheme to pay off porn star Stormy Daniels before the 2016 election.
With Republicans' razor-thin majority, Johnson can only afford to lose three Republicans and keep his job, unless Democrats vote to save him.
Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries has suggested they would if Johnson does what Democrats want: passes the $95 billion supplemental.
Johnson told reporters he 'believes' he'll be able to pass a rule to allow debate for each
