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Politics
Charles R. Davis

Mike Johnson may already be doomed

Marjorie Taylor Greene isn't winning many converts to her cause of replacing House Speaker Mike Johnson, who offended the pro-Russia Republican by allowing a vote on aid for Ukraine. But that doesn't mean she isn't making life difficult for the GOP caucus and its tenuous grip on power.

At a press conference Wednesday, the Georgia Republican said she plans to force a vote next week on Johnson's leadership, accusing him of trying to "Make Ukraine Great Again" by not depriving it of American ammunition. She was joined by just one other colleague, Rep. Thomas Massie, a far-right lawmaker from Kentucky; another supporter of the leadership challenge, Rep. Paul Gosar, a far-right lawmaker from Arizona, did not attend.

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