Congressman Massie Joins Move To Oust Speaker Johnson Over Foreign Aid Proposal

‘I told him to resign,’ Mr. Massie tells reporters.

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Congressman Thomas Massie speaks at the Capitol. AP/J. Scott Applewhite

The move to oust Speaker Johnson will gain new steam now that Congressman Thomas Massie has signed on to the resolution. The Kentucky lawmaker told Mr. Johnson in a private meeting Tuesday that he had joined Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, and even demanded his resignation. 

“I told him to resign,” Mr. Massie said of the speaker after leaving that meeting. “We need a speaker who won’t do everything Chuck Schumer tells him to do.

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