MTG's Motion To Oust Mike Johnson is a Win-Win - For MTG

Yesterday, after the House averted yet another partial government shutdown, Georgia Republican Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene moved to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson though she is not forcing a vote - at least not yet. Greene said:

This is not personal against Mike Johnson. He's a very good man. And I have respect for him as a person. But he is not doing the job. The proof is in the vote count today. The Republican speaker of the House handed over every ounce of negotiating power to Chuck Schumer and the Democrats and went ahead and funded the government when this was our point of leverage.

Yet when Johnson's predecessor Kevin McCarthy agreed to keep the government open last October, Greene made no such objection. That fell to Florida Republican Matt Gaetz.  This time around Gaetz wants to leave Johnson alone because he fears Congress might end up with Democratic House Leader Hakeem Jeffries as Speaker. 

Mind you there are fewer Republicans in Congress than there were in October. McCarthy resigned from Congress. Ohio Republican Bill Johnson left Congress to take over the presidency of Youngstown State University and Colorado Republican Ken Buck bid the GOP adieu by signing the Democrats' discharge petition for a foreign aid bill to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. Following Greene's announcement, Wisconsin Republican Mike Lawler said he wouldn't be coming back after the congressional recess. This would leave Republicans with a majority of one. 

Greene would likely formally exercise her privilege on the motion should Johnson bring the foreign aid discharge petition to the House floor. It'll be a win-win for her. If her gambit succeeds, then she can be the queenmaker for the next Republican Speaker. That is assuming anyone wants the job. And if no Republican does then she can always put her name forward. Of course, Greene would be vulnerable to a motion vacating the chair. Unless, of course, she sees fit to get rid of the provision or if defeated, former President Donald Trump declares that Greene is untouchable.

If her gambit fails, then she can cry to Steve Bannon about being a victim of RINOs and Chuck Schumer and raise money off of it. All the while, Greene remains in Trump's favor with the hope he will appoint her to lead the Department of Homeland Security. 

Not that I have any particular sympathy for Mike Johnson, but Marjorie Taylor Greene's motion helps no one. No one that is but Marjorie Taylor Greene.