Even House Republicans admit that their House majority will likely be destroyed in November.
Politico reported:
Even if Johnson somehow manages to hold on until April, there are already rumblings in House Republican circles that he won’t last long as the senior party leader much beyond that. Many Republicans privately admit they are unlikely to hold the House this fall. And if they don’t, there will be pressure on Johnson to step away from leadership entirely, as GOP spokesmen who have lost their majority since the 1950s have done.
Johnson’s complaints about the demands of the job in recent private conversations have only fueled speculation, insiders say. If a clash within the party occurs in the coming weeks, members say, he will have some soul-searching to do.
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This may come as a surprise, but Mike Johnson is facing a rebellion in his own House majority that could cost him his job in April.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) insists she will bring her vacate motion to the floor for a vote if aid to Ukraine is approved. Johnson is currently finalizing his plan to introduce a bill to help Ukraine after the Easter holidays in the House.
Far-right Republicans in the House are outraged at Johnson for imposing a government funding bill, and the situation is heading for an explosion later this month.
The reason so many incumbent Republicans have left the House before the end of their terms is because they know that the Republican majority will likely leave in November. They see no reason to stay there for the final months of chaos and infighting.
The current Republican majority in the House is likely to become one of the least productive and least effective majorities in history, and even those currently in it seem to know that it will all end soon.
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