WASHINGTON EXAMINER
House Freedom Caucus member Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) didn’t rule out the possibility of removing Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) from the position during an interview on Monday.
When CNN host Kaitlan Collins pressed the congressman on whether he would consider supporting a motion to vacate Johnson, which was the fate suffered by former Speaker Kevin McCarthy, Roy said, “Again, that’s not the road I prefer.”
Since being elected to the speakership in October following McCarthy’s historic ouster after just nine months on the job, Johnson has served in the role for 76 days, many of which the House has been out of session for a holiday recess.
Roy was responding Monday to a top-line spending framework agreed to by Johnson and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), in which the speaker committed to the $1.59 trillion number in last year’s Fiscal Responsibility Act. Eight hundred eighty-six billion dollars would be set for defense spending, while $704 billion would be used for nondefense.
“We’re spending more money we don’t have,” Roy said. “It’s just more of the same, and, you know, I wish Speaker Johnson [wasn’t] doing this. I’m very disappointed, and hopefully, we can try to figure out what we can do to change it in the next few days.”
Asked if he was holding Johnson responsible, the Texas Republican said, “Well, I mean, his office is doing the negotiating, so that’s the deal…
