House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) on Friday declined to give any definitive statement on whether his conference would help Mike Johnson (R-LA) keep his job in the event that “Moscow Marjorie Taylor Greene” pushes forward with a motion to vacate the Speaker.
“We’ve been very honest in our assessment of the situation from the very beginning — including in the declaration that I made in late February — and at the appropriate time as House Democrats, we will have a conversation about how to deal with any hypothetical motion to vacate,” Jeffries said during a news conference, where reporters asked about the motion to vacate. “Moscow Marjorie Taylor Greene, [Thomas] Massie, and [Paul] Gosar are quite a group. Are quite a group. And I’m sure that will play some role in our conversation.”
Jeffries repeatedly said, however, that he is more focused at the moment on passing the foreign aid bills Saturday. The House is set …