Earlier this week, Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) filed a motion to vacate Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) after the passage of a trillion-dollar spending package avoiding a government shutdown. However, during a recent appearance on Fox Business's Cavuto Coast to Coast, Representative Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) said the bill would not likely be up for a vote, nor did she suggest she would vote for Rep. Johnson's removal, but did say, "the Swamp is alive and well."
"What I will say is," Rep. Luna began, "people are frustrated about the spending package that just went through. Remember, it was Republicans that voted for it. I was not one of them, but many of my colleagues did."
Many other Florida Republican hardliners, the most vocal being Representatives Matt Gaetz (R-FL) and Cory Mills (R-FL), also voted against the bill. However, the perceived moderate and centrist Republicans voted in favor.
As a result, Rep. Luna continued, "What I am telling people is if you are frustrated with Capitol Hill, stop sending us the same people that are simply part of the problem."
Moreover, the Florida Congresswoman agreed with Rep. Greene that members of the Republican House, such as Representative Mike Johnson (R-WI), who is leaving Congress before the election, are doing so to intentionally hamstring Speaker Johnson's efforts to get conservative legislation through.
"The Swamp is alive and well in Washington, D.C., unfortunately," Luna added.
While Luna blasted Rep. Johnson for not providing a 72-hour window for Republicans to read the spending bill, she did not say anything to suggest being in favor of removing the Louisiana Congressman.
Nevertheless, Luna concluded, "Congress needs to get it together, and I say this as a member of Congress. And so we will see what ends up happening in the next couple of weeks if that motion [to vacate] is even called up."
In January, Rep. Gaetz, who led the removal of previous Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), made the analogy of not performing two surgeries within a short time frame, saying Johnson was not under threat of removal.
He appears to have stuck by that notion, as Salon recently reported Rep. Gaetz would not vote in favor of removing Johnson.
