Former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi stated that she is in favor of keeping GOP Speaker Mike Johnson in office.
Pelosi (D-Calif.) declared on Monday that she supports the plan of House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) to retain Johnson (R-La.) as Speaker of the House.
“House Republicans are either unwilling or unable to get Marjorie Taylor Greene and extreme MAGA Republicans under control and so it’s going to take a bipartisan coalition and partnership,” said Jeffries.
“[Jeffries] confirmed that members of his own party would vote to support Johnson — a highly unusual move — to prevent a replay of last year’s chaos,” Reuters reported.
Pelosi said that in order to “support the integrity of the House of Representatives and…not let it be littered up by nonsense,” she reiterated that she supports Johnson staying in his position.
“Personally, I respect his authenticity; I disagree with his politics, but that’s okay,” Pelosi said previously about Johnson.
She added: “If you’re just sitting in the back bench, and then they tap you to become the speaker, they shouldn’t complain when you don’t know how to be speaker from day one.”
Meanwhile, Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) has consistently pushed to have Speaker Johnson removed. Pelosi made the remarks in response to Greene’s request. Greene’s proposal has the support of Representatives Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) and Thomas Massie (R-Ky.).
