“That's always an option,” Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) told CNN on Thursday regarding some House Republicans considering ousting House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) for his initial spending agreement with Democrats.
“If Speaker Johnson doesn’t deliver on the conservative credentials that he promised us, then I suspect we will be looking for a new speaker. That’s always an option,” Burchett told CNN anchor Boris Sanchez.
“That was a rule that was put in place many years ago,” Burchett continued. “It’s been voted on and it’s been approved by this Congress, so yeah, that is an option. If we don’t like our boss or we don’t like the person that's in charge, we have the ability to remove them.”
“If that moves forward, if there’s a potential shutdown, don’t you think that’ll hurt Republicans going into an election year?” Sanchez asked.
Burchett replied, “I think we better stop worrying about political expediency and we better start worrying about our country. You know, it’s these folks that are more worried about their portfolios than they are the people of this great country that have gotten us into this mess.”
