'Vacate the chair': Mike Johnson's latest move has MAGA calling for speaker to resign
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) fired off a letter to the Senate, demanding the body take up their impeachment of Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas — a measure that passed on the slimmest of votes, is vague in what crime it's even accusing Mayorkas of having committed, and that has no chance of passage in a Democratic-controlled body.
"The American people deserve full accountability," Johnson wrote in his post announcing the letter.
The speaker received a ton of blowback from liberal commenters and Biden supporters, many of them pointing out how he tanked a bipartisan border security deal that would have helped the very situation he is trying to impeach Mayorkas for. But he also got a lot of fury from Trump supporters enraged that he agreed to a spending deal that keeps the government open. Some accused him of effectively funding Biden's border policies by doing this and demanded his removal from office.
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"Not sure @SpeakerJohnson is understanding he has lost TOTALLY CREDIBILITY AND SUPPORT FOR HIS LACK OF ACTION ON THE BORDER," wrote "Diana Heard." "EVERY illegal that has come through or will come through after your funding the government is 100% YOUR responsibility as are any of the crimes committed. You are a coward and failed to use the tools you had to protect American citizens."
"LMAO!!! Mike, you just funded the open border and Mayorkas!!" wrote "Gunther Eagleman." "You are all hypocrisy and theatrics. You are awful at this Speaker job."
"Impeach yourself while you’re at it," wrote "Wall Street Apes." "You’re a disgrace for approving the new spending death bill to American families."
"Speaker, Johnson, time for you to vacate the chair," wrote Valentina Gomez, a Missouri secretary of state candidate best known for an ad in which she torched LGBTQ literature with a flamethrower, on Thursday. "You betrayed the American people."
"Sell out. 80 million Americans have no representation," wrote "MrDucks" — a reference to conspiracy theories about the 2020 election being stolen.