Now more news out of Washington.

Congressman Thomas Massie of Kentucky's fourth Congressional District is calling on U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson to resign.

Massie joined Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor GREENE of Georgia during a news conference outside the Capitol this morning.

GREENE said she'll call a vote next week to oust Speaker Johnson, forcing her colleagues to choose sides in a difficult showdown after Democratic leaders announced they would vote across party lines to save the Republican speaker's job.

GREENE And Massie said they were giving their colleagues the weekend to weigh their options before calling for the vote on her motion to vacate next week.

I'm going to challenge my colleagues to think about it this weekend because, as Marjorie Taylor GREENE said, we're coming back and we're voting on this next week.

Right.

And you get to have the choice.

If you're a Republican, are you going to embrace Hakeem Jeffries like Mike Johnson has?

Are you going to embrace the unit party like Mike Johnson has when you come back next week?

Are you going to fight for Ameri And you may say, oh, well, this is this is lovely bipartisanship.

Look, you've got Hakeem Jeffries hugging Speaker Mike Johnson and helping him keep his majority and keep his seat.

But the reality is, this isn't policy.

This isn't like some criminal justice reform where the left and the right can agree.

This is about who holds that gavel.

Right now, they are both holding back gavel.

They are sharing power about procedures, about what bills will come to the floor, about how long we will debate those bills and which committees are comprised of which members they are sharing power.

Now.

Last fall, eight Republicans joined Democrats to oust a now former representative, Kevin McCarthy, as speaker.

That marked the first ever removal of a sitting U.S. House speaker, a position that is second in the line of succession to the presidency.

Right now, it's not clear how many Republicans will vote against Johnson.