Could DEMOCRATS and Trump save Mike Johnson from ouster on the right? Speaker stakes his future on $95 billion foreign aid bill and ex-president’s support to survive coup led by Marjorie Taylor Greene

Leader Hakeem Jeffries suggested his Democrats can save Speaker Mike Johnson from impeachment if he puts the Senate-passed national security package on the House floor.

If Johnson puts the foreign aid bill on the floor, ‘I think there are a fair number of Democrats who don’t want to see the speaker go down as a result of doing the right thing. Observation, not a statement, said Jeffries, NY.

A motion to vacate has loomed over Johnson’s head since Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene launched an effort to unseat him nearly three weeks ago. The Georgia Republican is a staunch opponent of Ukraine aid and has already threatened to try to kill Johnson if he brings it to the floor.

With the Republicans’ razor-thin majority, Johnson can only afford to lose three Republicans and keep his job.

Johnson, meanwhile, has reached out to former President Donald Trump, Greene’s close ally, and will now appear with him at a joint press conference on ‘election integrity’.

Johnson said Thursday that sending aid to Ukraine would help Trump.

“The supply and weapons systems needed to contain him actually put President Trump in a good position (if elected),” Johnson said in an interview with CBN News. “I am convinced that he could broker the peace there.”

Jeffries added that Johnson would only get a helping hand if he put the Senate-approved $95 billion package with money for Ukraine, Israel, the Indo-Pacific and Gaza and no border policy riders on the floor.

The bill passed by the Senate included both humanitarian and military aid: $61 billion for Ukraine, $14 billion for Israel in its war against Hamas and $4.83 billion to support partners in the Indo-Pacific.

Johnson suggested he would not put the Senate bill on the House floor, adding that military-only aid is “more palatable” to members.

‘No American taxpayer should be tasked with supporting the pension system of the nation of Ukraine.’

Any foreign aid proposal would likely have to come to the House floor under suspension of the rules, meaning it would require a two-thirds majority to pass.

The bill would lose a number of Democrats would oppose further aid to Israel without humanitarian conditions. It would lose a number of Republicans who directly oppose Ukraine aid — potentially jeopardizing its chances of passing.

But Jeffries insisted the bill would pass even under suspension — he would cast enough Democratic votes.

A motion to vacate has loomed over Johnson’s head since Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene launched an effort to unseat him nearly three weeks ago

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said Speaker Mike Johnson gave her ‘a bunch of excuses’ at a meeting and isn’t backing down on her threat to call a bid to oust him

“I believe there is a sufficient number of votes to ensure that the national security bill reaches the legislative finish line,” Jeffries said.

On Wednesday, Greene met with Johnson for 70 minutes to hash out their differences, but they remained at an impasse.

Greene said she warned Johnson that “he will be personally responsible for finding the continued murder of people in a foreign country that is not our NATO ally and that the American people do not support.”

She and like-minded conservatives have warned the speaker not to bring foreign aid funding to Ukraine to a vote, saying the U.S. border crisis must be resolved before doling out dough for wars abroad.

However, calls from the White House, Ukrainian President Zelensky, Democrats and moderate Republicans to vote on aid to the crisis-stricken country are also putting pressure on Johnson.