IT’S OFFICIAL: GOP SPEAKERSHIP DEPENDS ON DEMOCRATS. Late Wednesday, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) surprised her colleagues by going forward with a threat to file a motion to vacate — that is, a measure to remove Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) as speaker of the House. Johnson and Greene had negotiated for a couple of days, and it appeared that Greene might hold off, at least for a while. And then, on Wednesday, she pulled the trigger.

Removing Johnson would, of course, set off chaos in the House to rival or perhaps exceed the mess made last October when a few rebellious Republicans successfully plotted to remove then-Speaker Kevin McCarthy. Back then, there was no Plan B, and there is no Plan B today.