House Min. Leader Jeffries suggests Dems would help Speaker Johnson from motion to vacate if he brings Ukraine aid vote.

House Minority Leader Jeffries (D-NY) on Thursday suggested that Democrats would rescue House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) on a potential motion to vacate if he were to allow a vote on Ukraine aid.

“If because of inaction in the do-nothing Republican House, we fail to provide Ukraine with the support that it needs to push back against Russian aggression. There's only one path forward. Now I've made the observation, not a declaration — the observation that if the Speaker were to do the right thing and allow the House to work its will with an up-or-down vote on the national security bill, that I believe that there are a reasonable number of Democrats who would not want to see the Speaker fall as a result of doing the right thing,” Jeffries said at his weekly briefing.

“Observation, not a declaration, because we have to have … a conversation amongst ourselves as House Democrats before making such a solemn decision.”

Jeffries’ comments come after Rep. Marjorie Taylor-Greene (R-GA) threatened to vote to oust Speaker Johnson if he allows a vote on Ukraine aid. The Georgia Republican filed a motion to vacate Johnson as Speaker last month.