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House Republicans are once again finding themselves at odds with each other as threats to House Speaker Mike Johnson\u2019s leadership begin to emerge from the right flank of their conference.<\/p>\n

\u2018Anyone that wants to go in that direction is showing how unserious they are about us maintaining the majority,\u2019 Rep. Nick Langworthy, R-N.Y., told Fox News Digital about suggestions of filing a motion to vacate against Johnson, R-La.<\/p>\n

\u2018It looks like they\u2019re just trying to sabotage the future, and they\u2019re working for Joe Biden at that point.\u2019<\/p>\n

GOP hardliners are furious over Johnson\u2019s deal aimed at averting a government shutdown that he struck with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. Several have previously told Fox News Digital that it put the conference in the same or worse position than after ousted former Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., struck a similar deal with President Biden last spring.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, said on \u2018The Steve Deace Show\u2019 Tuesday of filing a possible motion to vacate, \u2018I\u2019m leaving it on the table. I\u2019m not gonna say I\u2019m gonna go file it tomorrow. I\u2019m not saying I\u2019m not going to file it tomorrow.\u2019<\/p>\n

However, Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, R-N.Y., a conservative who is also skeptical of the deal so far, told Fox News Digital, \u2018It\u2019s not our leader that\u2019s the problem, it\u2019s the leader in the Senate and the White House that\u2019s the problem.\u2019<\/p>\n

As part of a deal to win the speakership last January, McCarthy allowed the threshold for a motion to vacate \u2014 which triggers a vote to oust the House speaker \u2014 to just one lawmaker needed to trigger it.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Johnson, who took over the role in late October after McCarthy was ousted, did not change the rule.<\/p>\n

Rep. Eric Burlison, R-Mo., a hardliner who opposes Johnson\u2019s deal, told Fox News Digital Wednesday morning that he was \u2018not one to start a fight\u2019 over his leadership but agreed the option should remain there.<\/p>\n

\u2018I think that the motion to vacate is an important measure,\u2019 he said. \u2018I don\u2019t think members should take it off the table. Because at the end of the day, my district, people are very frustrated. And if you\u2019re in a situation where\u2026 you\u2019re more fearing the moderates than you are the conservatives, that we\u2019re going to\u2026 continue to have bad outcomes.\u2019<\/p>\n

Like his predecessor, the threats to Johnson\u2019s job came up after he cobbled together a bipartisan spending deal while negotiating against a Democratic Senate and White House.<\/p>\n

Establishment conservatives and mainstream Republicans acknowledged his predicament and said there would be severe consequences for the party if they booted another leader.<\/p>\n

Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., called it \u2018a ludicrous notion.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018Nobody should be bringing up the word vacate. The speaker is doing and getting the best deal you can get with\u2026 1\/3 of government,\u2019 he said. \u2018We should support him.\u2019<\/p>\n

Rep. Steve Womack, R-Ark., did not speak directly about the threats but acknowledged the predicament Johnson is in while speaking to reporters Wednesday after a House GOP meeting to discuss the deal.<\/p>\n

\u2018It\u2019s kind of hard to worry about bailing water when you\u2019ve got the alligators nipping at you, and that\u2019s exactly the kind of conditions the speaker finds himself in,\u2019 Womack said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Even some hardliners are opposed to the idea, including Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., and Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla. \u2014 who initiated McCarthy\u2019s ouster.<\/p>\n

\u2018I\u2019m not supportive of a motion to vacate Speaker Johnson,\u2019 Gaetz told Fox News Digital. \u2018What comes next could be worse.\u2019<\/p>\n

The speaker himself brushed the threats off during his weekly House GOP leadership press conference that same morning.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2018I\u2019m not concerned about that, we\u2019re leading\u2019 he said. \u2018We have very difficult challenges, but we\u2019re going to advance the ball, we\u2019re going to advance our conservative principles, and we\u2019re going to demonstrate that we can govern well.\u2019<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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