Mike Johnson denies collaborating with Democrats to defeat attempt to remove him – as it happened

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• Democrats vow to block Taylor Greene effort to remove House speaker

At a press conference today, Republican speaker of the House Mike Johnson denied making a deal with Democrats to defeat a far-right attempt to remove him as the chamber's leader:

Rightwing congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, who is behind the attempt to remove Johnson as speaker, accused him of a slimy back room deal" with House Democrats after their leaders earlier today said they would not support Greene's motion to vacate.