Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-NY) said he will not vote to remove House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) after Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) filed a motion to vacate.

Republicans on the Hill have expressed frustration with Johnson after he pushed a last minute $1.2 trillion spending bill to help keep the government open. The bill passed the House on Friday with a vote of 286-134.

Those frustrations culminated Friday with Greene filing her motion to vacate. She doesn’t have much support, however. Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), who led the last effort to vacate Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) from his speakership, said he is “just not ready” to support Greene’s new motion.

CNN Congressional correspondent Manu Raju caught up with Suozzi on the steps of the Capitol building on Friday where he became the first Democrat to come out against a motion to vacate Johnson.

RAJU: Congressman Suozzi, Democrat of New York, will you vote to keep mike Johnson in as speaker?

SUOZZI: Yes I will.

RAJU: Why is that

SUOZZI: Because it’s absurd that he’s getting kicked out for doing the right thing, getting the keeping the government open. It has two thirds support of the Congress. And the idea that he would be kicked out by these jokers is absurd.

RAJU: There’ll be other Democrats to join. You think?

SUOZZI: I hope so.

Back in October of last year, Johnson was elected to the speakership following the failed votes for Reps. Jim Jordan (R-OH) and Steve Scalise (R-LA).

Watch the clip above via CNN.

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