Tensions erupt on House floor as conservatives confront Johnson on $95B foreign aid plan
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Tensions over the House foreign aid proposal erupted on Thursday when a group of House Republicans got into a confrontation over conservatives' pressure on Speaker Johnson.
The discussion appeared to be interrupted a short while later when Rep. Derrick Van Orden, R-Wis., confronted the group, and wound up in a particularly heated back-and-forth with Gaetz. Van Orden later told Fox News Digital that he called Gaetz "tubby" and dared the GOP rebels to trigger a vote for Johnson’s ouster – a threat he’s facing from Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., and Thomas Massie, R-Ky., who were not in the group. Elizabeth Elkind is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital leading coverage of the House of Representatives. Previous digital bylines seen at Daily Mail and CBS News.
Gaetz later told reporters that the conversation with Johnson was "tense" and that they were expressing opposition to his $95 billion proposal of separate bills for aid to Ukraine, Israel and the Indo-Pacific. Follow on Twitter at @liz_elkind and send tips to elizabeth.elkind@fox.com
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