Calls for Speaker Johnson to Resign Grows, NPR Whistleblower Suspended, Supreme Court Hears Case on Jan. 6 | April 16

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TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: · Rep. Thomas Massie joined the movement to call for a motion to vacate the Speaker’s office. · A National Public Radio whistleblower has been suspended by the news network · President Joe Biden has refused to appear before the House committee involved in his impeachment investigation. · The Supreme Court heard a case involving Jan. 6. Relevant Links: https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/04/02/national-council-of-teachers-of-english-hosts-seminar-on-how-to-teach-gender-queer/ Listen to other podcasts from The Daily Signal: https://www.dailysignal.com/podcasts/ Get daily conservative news you can trust from our Morning Bell newsletter: DailySignal.com/morningbellsubscription Listen to more Heritage podcasts: https://www.heritage.org/podcasts Sign up for The Agenda newsletter — the lowdown on top issues conservatives need to know about each week: https://www.heritage.org/agenda Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Brian Gotstein and this is the Dilly Signal Top News for Tuesday, April 16th.
0:07.0	Here are today's headlines. Representative Thomas Massey announced on social media Tuesday that he's
0:24.9	co-sponsoring a motion to remove House Speaker Mike Johnson from the
0:28.8	Speaker's position. In doing so, the Republican congressman from Kentucky joined Georgia Republican
0:35.0	Representative Marjorie Taylor Green and her motion that she launched back in
0:39.2	March. Massey is the first other Republican to back Green in the effort.
0:44.0	This comes from a report by the Daily Signal Zone, Jarrett Stepman.
0:48.0	Massey wrote on X that he told Mike Johnson that he was co-sponsoring the motion to vacate.
0:53.2	Massey called on Johnson to pre-announce his resignation as
0:56.6	former House Speaker John Boehner once did, so the House could pick a new
1:00.4	speaker and have one in place before he steps down. Johnson, according to
1:05.0	NBC's Jake Sherman, said that he's not resigning. Johnson said it was absurd
1:09.9	that someone would bring such emotion when he was simply trying to do his job.
1:15.1	Johnson became the speaker after the ouster of his predecessor, former California Republican
1:20.2	Kevin McCarthy, by a motion to vacate back in October.
1:24.0	Johnson has been facing increasing pressure from conservatives in the House
1:28.0	and has been criticized for working with Democrats
1:31.0	when he couldn't secure enough Republican support on
1:33.6	certain pieces of legislation. Johnson continues to receive the
1:37.9	support of Donald Trump. The former president said that Johnson was doing a
1:42.0	very good job when the two appeared together at Trump's Marilago home in Florida on Friday.
1:48.0	I stand with the speaker, Trump said. Johnson was elected House Speaker in October with
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