Democratic leaders in the House officially declared Tuesday that they would vote to keep order in the House by protecting Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) from any far-right Republicans seeking his ouster.

Democrats have been telegraphing for weeks their willingness to help Mike Johnson — a Republican — keep his job as speaker if members of his own party trigger a vote to oust him.

Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and his leadership team said they would vote to table any motion by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene to remove the speaker.

Due to the Republicans' slim majority in the House, Johnson can afford only three detractors from his own party without relying on Democrats to keep him in position. There are 217

In a joint statement after a closed-door party meeting, the three top Democrats said they would side with Republicans supportive of Johnson and vote to table any motion to vacate him from the speaker’s chair,

Democratic House leadership vote in support of House Speaker Mike Johnson and table Marjorie Taylor Greene’s motion to oust the speaker.

Top congressional Democrats announced on Tuesday that their party would throw Mike Johnson a lifeline if Republicans tried to remove him as speaker of the House of Representatives, A handful had hinted they would support Mr Johnson for going against conservatives in his own party to pass $61bn in military aid for Ukraine.

House Democratic leaders said the party would work to save House Speaker Mike Johnson from any ouster effort launched by Republican hardliners.