'Definition of insanity': Frustrated House Republicans blast GOP rebels' threat to oust Johnson

House Republicans were left frustrated on Tuesday after two of their colleagues threatened to oust Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., over his plan on foreign aid.

"The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results," Rep. Carlos Gimenez, R-Fla., told Fox News Digital. "So, you do it again, you're going to end up with the same results."

Those GOP lawmakers are worried about repeating the three weeks of chaos that followed the ouster of ex-Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., by a group of eight Republicans and all House Democrats. Most would not go so far as to say it could cost them the election in November, but they suggested it weakened the Republican position in the House while already dealing with just a razor-thin majority and a Democrat-controlled Senate and White House.

"The new speaker will have to play the same hand that this speaker is playing. The results are going to be the same," Gimenez said, adding that it "could" hurt the GOP in November.

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During a closed-door conference meeting on Tuesday morning, Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., urged Johnson to step down or face a possible vote to vacate the speaker’s chair. He’s now signed onto a resolution introduced by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., last month to oust Johnson over his actions on government spending and foreign aid.

Johnson, for his part, told reporters he would not step down and called the threats "absurd."

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, a member of the ultra-conservative House Freedom Caucus who ran for speaker after McCarthy’s ouster, called vacating Johnson a "bad idea."

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