NEW: Rep. Ralph. Norman says he, Rep. Chip Roy, and Rep. Thomas Massie all told Speaker Johnson this AM they would vote against the rule in committee, sinking chances of Johnson’s plan getting any votes on the House floor
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But a compromise was reached: Johnson asked far right members to get briefed on the intelligence behind these bills before preventing its passage. Norman says they’re expected to do so today or tomorrow and everything paused until then
@MariannaReports They're 1/6 backers, so their opinions are full of stinky brown stuff.
@MariannaReports Doesn't sink anything. They can pass through suspension of the rules (or Dems could vote for the rule, I guess, but that seems unlikely)