House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) faces a barrage of attacks from members of his own party, particularly a motion to expel him from the party by Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene. The president said, “I support it 100%.” leadership position.
“On Friday, I spent many hours with the president. He and I talked frequently… He was cooperating with me 100 percent and said, ‘We’re going to get this job done,'” Johnson said. told Fox News’ Maria Bartiromo on Sunday.
“What Marjorie did in her eviction motion is not helpful to our party or to our mission to save our country,” he continued. “Because if we don’t increase our House majority, maintain our House majority, win the Senate, and get President Trump back in the White House, we will lose our republic.”
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Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) speaks during a press conference after the House Republican Caucus meeting at the U.S. Capitol on April 10, 2024, in Washington, DC. (Samuel Corum/Getty Images)
Mr. Johnson’s remarks came days after a high-profile press conference with the former president and current presidential candidate at Mar-a-Lago on Friday, where the two spoke about the challenges facing the country today. He mentioned a number of pressing issues.
Prime Minister Johnson on Sunday pointed to several key issues that Republicans have repeatedly emphasized, including open borders, out-of-control spending, weakness on the world stage and the weaponization of government, and said this year’s election will be for everyone. He claimed it would be the “most important” election of his lifetime. And the burden of living expenses.
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As Republicans continue to fixate on the issue, the House speaker has come under fire from Greene and others who say she is not doing enough to make border security a top priority.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) filed a motion last month calling for Johnson to be removed as Speaker of the House. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
Appearing on “Sunday Morning Futures” last month, the Georgia congressman explained the rationale behind the motion.
“If Speaker Johnson really wanted to secure the border as he promised all of us, he would have told Chuck Schumer, he would promise the American people, ‘Nothing will happen until the border bill and funding bill becomes HR 2. We’re not going to pass a government funding bill either.’ In that, or the Laken Riley Act, or at least some of the measures in that, he completely failed to do that,” she said.
Mr. Johnson has previously said he understands Ms. Greene’s concerns and recently announced plans to contact her.
He told Bartiromo on Sunday that Greene was “unaware” that House Republicans were fighting on the border issue.
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Former Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) hold a press conference at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago mansion in Palm Beach, Florida, on April 12, 2024. (Joe Radle/Getty Images)
“We work on this issue every day. We passed HR 2, a comprehensive border security package, at the beginning of this Congress. It was sitting on Chuck Schumer’s desk. “We passed all the resolutions. We passed these bills out of the House. And they get blocked in the Senate.”
In the meantime, Mr Johnson insists that maintaining party unity remains a priority for Republicans to ensure victory in November.
“Our party needs to stay united. We need to go out and say how we’re changing, not just what we’re against, but what we’re for.” “We need to tell the American people what our agenda is and how we’re going to turn this country around.” I’m absolutely bullish on the election cycle. That’s what I intend to do,” he added.
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