House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) praised House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-New York) in an interview. politikoHe said he and Democratic leaders “have more in common than people realize.”
johnson Said About Jeffries:
I have. Hakim is a good person. We have cooperated well. We have more in common than people think. He’s from New York and I’m from Louisiana. Although there are many differences of opinion about policy and the finer points of policy, I believe that we can appreciate people for who they are as people. I think that’s what is required of us. And he and I both share that worldview. I can understand that he is a good family man. We have a lot in common in that respect. And he recently lost his father, and I lost his father three days before I was elected to Congress. We talked about that.
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And what we appreciate about each other is that when Hakeem Jeffries is telling me something, I believe he’s telling me the truth. I believe he is a man of his word. And I think he believes that about me too. That’s a big deal in Washington. As you know, trust is a rare commodity in this region. [Emphasis added]
Johnson also said he found it “really refreshing” to know that Jeffries was “shooting straight.”
Attention — Lauren Boebert: ‘It makes no difference’ whether Mike Johnson or Hakeem Jeffries is chairman:
politiko continuation:
Although it would have been highly debatable not too long ago, Mr. Johnson Enjoying a period of renewed respectEspecially after avoiding a government shutdown and pushing for aid to Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan. Many House Republicans are currently frustrated with far-right members who are making life harder for Mr. Johnson than they are for him. The Democratic Party rewarded him for his past record of responsible governance and rescued him from a motion to resign.
politiko Also I have written Johnson could “neutralize” Trump in the final stages of the foreign aid debate and oppose efforts by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) to oust him as House majority leader. He claimed to have done it.
