Mike Johnson's speaking gig may be in jeopardy after President-elect Donald Trump and his political allies quickly withdrew his funding bill.
After several delays, Johnson's continuing resolution was made public Tuesday night, days before the Dec. 20 funding deadline. The 1,547-page CR quickly became the center of criticism, with political heavyweights like Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy, Vice President-elect J.D. Vance, and even Trump weighing in on the funding debacle. said.
“DOGE can only be truly achieved by sitting in Congress and enacting true efficiency in government. This system needs to be shattered like it was yesterday.”
President Trump added fuel to the fire by demanding that the debt ceiling, which is set to expire in June, be negotiated before he takes office. President Trump made further threats against Republican primary voters who failed to do so.
“If Republicans are willing to pass a clean continuance resolution without all of the Democratic 'bells and whistles' that are so destructive to our country, all they can do after January 20th is force the Trump administration to limit the debt. “Instead of allowing that to happen in the Biden administration,” Trump said. added. “Republicans stupid enough to do this should and will be elected to primary office.”
President Trump: “Raising the debt ceiling is not a good thing, but I would rather do it under Biden's watch.'' said He said this in a joint statement Wednesday with Vice President-elect J.D. Vance. “If Democrats won't cooperate on the debt ceiling now, who in the world is going to think they'll do so in June when we're in office? Let's start the discussion now. And let's get Chuck Schumer and a streamlined plan that doesn't burden the government. We should pass a spending bill.'' Democrats get everything they want. ”
Less than 24 hours later, CR was scrapped and Johnson was back to square one. After that, confidence in Johnson's speaking ability was shaken.
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Asked if he still trusted Johnson, Trump pointed to CR as evidence of failure.
Trump: “Let’s take a look.” said. “What they did yesterday was unacceptable. It was unacceptable in so many ways. This is a Democratic trap.”
Other MPs have questioned Mr Johnson's chairmanship and even floated potential replacements for him.
“The Speaker of the House does not have to be a member of Congress…” Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky said “Nothing will disrupt this swamp more than electing Elon Musk…think about it…nothing is impossible. ” -Loving Heart).
Georgia Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene said she is “open to supporting Elon Musk as Speaker of the House.” said In response to Paul's post. “DOGE can only be truly achieved by sitting in Congress and enacting true efficiency in government. The system needs to be shattered like it was yesterday. This may be the way to do it.”
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