President-elect Donald Trump has given Mike Johnson is “complete and total endorsement” to be the speaker of the House.
Johnson faces a narrow opportunity to secure the required votes from his Republican caucus. Rep. Thomas Massie has already declared his opposition to Speaker Johnson’s reelection bid, indicating that the Louisiana congressman cannot afford to lose any more votes without jeopardizing his status as the second in line for the Presidency.
Earlier on Monday morning, Rep. Victoria Spartz was noncommittal in an appearance on Fox & Friends and offered unusually harsh criticism for the Republican House leader.
Despite this, Trump took to his Truth Social to endorse Johnson: “Mike has my Complete & Total Endorsement. MAGA!!!”
“Ee are the Party of COMMON SENSE, a primary reason that we WON, in a landslide, the magnificent and historic Presidential Election of 2024. ALL SEVEN SWING STATES, 312 ELECTORAL COLLEGE VOTES, AND THE POPULAR VOTE BY MILLIONS OF VOTERS (Despite large scale voter fraud taking place in numerous states, including California, where votes are ridiculously still being counted, or under review!), ALL WON WITH EASE, CALM, & PROFESSIONALISM,” Trump posted on social media.
“Republicans are being praised for having run a “legendary” campaign! Democrats are being excoriated for their effort, having wasted 2.5 Billion Dollars, much of it unaccounted for, with some being used to illegally buy endorsements ($11,000,000 to Beyoncé, who never even sang a song, $2,000,000 to Oprah for doing next to nothing, and even $500,000 to Reverend AL, a professional con man and instigator, who agreed to “interview” their “star spangled” candidates, Kamala and Joe). We ran a flawless campaign, having spent FAR LESS, with lots of money left over,” he added.
“They ran a very expensive ‘sinking ship,’ embracing DOJ & FBI WEAPONIZATION against their political opponent, ME. BUT IT DIDN’T WORK, IT WAS A DISASTER!!! LETS NOT BLOW THIS GREAT OPPORTUNITY WHICH WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN. The American people need IMMEDIATE relief from all of the destructive policies of the last Administration. Speaker Mike Johnson is a good, hard working, religious man. He will do the right thing, and we will continue to WIN. Mike has my Complete & Total Endorsement. MAGA!!!” Trump concluded.
🚨 President-elect Trump endorses Mike Johnson for Speaker of the House pic.twitter.com/QMPeROIsCM
— Martin Walsh (@martinwalsh__) December 30, 2024
Trump previously told Fox News Digital that Johnson will “easily remain speaker” in the next Congress if he “acts decisively and tough” and avoids “all of the traps being set by Democrats” in the spending package.
Fox News spoke with the president-elect after the bipartisan deal to prevent a partial government shutdown collapsed. “Anybody that supports a bill that doesn’t take care of the Democrat quicksand known as the debt ceiling should be primaried and disposed of as quickly as possible,” Trump told the outlet.
Vice President-elect JD Vance met with House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., on Wednesday night to discuss the potential continuing resolution. The two spoke for about an hour, with Vance describing the meeting as a “productive conversation.” He expressed confidence that they would “be able to solve some problems here” and committed to “working on it” further.
The turmoil over efforts to pass legislation to prevent a government shutdown has drawn attention to the upcoming speaker vote, as Johnson has faced challenges in maintaining full party unity, Fox noted further.
However, President-elect Donald Trump told Fox News Digital that he believes Johnson will “easily” retain his role as speaker.
“If the speaker acts decisively, and tough, and gets rid of all of the traps being set by the Democrats, which will economically and, in other ways, destroy our country, he will easily remain speaker,” Trump told Fox.
The speaker vote is set for Jan. 3, 2025.
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