House Republicans Vie For Donald Trump’s Love Amid Speaker Drama
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Like rival siblings, Mike Johnson, Matt Gaetz and Marjorie Taylor Greene have each laid claim to the former president’s favor.
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) used his weekly press conference on Tuesday to make a speech lamenting the various criminal cases against former President Donald Trump, the presumptive 2024 Republican nominee.
“These cases are a coordinated political attack, plain and simple,” Johnson said, describing Trump’s hush money trial in Manhattan as an effort to keep him from campaigning.
“It is a borderline criminal conspiracy and the American people see right through [it],” Johnson said. “President Trump has done nothing wrong here and he continues to be the target of endless lawfare. It has to stop.”
Johnson’s recitation of Trump’s grievances came as he fends off a threat to his speakership led by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), the self-described “biggest supporter of President Trump” on Capitol Hill.
Greene has been threatening for weeks to force the House to hold a no-confidence vote against Johnson for not fighting harder against Democrats. So far, she has hesitated to pull the trigger. She met with Johnson in his office for almost two hours on Monday, with another meeting planned for Tuesday.
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