President Trump made a surprising endorsement on Monday for House Speaker Mike Johnson to be reelected as Speaker as he faces challenges from other GOP lawmakers.
“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 said after touting his own accomplishments on the campaign trail– no thanks to Mike Johnson.
Trump: We 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. 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. 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!!!
Johnson has arguably been an obstructionist to Trump and the GOP’s agenda since he was first picked for the Speakership.
Firstly, in late March, Johnson came under fire for leading the House to pass a $1.2 trillion spending bill with more support from Democrats than Republicans. Johnson released the 1,012-page $1.2 trillion spending bill at 2:32 am on a Thursday and brought it to the floor Friday before anybody could read it, debate it, or amend it, despite previous criticism of former Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s similar “behind closed doors” actions.
Next, the House approved an extension of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), a measure initially enacted following the September 11, 2001, attacks, in a 273 to 147 vote. This provision allowed for the warrantless surveillance of American citizens, a move that has raised concerns about privacy and civil liberties. This decision drew sharp criticism, including conservative commentator Charlie Kirk, who accused Johnson of betraying the American people and undermining the Constitution. In an attempt to halt the momentum of the FISA Section 702 extension, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna employed a procedural strategy to delay the Senate’s consideration of the bill. Despite her efforts, the bill passed again. The vote displayed a uniparty alliance, with 147 Democrats and 126 Republicans supporting the bill, while 88 Republicans and 59 Democrats opposed it.
Then, another major legislative action under Speaker Johnson in April involved the passing of three bills aimed at providing financial aid to Ukraine, Israel, Gaza, and other regions engaged in conflicts outside U.S. borders. The Democrats waved Ukrainian flags on the floor of the United States House of Representatives as they voted to send $60 BILLION of taxpayer money to secure a foreign border. The package Johnson announced Wednesday includes terms that will allow the President to cancel 50% of Ukraine’s debt after November 15, 2024, and the remaining 50% after January 1, 2024. It’s no wonder why Joe Biden came out “strongly” in support of the package, urging the House and Senate to pass it.
Later, in September, Johnson caved again to Democrats on the SAVE Act, which would require proof of citizenship for voter registration in federal elections. As The Gateway Pundit reported, President Trump was unyielding in his support for the SAVE Act, even suggesting that the government should shut down if the bill is not included in the Continuing Resolution (CR) that was in progress. Still, Johnson passed the CR government funding bill in September without including the SAVE Act, jeopardizing the integrity of the November 5 election. Thankfully, as President Trump put it, he “ran a flawless campaign, having spent FAR LESS, with lots of money left over” while facing highly incompetent and unpopular opponents. Mike Johnson and Congress deserve zero credit for Trump’s historic victory.
More recently, as The Gateway Pundit reported, Johnson caved and made a backroom deal with Democrats this month on a government funding bill, which President Trump previously made several demands for. Trump’s orders were not followed after Johnson’s betrayal.
Republican leaders were advancing a strategy involving three separate bills after the Democrats and some Republicans rejected a Trump-backed bill the day prior. The separate bill strategy “was approved,” said Rep Cory Mills (R-FL) in an exclusive interview on the disastrous bill. However, Johnson ultimately caved to Democrats’ demands for an “all-in-one” bill, which passed with near-unanimous Democrat support.
President Trump was reportedly reconsidering his support for House Speaker Mike Johnson following this month’s government funding debacle. However, in an apparent threat from Rep. Claudia Tenney (R-NY), she warned that a Speaker battle could lead to issues with certifying Trump’s election on January 6, 2025. This could explain why Trump would endorse Johnson, but it is unclear if he was just given bad advice.
Regardless, Mike Johnson is highly unpopular among Republican voters and his MAGA House colleagues. As The Gateway Pundit recently reported, Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) posted a poll on X Wednesday morning, asking users if failed House Speaker Mike Johnson should be replaced on January 3, 2025, and respondents, most of whom are likely Republican voters, overwhelmingly called for Johnson to be removed from leadership.
The final results of Massie’s poll show that out of nearly 180,000 respondents, 93.3% want “somebody else” to be the House Speaker, and only 6.7% want Johnson.
This is not the only surprising endorsement Trump has made recently. As The Gateway Pundit reported last week, Trump signaled support for Never-Trump RINO and former Kari Lake opponent Karrin Taylor Robson in the 2026 election for Arizona Governor while speaking in Phoenix, Arizona.
Robson, who fundraised for Chris Christy and supported a number of liberal Democrat measures and candidates, further agreed that President Trump is a “drag on the Republican Party” less than two weeks after he announced his reelection bid on November 15, 2022.
The Gateway Pundit will provide updates on the upcoming Speaker election.