House Speaker

Trump Ally Denounces NY Trial as a ‘Sham’

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., in New York on Tuesday, condemned the so-called hush-money criminal trial of former President Donald Trump. Johnson blasted the trial as a “sham” and said that it’s being used to manipulate the 2024 presidential election. I’m disgusted by what’s happening in the sham trial against President Trump. The American people […]

Democrats Join Republicans to Keep Johnson as Speaker

Republican Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene initiated her motion to vacate House Speaker Mike Johnson Wednesday evening, which the House of Representatives overwhelming struck down. The chamber voted to strike down Greene’s motion in a 359-43 vote, with just 10 Republicans backing the Georgia representative, NBC News reported. Along with the majority of Republicans, 163 Democrats […]

Kentucky’s Massie Backs Motion to Oust Speaker Johnson

Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., announced on social media Tuesday that he’s co-sponsoring a motion to vacate the chair against House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La. In doing so, Massie joined the motion to vacate push against Johnson launched by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., in March. Massie is the first other Republican to back Greene in the effort. […]

Trump, Speaker Johnson Back Proof of Citizenship to Vote

Standing next to former President Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago on Friday, House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., announced legislation to require proof of citizenship to vote. Non-U.S. citizens are already banned from voting in federal elections now. However, the National Voter Registration Act—better known as the Motor Voter Law—doesn’t allow states to check because the federal […]

House Speaker Prepares ‘Clean’ Israel Aid Package

As the Democrat-controlled U.S. Senate stalls on funding for Israel, the House of Representatives is introducing new legislation to succeed where the upper chamber of Congress is failing. The Washington Stand has obtained a copy of a letter House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., is preparing to send to his colleagues. It reads, in part, “Next […]

Mike Johnson Faces Opposition From Freedom Caucus

House Speaker Mike Johnson said Friday he will not withdraw from a controversial spending deal to avoid a government shutdown that is opposed by several members of his conference. Johnson, on Sunday, announced a deal with other congressional party leaders on a spending package of $1.59 trillion for fiscal year 2024, which has been attacked by members […]

Mike Johnson Is Exactly the Type of Man We Need in Public Life

Corporate media journalists are still out for new House Speaker Mike Johnson’s, R-La., blood. This week’s contrived controversy is that Johnson took his teenage daughter to a “purity ball” in 2015. ABC News claims to have “unearthed” a German TV news segment featuring Johnson, his wife Kelly, and his daughter Hannah, who was 13 at the […]