House Speaker Mike Johnson said Wednesday that the slim Republican majority in the House is not enough to get what the conservative faction wants, despite GOP criticism. “Listen, we’re dealing with the smallest majority in U.S. history. We have a one-vote margin,” Mr. Johnson said on Fox News’ “Jesse Watters Primetime.” “Some people are upset […]
House Speaker Mike Johnson was met with a chorus of boos on Wednesday as he visited Columbia University in New York City to address the school’s hostile takeover by radical anti-Israel activists. During his remarks to students, many of whom had been camped out for a week threatening their Jewish classmates, Johnson was drowned but […]
NEW YORK — House Speaker Mike Johnson says he thinks the president should call in the National Guard to calm the anti-Israel protests on college campuses if they fail to diminish on their own. On Wednesday, Mr. Johnson and several other House Republican lawmakers visited Columbia University where tensions over protests have Jewish students saying […]
NEW YORK — House Speaker Mike Johnson called on Columbia University President Minouche Shafik to resign over her handling of anti-Israel protest turmoil, chiding school officials for allowing “lawless agitators and radicals” to take over the campus. “I’m here today joining my colleagues and calling on President Shafik to resign if she cannot immediately bring […]
NEW YORK — House Speaker Mike Johnson called on Columbia President Minouche Shafik to resign Wednesday over her handling of anti-Israel protest turmoil, declaring in an extraordinary visit to the Ivy League university that school officials have allowed “lawless agitators” to take over the campus. “I’m here today joining my colleagues and calling on President […]
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul slammed House Speaker Mike Johnson for visiting Columbia University amid pro-Palestinian protests by students on the campus. “I think politicizing this and bringing the entourage to put a spotlight on this is only adding to the division,” Ms. Hochul told reporters, according to Politico. “A speaker worth the title should […]
House Speaker Mike Johnson’s two sons almost drowned in the ocean after attending a dinner at former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate last November. Mr. Johnson, Louisiana Republican, recounted the incident involving his two teenage sons in an interview with The Atlantic. He was meeting with donors inside a hotel close to the beach when his security […]
A trio of rebellious conservatives nearly derailed House Speaker Mike Johnson’s plan to move foreign aid to a vote last week, but the speaker said he does not want to punish them. GOP Reps. Chip Roy of Texas, Ralph Norman of South Carolina and Thomas Massie of Kentucky orchestrated an uprising against Mr. Johnson when […]
Twice in the last few weeks, Donald Trump has reached out to demonstrate his support for embattled House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.). At a Mar-a-Lago meeting with the speaker on April 11, he acknowledged how tough Johnson’s job is with such a slim majority. “It’s not an easy situation […]
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson’s fall from grace continues. On Tuesday, Democratic Senate Majority leader Chuck Schumer took to the Senate floor to thank Johnson for his assistance in the passage of a $95 billion-dollar foreign aid package of bills in the House over the weekend. The Senate passed the foreign aid package on […]
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