Johnson says Jeffries ‘challenge’ with DSA will differ from GOP
House Speaker mike Johnson (R-LA) expressed confidence that the challenges Democratic Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (NY) will face in the next Congress from progressives and Democratic Socialists of America will differ from his experiences with Republicans.Johnson believes that Jeffries will encounter a more disorderly group of openly socialist and communist candidates who have recently won Democratic primaries in deep blue districts.The article also promotes subscription options for the Washington Examiner,highlighting the importance of unlimited access to its news,analysis,and commentary.
DALLAS — House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) thinks the challenges Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) will face next Congress from progressives and the Democratic Socialists of America will be different from what he has experienced atop the Republican conference.
Johnson, signaling confidence that Republicans will hold on to their slim House majority in November, told the Washington Examiner during an exclusive interview on Day 1 of the party’s midterm convention that Jeffries is going to have a “rowdy bunch of openly avowed communists in his camp,” referring to the socialist candidates who have won Democratic primaries in deep blue districts nationwide.
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