{"id":2205716,"date":"2024-03-25T14:54:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-25T18:54:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-ignores-johnson-plea-to-end-infighting-with-call-for-challenger-against-gop-incumbent\/"},"modified":"2024-03-25T14:56:40","modified_gmt":"2024-03-25T18:56:40","slug":"trump-ignores-johnson-plea-to-end-infighting-with-call-for-challenger-against-gop-incumbent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-ignores-johnson-plea-to-end-infighting-with-call-for-challenger-against-gop-incumbent\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump dismisses Johnson&#8217;s request for peace, instead calls for challenger against GOP incumbent"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-ignores-johnson-plea-to-end-infighting-with-call-for-challenger-against-gop-incumbent%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2205716&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Donald Trump \u200cSparks Primary Challenge \u2064Against Florida House Republican<\/h2>\n<p>Former President \u2064Donald \u2064Trump \u200bis making \u2063waves with his\u200d recent call for a \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/don-jr-issues-warning-to-gop-reps-unsupportive-of-president-trump\/\" title=\"Don Jr. issues warning to GOP reps. unsupportive of President Trump\">primary challenge<\/a> against Rep. Laurel Lee (R-FL) in\u200b Florida&#8217;s\u2064 15th \u200dCongressional District, defying his party&#8217;s warnings against involvement in GOP lawmakers&#8217; \u2064reelection efforts.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Any great MAGA Republicans looking to run against Laurel Lee in Florida\u2019s 15th Congressional District? IF SO, PLEASE \u2063STEP FORWARD!&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The move, announced on Truth \u2063Social, signals Trump&#8217;s readiness \u2063to shake up\u200b the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/four-dangerous-new-democrat-bills-that-you-probably-havent-heard-of\/\" title=\"Four Dangerous New Democrat Bills That You Probably Haven\u2019t Heard Of\">political landscape<\/a> despite House Speaker Mike Johnson&#8217;s (R-LA) plea \u200dfor Republicans to maintain unity leading up to the 2024 election.<\/p>\n<h3>Backstory: Why Challenge Lee?<\/h3>\n<p>The call for a challenger stems from Lee&#8217;s\u200c initial support of Gov. Ron DeSantis&#8217;s \u2062presidential campaign over Trump, only shifting\u2063 her endorsement to Trump after DeSantis left the race. Trump&#8217;s swift reaction underscores his willingness to confront those within the party who\u2063 diverge from his stance.<\/p>\n<p>While \u2063some, \u200dlike \u200bRep. Thomas \u200cMassie (R-KY), find Trump&#8217;s maneuver \u200cdivisive, with Massie deeming it as &#8220;bullying tactics,&#8221; others like Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) have also publicly supported primary challenges against fellow \u200bRepublicans whom they deem not conservative \u200denough.<\/p>\n<p>Despite \u2064the pushback and \u2064Johnson&#8217;s appeal for party \u2064cohesion,\u200b Trump&#8217;s \u200ccall for a primary challenger exemplifies his assertive role in shaping the GOP landscape as the 2022 elections draw near.<\/p>\n<p>As Lee prepares for her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sidney-powell-is-an-american-legal-giant\/\" title=\"Sidney Powell Is an American Legal Giant\">reelection bid<\/a> with no current challengers in sight for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/newt-gingrich-bidens-infrastructure-plan-would-kill-jobs\/\" title=\"Newt Gingrich: Biden\u2019s infrastructure plan would kill jobs\">upcoming primary<\/a>, the political stage in Florida remains poised for potential upheaval as the GOP primary\u200c qualifying deadline looms.<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned for the latest updates on this developing political story.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donald Trump seeks to incite a primary challenge against a Florida House Republican, defying his party&#8217;s advice. On Truth Social, he urged &#8220;great MAGA Republicans&#8221; to challenge Rep. Laurel Lee, despite warnings against interfering in GOP lawmakers&#8217; reelection bids<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2640,"featured_media":2205717,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/AP24082038833145.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2205716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/AP24082038833145.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2205716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2640"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2205716"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2205716\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2205717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2205716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2205716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2205716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}