{"id":2219711,"date":"2024-04-12T18:02:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-12T22:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-defends-mike-johnson-at-mar-a-lago-amid-threats-to-house-speakership\/"},"modified":"2024-04-12T18:05:03","modified_gmt":"2024-04-12T22:05:03","slug":"trump-defends-mike-johnson-at-mar-a-lago-amid-threats-to-house-speakership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-defends-mike-johnson-at-mar-a-lago-amid-threats-to-house-speakership\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump stands by Mike Johnson at Mar-a-Lago despite challenges to House speakership"},"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\">24<\/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-defends-mike-johnson-at-mar-a-lago-amid-threats-to-house-speakership%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=2219711&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--><p>House Speaker \u200bMike Johnson received support from ex-President Donald Trump as he faces \u2064a challenge to \u2063his speakership. Johnson&#8217;s meeting with Trump at Mar-a-Lago followed\u2062 Rep.\u2064 Marjorie Taylor Greene&#8217;s move to remove him. \u200dDespite needing Democrats&#8217;\u2062 help for legislation, Johnson gained Trump&#8217;s backing, easing tension. The appearance\u2064 signaled unity within the GOP, addressing issues\u2062 like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-real-clear-politics-say-they-never-called-pennsylvania\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Real Clear Politics -- SAY THEY NEVER CALLED PENNSYLVANIA\">election fraud<\/a> and\u200d FISA reauthorization.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>House Speaker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mike-johnson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Mike Johnson<\/a> (R-LA) received public words of support from former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a> as he faces the threat of losing his speakership. <\/p>\n<p>Johnson visited Trump\u2019s private club in Palm Beach, Florida, Mar-a-Lago, on Friday, marking the first time the two men held a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-call-on-pelosi-to-remove-military-style-fencing-around-capitol\/\" title=\"Republicans Call on Pelosi to Remove \u2018Military-Style Fencing\u2019 Around Capitol\">public event<\/a> together since Johnson became speaker last year.<\/p>\n<p>Hovering over the meeting was Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), a fervent Trump ally, who filed a motion to vacate, a first step to removing Johnson as speaker, on March 22.<\/p>\n<p>The beleaguered speaker is governing with a slim majority, forcing him to depend on Democratic support to pass legislation. However, Trump gave Johnson public encouragement when asked about the brewing situation with Greene.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/election-2024\/?utm_source=homepage&#038;utm_medium=banner&#038;utm_campaign=iowa_caucus&#038;utm_id=election2024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ELECTION 2024: FOLLOW LATEST COVERAGE<\/a><\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re getting along very well with the speaker, and I get along very well with Marjorie,\u201d Trump said. \u201cWe have a speaker. He was voted in, and it was a complicated process, and I think \u2026 it\u2019s not \u2026 an easy situation for any speaker. I think he\u2019s doing a very good job.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s doing about as good as you\u2019re going to do. And I\u2019m sure that Marjorie understands that. She\u2019s a very good friend of mine. And I know she has a lot of respect for the speaker,\u201d Trump added. <\/p>\n<p>In one notable example that led to Greene filing a motion to vacate, Johnson needed Democratic help in passing a $1.2 trillion appropriations bill that funds the government for the rest of the year.<\/p>\n<p>But unlike the previous successful attempt to oust former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, House Republicans remain wary of another display of chaos during an election year. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI said with the speaker, we\u2019ve had a very good relationship,\u201d Trump also said in a move that will likely simmer down open attempts to oust Johnson. <\/p>\n<p>The appearance with Trump will give Johnson credibility with hard-right members of his party, despite the former president\u2019s attempts to undermine the House GOP from passing legislation to reauthorize Section 702 of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/fisa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Trump had pressured Republicans to \u201ckill\u201d the measure. Yet, the bill passed in a 273-147 bipartisan vote on Friday afternoon, though not without drama.<\/p>\n<p>During the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gov-whitmer-media-caught-in-another-lie-anarchist-arrested-for-plot-to-kidnap-and-kill-whitmer-hates-president-trump-trump-is-a-tyrant-video\/\" title=\"Gov. Whitmer, Media Caught in Another Lie - Anarchist Arrested For Plot to Kidnap and Kill Whitmer Hates President Trump, 'Trump is a Tyrant' (VIDEO)\">press conference<\/a> reiterated he\u2019s \u201cnot a fan\u201d of FISA. <\/p>\n<p>Members of the House GOP <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2962032\/house-revolt-against-johnson-fisa-searching-magic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>tanked a procedural rule<\/a> to move forward with reauthorizing the FISA legislation to the floor on Wednesday. An amendment that prohibits warrantless surveillance searches by the federal government <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/2964117\/house-shoots-down-warrant-requirement-for-surveillance-searches-in-dramatic-tie-vote\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>failed<\/a> after a<strong> <\/strong>212-212 vote on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson and Trump also officially unveiled actions the House GOP will take to curb election fraud ahead of the 2024 election. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe House Republicans are introducing a bill that will require proof of citizenship to vote,\u201d Johnson said. \u201cIt seems like common sense I\u2019m sure all of us would agree, we only want U.S. citizens to vote in U.S. elections, but there are some Democrats who don\u2019t want to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks as Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) listens during a news conference, Friday, April 12, 2024, at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida. (AP Photo\/Wilfredo Lee)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cOur bill also will require states to remove noncitizens from their existing voter rolls. That\u2019s a big problem too,\u201d Johnson later said. \u201cAnd it will provide access to databases from the Department of Homeland Security and the Social Security Administration to help the states administer this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The legislation faces no chance of being signed into law as Democrats control the Senate and White House. Federal law already <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-wyss-loophole-campaign-grows-to-halt-foreign-billionaires-spending-on-u-s-politics\/\" title=\"Campaign to stop foreign billionaire's influence on U.S. politics gains momentum.\">bans foreign nationals<\/a> from voting in federal elections.<\/p>\n<p>Trump also slammed the rising immigration crisis at the southern border during the press conference. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would like to demand that our border be closed because we have millions of people coming into our country,\u201d Trump said. \u201cMillions and millions of people are pouring in, at levels that nobody\u2019s reporting nobody\u2019s going to talk about.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also called on President Joe Biden to shut the border down.<strong> <\/strong>\u201cOur country is like a dumping ground, and we\u2019re going to have it stopped. And Biden should do it immediately,\u201d he added. \u201cHe should close the border immediately. He needs no legislation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The former president has long maintained that the 2020 election was \u201crigged\u201d after losing the election to Biden, while Johnson has not gone as far as Trump in claiming widespread fraud following the election.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the Friday event, the Biden campaign released a statement from Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS), who served as the Jan. 6 committee chairman.<\/p>\n<p> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy virtually all measures, the 2020 election was among the most secure in our nation\u2019s history. Donald Trump lost to President Biden by over 7 million votes \u2014 fair and square,\u201d Thompson said. \u201cBut Donald Trump still can\u2019t admit it. The sham event at Trump\u2019s country club should remind the American people of a dangerous truth: Donald Trump is a threat to our democracy and a danger to our Constitution.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDonald Trump and Mike Johnson don\u2019t care about election integrity \u2014 they care only about helping Trump\u2019s campaign of revenge and retribution to regain power at all costs,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Donald Trump publicly backed House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) amidst his speakership jeopardy. Johnson&#8217;s visit to Trump&#8217;s Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, on Friday marked their first public appearance since Johnson assumed the speakership last year. 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