{"id":2260255,"date":"2024-06-05T09:27:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-05T13:27:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/johnsons-demand-to-support-members-goes-unheeded-despite-series-of-failures\/"},"modified":"2024-06-05T09:30:22","modified_gmt":"2024-06-05T13:30:22","slug":"johnsons-demand-to-support-members-goes-unheeded-despite-series-of-failures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/johnsons-demand-to-support-members-goes-unheeded-despite-series-of-failures\/","title":{"rendered":"Johnson&#8217;s plea for member support ignored amidst repeated failures"},"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\">18<\/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%2Fjohnsons-demand-to-support-members-goes-unheeded-despite-series-of-failures%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=2260255&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>Here is the summarized content:<\/p>\n<p>House Speaker\u200c Mike Johnson (R-LA) sees his influence grow within the caucus, yet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/amid-demands-for-curriculum-transparency-poll-shows-americans-want-parents-to-shape-schools\/\" title=\"Amid Demands For Curriculum Transparency, Poll Shows Americans Want Parents To Shape Schools\">members push<\/a> for restructuring. Calls for unity and backing incumbents over challengers go unanswered as\u200b the battle \u2062for\u2062 the slim \u200cmajority continues.\u2062 Several Republicans \u200dconsider becoming the minority party to recruit more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mccarthy-touts-early-house-momentum-as-biggest-challenges-lie-ahead\/\" title=\"McCarthy touts early House momentum as biggest challenges lie ahead\">hard-line members<\/a>. Representatives face scrutiny, with pressure extending beyond \u2062the Freedom \u2063Caucus.  <\/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>\u2018s (R-LA) grip on his caucus has strengthened but hasn\u2019t stopped members from trying to reshape the ranks.<\/p>\n<p>Despite his directives to <a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/house-republicans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Republican colleagues<\/a> to put aside their differences and support incumbents in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>House<\/a> over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mich-ariz-gop-censures-several-lawmakers-over-support-for-impeachment-failure-to-keep-states-red\/\" title=\"Mich., Ariz. GOP censures several lawmakers over support for impeachment, failure to keep states red\">primary challengers<\/a>, the assault on the razor-thin majority has continued apace. And although initial attempts to oust members who hard-line lawmakers say aren\u2019t conservative enough have failed, there doesn\u2019t appear to be any change coming.<\/p>\n<p>Several Republicans <a href=\"https:\/\/punchbowl.news\/archive\/6524-punchbowl-news-am\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>told <em>Punchbowl News<\/em><\/a>  it was worth becoming the minority party in November if that meant they could recruit more hard-line members.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith the shape this country is in, we have to go with the most conservative members,\u201d Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC) said. \u201cIf you make the right choice, you have to first change what\u2019s going on up here with the spending and with the Washington inside clique that just wants to do the same thing over and over again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reps. Tony Gonzales (R-TX), Mike Bost (R-IL), William Timmons (R-SC), and Dan Newhouse (R-WA) are all members who have been on the chopping block. Newhouse is one of the two remaining House Republicans who voted to impeach former President Donald Trump for his actions on Jan. 6. <\/p>\n<p>And the attacks aren\u2019t only coming for Republicans at odds with the Freedom Caucus.<\/p>\n<p>Freedom Caucus Chairman Bob Good (R-VA) is in trouble with Trump and is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/2942562\/freedom-caucus-chairman-bob-good-on-the-rocks-with-trump-and-his-conference\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>facing challengers<\/a> for not being conservative enough. His opponent is John McGuire, who is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3018819\/trump-endorses-bob-good-primary-challenger-mcguire\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>endorsed by<\/a> multiple House Republicans and Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Still, as chairman of the Freedom Caucus, he sees primary challengers as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pinkerton-trouble-in-bidenville-6-takeaways-on-bidens-infrastructure-bill\/\" title=\"Pinkerton: Trouble in Bidenville \u2013 6 Takeaways on Biden's Infrastructure Bill\">good strategy<\/a> to move the party farther right despite being targeted himself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRepublicans around the country want somebody who is going to vote with Republicans,\u201d Good said. \u201cThey want somebody who actually wants to secure the border, somebody who\u2019s a genuine conservative fighter, and not somebody that\u2019s part of the uniparty establishment that\u2019s been passing these major spending bills with Democrats.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Some centrist Republicans have weathered the primary storm by beating their challengers in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/uh-oh-joe-bidens-plan-to-hike-taxes-is-losing-momentum-fight-may-be-over\/\" title=\"Uh Oh: Joe Biden\u2019s Plan To Hike Taxes Is \u2018Losing Momentum,\u2019 Fight May Be \u2018Over\u2019\">hard fights<\/a>. Gonzales and Bost were successful in contests earlier this year and will be the Republican nominees for their districts. <\/p>\n<p>And not every Republican is on board with the infighting.<\/p>\n<p>Reps. Eric Burlison (R-MO) and Cory Mills (R-FL) don\u2019t see punching inside the party as a winning strategy. And Freedom Caucus founder Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) said he doesn\u2019t \u201cengage in that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not one of the people in the Freedom Caucus getting involved with primary challengers,\u201d Burlison said. \u201cIf I\u2019m serving with that person, I\u2019m going to give them the respect of not getting involved in that race.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe certainly risk losing the majority if we don\u2019t really focus on how we achieve this goal and not just make an effort to oust them,\u201d Mills said.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) sees his influence grow within the caucus, yet members push for restructuring. His calls for unity and backing incumbents over challengers go unanswered as the battle for the slim majority persists. Despite initial efforts, the push for change remains relentless<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2910,"featured_media":2260256,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/AP24116817216311.jpg.optimal.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2260255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/AP24116817216311.jpg.optimal.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2260255","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\/2910"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2260255"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2260255\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2260256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2260255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2260255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2260255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}