{"id":2264057,"date":"2024-06-10T13:51:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-10T17:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/north-dakota-gop-candidate-vows-to-oppose-johnson-speaker-bid-if-elected\/"},"modified":"2024-06-10T13:53:09","modified_gmt":"2024-06-10T17:53:09","slug":"north-dakota-gop-candidate-vows-to-oppose-johnson-speaker-bid-if-elected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/north-dakota-gop-candidate-vows-to-oppose-johnson-speaker-bid-if-elected\/","title":{"rendered":"North Dakota GOP candidate promises to challenge Johnson&#8217;s bid for Speaker if elected"},"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%2Fnorth-dakota-gop-candidate-vows-to-oppose-johnson-speaker-bid-if-elected%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=2264057&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>A North Dakota Republican Congressional candidate, Rick Becker, has proposed a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/az-border-chief-says-illegal-immigration-on-track-to-top-past-three-years-combined-already-surpassed-2018\/\" title=\"AZ Border Chief Says Illegal Immigration On Track To Top Past Three Years Combined: \u2018Already Surpassed\u2019 2018\">strict border policy<\/a> as part of\u200d his campaign for the state&#8217;s sole House of Representatives seat. Becker&#8217;s plan includes\u200c three main commitments: shutting down the federal government if \u2064necessary to secure the border, not \u200daccepting a salary until former President \u200bTrump&#8217;s border policies are reinstated, and refusing to support Mike Johnson (R-LA)\u2062 for Speaker of the House due to Johnson&#8217;s stance on foreign aid. Becker criticizes Johnson for \u2064not\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-locals-buoyed-by-abbotts-radical-border-river-barrier-plans-but-will-it-sink-or-swim\/\" title=\"Texans support Abbott's border river barrier, but will it succeed?\">prioritizing border security<\/a> over \u2064foreign conflicts, such as the situation\u2063 in Ukraine. This stance on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/congress-to-hold-hearing-on-bidens-border-wall-waste-after-washington-examiner-reporting\/\" title=\"Congress to investigate Biden's border wall spending following Washington Examiner's report.\">border\u200b security<\/a> is designed to appeal to the more conservative voters and members of the Freedom \u2063Caucus in Congress.  <\/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>A <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/north-dakota\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>North Dakota<\/a> Republican vying for the state\u2019s sole <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/house-of-representatives\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>House<\/a> seat released a three-pronged border plan ahead of the GOP primary that includes not supporting Speaker <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mike-johnson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Mike Johnson<\/a> (R-LA) for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-cruz-slams-biden-pick-for-associate-ag-the-democrat-party-was-radicalized-during-trump-presidency\/\" title=\"Sen. Cruz Slams Biden Pick for Associate AG: The Democrat Party was radicalized during Trump presidency\">top leadership position<\/a> if elected to Congress.<\/p>\n<p>Bismarck plastic surgeon and former state Rep. Rick Becker unveiled his \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/mailchi.mp\/rickbecker2024\/congressionalannouncement-17380008?e=3141bd0289\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Becker Border Plan<\/a>\u201d on Monday. The first prong would be voting to shut down the federal government if the border is not secured, with the second being his refusal to take a salary until \u201cTrump border policies\u201d are reinstated. The third would involve not voting for Johnson over his approach to foreign aid.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will not be voting for Speaker Mike Johnson,\u201d Becker wrote. \u201cSpeaker Johnson promised many times not to fund the war in Ukraine until we passed border security measures. He then caved, sending $100 billion to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/theyre-coming-after-elon-because-he-committed-the-sin-of-allowing-us-to-speak\/\" title=\"Elon is targeted for enabling our freedom of speech.\">fund foreign wars<\/a> while the invasion continues to happen right here at home. In Washington, people are policy, and I will not vote for the open-border Speaker Johnson.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Johnson recently faced a motion to vacate threat from Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) after she accused him of violating his promises and working too closely with House Democrats on key legislation, such as aid to Ukraine and passing the reauthorization of a controversial Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act program.<\/p>\n<p>The House <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/2973122\/marjorie-taylor-greene-moves-oust-johnson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>voted to table the motion to vacate<\/a> in a bipartisan vote, but Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY), another of Johnson\u2019s House foes, has said he does not anticipate Johnson holding the gavel if the GOP maintains the House majority next Congress. He told NBC News that \u201chell or high water, I won\u2019t vote for him\u201d next term.<\/p>\n<p>Becker\u2019s border plan is likely an appeal to hard-line Republican voters and Freedom Caucus members in Congress who have created headaches for Johnson, as many of them, such as Reps. Ralph Norman (R-SC) and Andrew Clyde (R-GA), have endorsed him.<\/p>\n<p>The former state representative faces North Dakota Public Service Commissioner Julie Fedorchak and three other Republicans in the GOP primary on Tuesday as they look to fill the seat of outgoing Rep. Kelly Armstrong (R-ND). Armstrong opted not to seek reelection and is running for governor.<\/p>\n<p>North Dakota\u2019s sole House seat is rated as solid Republican, with Fedorchak and Becker the front-runners in the race.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fedorchak is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cookpolitical.com\/house\/race\/309846\">GOP establishment pick<\/a>, per <em>Cook Political Report<\/em>, though Air Force and Navy veteran Alex Balazs <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kxnet.com\/your-local-election-headquarters\/north-dakotas-gop-elections-and-endorsements\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>received<\/a> the North Dakota GOP endorsement. A WPA Intelligence <a href=\"https:\/\/projects.fivethirtyeight.com\/polls\/north-dakota\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>poll<\/a> taken May 20-22 found that Fedorchak is leading with 32%, followed by Becker with 25% and Balazs with 5%.<\/p>\n<p>Becker has focused most of his attacks on Fedorchak, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/2981216\/north-dakota-house-seat-attack-website\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>releasing a website<\/a> in April labeling her as a \u201cswamp creature\u201d and \u201cRINO,\u201d or \u201cRepublican In Name Only.\u201d He recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3011454\/north-dakota-gop-congressional-hopeful-hires-dylan-mulvaney-to-troll-opponent\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>hired transgender activist Dylan Mulvaney<\/a> to troll Fedorchak for \u201cgoing to the D.C. zoo to be working with rhinos.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North Dakota Republican and former state Rep. Rick Becker, running for the state&#8217;s only House seat, unveiled his &#8220;Becker Border Plan&#8221; before the GOP primary. The plan includes opposing Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) for the leadership role if elected. Becker, a Bismarck plastic surgeon, announced his strategy on Monday<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2648,"featured_media":2264058,"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\/rick-becker.jpg.optimal.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2264057","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\/rick-becker.jpg.optimal.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2264057","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\/2648"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2264057"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2264057\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2264058"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2264057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2264057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2264057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}