{"id":2270018,"date":"2024-06-17T19:37:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-17T23:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/speaker-johnson-meets-with-trump-in-mar-a-lago-to-discuss-2024-strategy\/"},"modified":"2024-06-17T19:38:40","modified_gmt":"2024-06-17T23:38:40","slug":"speaker-johnson-meets-with-trump-in-mar-a-lago-to-discuss-2024-strategy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/speaker-johnson-meets-with-trump-in-mar-a-lago-to-discuss-2024-strategy\/","title":{"rendered":"Speaker Johnson convenes with Trump at Mar-a-Lago to strategize for 2024"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fspeaker-johnson-meets-with-trump-in-mar-a-lago-to-discuss-2024-strategy%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=2270018&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 Mike Johnson (R-LA) \u200cand National\u2063 Republican Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman Richard Hudson\u2063 (R-NC) met with former\u200c President Donald\u2062 Trump at his Mar-a-Lago resort to discuss \u2062plans for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-third-trump-campaign-looks-increasingly-likely\/\" title=\"A Third Trump Campaign Looks Increasingly Likely\">2024 election campaign<\/a>. Although the specifics \u2064of the meeting were not\u200d disclosed, it occurred shortly\u2063 after\u2064 Trump&#8217;s strategy discussions with\u2063 House \u2063and \u200cSenate Republicans in Washington, focusing on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-expected-to-hold-rallies-in-ohio-and-florida-in-near-future\/\" title=\"Trump Expected To Hold Rallies In Ohio And Florida In Near Future\">upcoming campaign<\/a> and a potential agenda \u2063for\u2062 2025 if Trump is reelected. Johnson expressed optimism about \u2064the Republican Party&#8217;s unity\u2062 and their \u2062collective efforts to support \u2062Trump&#8217;s\u200c return to the White \u2064House, regain control of the Senate,\u2063 and expand their majority in the \u2064House. \u200cThe meeting, however, faced criticism from Democrats who accused the Republicans of overly aligning with Trump, suggesting that he still <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/emmys-fully-embrace-lgbt-agenda-with-never-ending-gay-kiss-and-drag-queen-story-hour-propaganda\/\" title=\"Emmys Embrace LGBT Agenda with Gay Kiss and Drag Queen Story Hour\">holds\u200c significant influence<\/a>\u200d over\u2063 the party.  <\/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\">Mike Johnson<\/a> (R-LA) met with Donald Trump at the former president\u2019s Mar-a-Lago resort to discuss the party\u2019s summer plans on the campaign trail <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3040447\/house-gop-sights-2025-agenda-tread-victory-lap-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Mike Johnson\">heading into the 2024 election<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Johnson, along with National Republican Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman Richard Hudson (R-NC), <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/mikejohnson\/status\/1802789312167030984?s=46&#038;t=MTrDtzIBhaRIRlYG2dC8oQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>met with Trump<\/a> on Monday, although the exact details of what was discussed are currently unknown. However, the meeting comes just days after Trump met with House and Senate Republicans in Washington to discuss <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3042754\/trump-urges-house-gop-offensive-abortion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>campaign strategy<\/a> as well as a 2025 agenda in preparation for if he is reelected to the White House next year. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was great to meet with President Trump today at Mar-a-Lago,\u201d Johnson said in a post on X. \u201cOur Party is united, and working together, I am confident we will send President Trump back to the White House, win back the Senate, and grow our House Republican majority!\u201d <\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It was great to meet with President Trump today at Mar-a-Lago. Our Party is united, and working together, I am confident we will send President Trump back to the White House, win back the Senate, and grow our House Republican majority! \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YsjLBsw5Qw\">pic.twitter.com\/YsjLBsw5Qw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mike Johnson (@MikeJohnson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MikeJohnson\/status\/1802789312167030984?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 17, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Democrats were quick to criticize the meeting, accusing Republicans of continuing to \u201cbend the knee\u201d to Trump as the party\u2019s de facto leader. <\/p>\n<p>The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee specifically targeted Trump\u2019s revived strategy on abortion after it was reported last week that the former president advised lawmakers in closed-door meetings to lean into tough topics such as abortion that Republicans have typically shied away from in previous cycles. <\/p>\n<p>Part of that strategy is to hammer Democrats on abortion and to frame the opposite party as being too \u201cradical,\u201d one lawmaker told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. <\/p>\n<p>Democrats have historically dominated the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/company-offers-baby-bonus-in-contrast-to-sponsored-abortion-travel\/\" title=\"Company provides 'baby bonus' instead of funding abortion trips.\">conversation surrounding abortion<\/a>, often framing Republicans as restricting personal freedoms. That message has been used to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/midterm-elections-2022-here-are-the-issues-georgia-voters-care-about-the-most\/\" title=\"Midterm elections 2022: Here are the issues Georgia voters care about the most\">motivate voter turnout<\/a>, most recently evidenced in the 2022 midterm elections, in which Democrats managed to fend off a predicted \u201cred wave\u201d by targeting Republicans over the reversal of <em>Roe v. Wade<\/em>. <\/p>\n<p>Now Trump is urging lawmakers to go on the offensive and reframe the overturning of <em>Roe<\/em> as a win for states\u2019 rights and the Republican Party. Democrats have homed in on that strategy, arguing they can once again use the issue to motivate turnout in their favor. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cVulnerable House Republicans are so obsessed with their wannabe dictator that they are going to Mar-a-Lago to get tips from him on how to remind voters that they\u2019re to blame for ripping away reproductive freedom and overturning nearly 50 years of fundamental rights under <em>Roe<\/em>,\u201d DCCC spokesman Viet Shelton said in a statement. \u201cVoters will remember come November.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Other details of the meeting were not immediately available. However, the meeting comes as party leaders say they want to work in \u201cclose coordination\u201d with a possible Trump administration in the future that will keep the party united on all fronts, a special message as House Republicans have experienced a tumultuous year in the majority that has been marked by intraparty tension and public feuding.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Speaker Mike Johnson and NRCC Chairman Richard Hudson met with Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago to discuss the GOP&#8217;s 2024 campaign strategy. 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