{"id":2357310,"date":"2024-10-20T19:03:02","date_gmt":"2024-10-20T23:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mike-johnson-defends-trump-after-suggestive-arnold-palmer-story-he-has-fun-at-his-rallies-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-10-20T19:04:15","modified_gmt":"2024-10-20T23:04:15","slug":"mike-johnson-defends-trump-after-suggestive-arnold-palmer-story-he-has-fun-at-his-rallies-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mike-johnson-defends-trump-after-suggestive-arnold-palmer-story-he-has-fun-at-his-rallies-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Johnson defends Trump after suggestive Arnold Palmer story: \u2018He has fun at his rallies\u2019 &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/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%2Fmike-johnson-defends-trump-after-suggestive-arnold-palmer-story-he-has-fun-at-his-rallies-washington-examiner%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=2357310&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 defended former President Donald Trump after Trump shared a \u2062suggestive story about \u200dgolfer Arnold Palmer during a rally in Latrobe, Pennsylvania. Johnson emphasized \u2064that Trump has &#8220;fun at his rallies&#8221; and argued that people\u2062 enjoy attending \u2064them, stating that criticism of Trump&#8217;s\u2062 remarks \u2064is selective and not reflective of the overall <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tv-networks-reject-pro-life-groups-ad-asserting-humanity-of-unborn-unacceptable\/\" title=\"TV Networks Reject Pro-Life Group\u2019s Ad Asserting Humanity Of Unborn: \u2018Unacceptable\u2019\">positive experience<\/a> of rally attendees. Addressing concerns about Trump&#8217;s focus\u2062 in speeches, Johnson attributed the media&#8217;s scrutiny to\u200b political bias, highlighting Trump&#8217;s past accomplishments as more significant to voters. He also defended Trump&#8217;s controversial \u200bcomments about deploying the military against &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/psaki-defends-facebooks-ban-of-president-trump-claims-misinformation\/\" title=\"Psaki defends Facebook\u2019s ban of President Trump, claims \u2018misinformation\u2019\">radical left lunatics<\/a>,&#8221; suggesting \u200dthey were taken out of context. Johnson asserted that Trump&#8217;s message of restoring law and order resonates with Americans who feel unsafe in their communities.  <\/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<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Mike Johnson defends Trump after suggestive Arnold Palmer story: &lsquo;He has fun at his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rfk-jr-critical-of-trump-debate-performance-lost-opportunity-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"RFK Jr. critical of Trump debate performance: \u2018Lost opportunity\u2019 - Washington Examiner\">rallies&#038;rsquo<\/a>;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1839761\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>House Speaker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mike-johnson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Mike Johnson<\/a> (R-LA) contended that former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> has &ldquo;fun at his rallies&rdquo; when defending the Republican presidential candidate telling a suggestive story to rally attendees on Saturday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Trump spoke at a rally in Latrobe, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/pennsylvania\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Pennsylvania<\/a>, on Saturday, during which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/live-blog-posts\/trump-praises-arnold-palmers-manliness-with-suggestive-shower-story\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>he spent 12 minutes talking about the late golfer Arnold Palmer<\/a>, which included a reference to Palmer&rsquo;s genitalia. Johnson was pressed by CNN&rsquo;s Jake Tapper on whether this type of story was an indication Trump is becoming less focused in his speeches, prompting the House speaker to contend that Trump&rsquo;s history from his first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-gop-push-back-on-impeachment-talks\/\" title=\"White House, GOP push back on impeachment talks\">presidential term<\/a> is what people care about.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;So he has fun at the rallies, he says things that are off the cuff. But I&lsquo;m telling you, I&lsquo;ve been in those events, I&lsquo;ve been in those arenas, and people have a great time at those arenas,&rdquo; Johnson said on CNN&rsquo;s <em>State of the Union<\/em>. &ldquo;So you can cherry pick a few words or lines out of a two-hour event, we could do that with Kamala Harris after a 20-minute event because she does word salads and she couldn&lsquo;t hold court like that without a teleprompter. We all know that. These are the facts, the American people see it, and the media can pick it apart, but people are going to vote. They&lsquo;re going to vote what&lsquo;s best for their family, and they see that in Trump.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share.php?id=2652182&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=9421&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=285f6c4e9e8e957f4ccfa05100392c6f\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Johnson also defended Trump&rsquo;s recent comments about potentially deploying the military to protect the nation from &ldquo;radical left lunatics.&rdquo; The House speaker claimed he &ldquo;did not hear&rdquo; Trump wanting to use the military against his political opponents, and that &ldquo;you got two different clips&rdquo; in different contexts.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson added that Trump has dealt with multiple &ldquo;baseless&rdquo; political attacks since he announced his first run for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-susan-collins-censured-by-another-gop-county-cmte-over-vote-to-convict-president-trump-in-impeachment-trial\/\" title=\"Sen. Susan Collins censured by another GOP County CMTE over vote to convict President Trump in impeachment trial\">president back<\/a> in 2015, and his political opponents have done &ldquo;real damage in the American psyche.&rdquo; He then pointed to how Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Kamala Harris<\/a> has claimed Trump is &ldquo;dangerous&rdquo; to the United States, while some of his colleagues in the House have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3166845\/biden-commerce-secretary-trump-extinguished-for-good\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>called for Trump to be extinguished<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Look, Trump is talking about restoring law and order and I&lsquo;m telling you, you can mock it, people in the media can mock it, but that resonates with the American people,&rdquo; Johnson said. &ldquo;They are sick of being afraid on the streets of their cities.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Trump has defended his choice of words when deeming certain political opponents the &ldquo;enemy from within,&rdquo; both <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3196154\/trump-affirms-that-schiff-and-pelosi-are-enemy-from-within\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>during a Fox News interview on Sunday<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3193155\/trump-danger-amorphous-group-lunatics-poses-to-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>a podcast appearance this past week<\/a>. In the Fox News interview, Trump argued his political opponents have &ldquo;weaponized the government against me,&rdquo; a reference to the myriad of legal battles Trump has dealt with since leaving the White House.<\/p>\n<p>Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/glenn-youngkin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Glenn Youngkin<\/a> (R-VA) also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/live-blog-posts\/youngkin-jumps-trump-defense-enemy-within-comments\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>defended Trump&rsquo;s language<\/a>, suggesting the former president was actually talking about illegal immigrants and human traffickers in the country.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1839761\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1839761\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mike Johnson defends Trump, saying he enjoys his rallies<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2357311,"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\/10\/Johnson-and-Trump-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[43401,34218,32171,5825,3634],"class_list":["post-2357310","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-arnold-palmer","tag-mike-johnson","tag-political-commentary","tag-rallies","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Johnson-and-Trump-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2357310","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\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2357310"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2357310\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2357311"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2357310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2357310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2357310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}