{"id":2357320,"date":"2024-10-20T19:50:01","date_gmt":"2024-10-20T23:50:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mike-johnson-defends-trump-after-suggestive-arnold-palmer-story-he-has-fun-at-the-rallies-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-10-20T19:50:40","modified_gmt":"2024-10-20T23:50:40","slug":"mike-johnson-defends-trump-after-suggestive-arnold-palmer-story-he-has-fun-at-the-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-the-rallies-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Johnson defends Trump after suggestive Arnold Palmer story: \u2018He has fun at the 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-the-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=2357320&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>In a recent CNN interview, House Speaker Mike Johnson defended former \u200cPresident Donald Trump amid \u2062controversy surrounding a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mike-johnson-defends-trump-after-suggestive-arnold-palmer-story-he-has-fun-at-his-rallies-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Mike Johnson defends Trump after suggestive Arnold Palmer story: \u2018He has fun at his rallies\u2019 - Washington Examiner\">suggestive story<\/a> Trump told at a rally in Pennsylvania. Trump spoke for 12 minutes about the late golfer Arnold Palmer, including an\u2062 inappropriate reference to Palmer&#8217;s anatomy. \u2063When questioned by CNN&#8217;s Jake Tapper \u2063about Trump&#8217;s focus during speeches, Johnson emphasized that Trump engages his audience and entertains them at rallies.\u2062 He criticized \u200dthe media for selectively quoting Trump and pointed out\u2064 that voters\u200c care more about Trump&#8217;s policies \u2064and his ability to relate\u200c to their needs. Johnson also addressed Trump&#8217;s remarks about potentially \u2062using the military against political opponents, stating that the context was misunderstood. He suggested that Trump\u2019s messaging on law and order resonates with many Americans who are concerned about safety 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 the rallies&rsquo;<\/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 the 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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/army-investigating-chaplain-who-said-transgender-people-unqualified-to-serve\/\" title=\"Army Investigating Chaplain Who Said Transgender People \u2018Unqualified To Serve\u2019\">recent comments<\/a> about potentially deploying the military to protect the nation from &ldquo;<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>.&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 rallying crowds<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2357321,"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":[43401,34218,37067],"class_list":["post-2357320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-arnold-palmer","tag-mike-johnson","tag-trump-defense"],"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\/2357320","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=2357320"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2357320\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2357321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2357320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2357320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2357320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}