{"id":2360982,"date":"2024-10-29T11:23:01","date_gmt":"2024-10-29T15:23:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mike-johnson-sets-the-record-straight-on-the-little-secret-trump-says-is-already-having-a-big-impact-on-the-election\/"},"modified":"2024-10-29T11:24:12","modified_gmt":"2024-10-29T15:24:12","slug":"mike-johnson-sets-the-record-straight-on-the-little-secret-trump-says-is-already-having-a-big-impact-on-the-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mike-johnson-sets-the-record-straight-on-the-little-secret-trump-says-is-already-having-a-big-impact-on-the-election\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Johnson Sets the Record Straight on the &#8216;Little Secret&#8217; Trump Says Is Already &#8216;Having a Big Impact&#8217; on the Election"},"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\">42<\/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-sets-the-record-straight-on-the-little-secret-trump-says-is-already-having-a-big-impact-on-the-election%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=2360982&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 href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pressure-mounts-on-sheldon-whitehouse-to-resign-in-shame-over-ties-to-racist-beach-club\/\" title=\"Pressure Mounts on Sheldon Whitehouse To Resign in Shame Over Ties to Racist Beach Club\">recent political developments<\/a>,\u200d former \u2064President Donald Trump has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/after-commuting-his-sentence-ca-gov-newsom-reverses-parole-for-convicted-double-murderer\/\" title=\"After Commuting His Sentence, CA Gov. Newsom Reverses Parole For Convicted Double Murderer\">sparked controversy<\/a> with a seemingly innocuous remark \u2064during a \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trump-the-bidens-got-rich-while-americans-got-robbed\/\" title=\"Donald Trump: &#039;The Bidens Got Rich While Americans Got Robbed&#039;\">campaign rally<\/a>, where\u200d he alluded to a &#8220;little secret&#8221; he shares \u200cwith House Speaker Mike Johnson \u2064regarding\u2062 the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/are-covid-case-surges-more-fake-news\/\" title=\"Are COVID Case Surges More Fake News?\">upcoming election<\/a>. This \u200bphrase has led many on \u2063the left to speculate it\u2063 could signal a conspiracy. In response, Johnson downplayed the tension, insisting the &#8220;secret&#8221; \u2062is a strategy related to voter mobilization and dismissing the media frenzy over\u200c it as amusing. He emphasized his commitment to the law, clarifying that there\u2019s nothing\u2064 scandalous about\u2062 their plans, but acknowledged the entertainment value in the confusion and speculation it has ignited \u200bamong critics.  <\/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\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?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<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The joke is on liberals foaming at the keyboard over two words former President Donald Trump dropped on the 2024 presidential campaign on Sunday, House Speaker Mike Johnson said Monday.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think with our little secret, we&rsquo;re going to do really well with the House, right? Our little secret is having a big impact. He and I have a secret. We&rsquo;ll tell you what it is when the race is over,&rdquo; Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?time_continue=3113&amp;v=ftNx76VxZqM&amp;embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.westernjournal.com%2F&amp;source_ve_path=MjM4NTE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> Sunday during his Madison Square Garden rally.<\/p>\n<p>The left saw the &ldquo;little secret&rdquo; as code words for conspiracy.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Will tell you our little secret after the elections <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SyDQJpwBzF\">pic.twitter.com\/SyDQJpwBzF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; PresidentTrump4&#127818;&#127818;&#127818;&#127818;&#127818; (@FightFight45) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FightFight45\/status\/1850731473500037533?\">October 28, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Conspiratorial chatter immediately commenced after Trump&rsquo;s comment.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/rachel-maddow-show\/maddowblog\/little-secret-trump-speaker-johnson-matters-rcna177574\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MSNBC<\/a> went on to quote Democratic Rep. Dan Goldman as saying the secret &ldquo;very likely may relate to his compact with Mike Johnson to &mdash; as a back-up plan for when he loses &mdash; to overturn this election on Jan. 6.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Enter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-says-little-secret-already-big-impact-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Johnson<\/a>, chuckling to a Pennsylvania crowd on Monday, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/house\/4958318-mike-johnson-donald-trump-secret\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Hill<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s nothing scandalous, but we&rsquo;re having a ball with this. The media, their heads are exploding. &lsquo;What is the secret?&rsquo;&rdquo; Johnson said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s [a] thing we have about &mdash; it&rsquo;s a get-out-the-vote. It&rsquo;s one of our tactics on get-out-the-vote,&rdquo; Johnson said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;But they are convinced,&rdquo; he added, dramatically rubbing his hands together as if he was coming up with an evil plan.<\/p>\n<p>Later, Johnson said the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/now-tell-us-kamala-harris-gretchen-whitmer-caught-hot-mic-bar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">conspiracy theorists<\/a> need to take a break.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">lifelong constitutional law attorney<\/a>. We&rsquo;re going to respect the law. We&rsquo;re going to follow the constitution to a T. I&rsquo;ve proven that over and over and over,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>But he admitted to enjoying watching the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/liberals-play-guns-democrat-involved-shooting-accident-bullet-fragment-hits-reporter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">outrage meter<\/a> go full tilt.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;So all this conjecture is actually hilarious to us, that people are apoplectic about this. It&rsquo;s a &mdash; it&rsquo;s one of our get out the vote strategies. That&rsquo;s what we&rsquo;re talking about. And it&rsquo;s almost a tongue-in-cheek thing,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson has tweaked the news site <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/10\/28\/trump-johnson-election-secret\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Axios<\/a> when it demanded to know the secret.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;By definition, a secret is not to be d &ndash; and I don&rsquo;t intend to  this one,&rdquo; he said in a statement.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Trump mentioned a &#8220;little secret&#8221; that he believes will positively influence their performance in the House, which sparked speculation among Democrats about potential conspiracies. Johnson, addressing a crowd in Pennsylvania, dismissed the notion of any scandal and described it as part of their get-out-the-vote strategy. He expressed amusement at the media&#8217;s intense curiosity and reassured that they would adhere to constitutional law while enjoying the uproar caused by Trump&#8217;s remarks<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2360983,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/mj-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[40264,34218,32171,43941,3634],"class_list":["post-2360982","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-election-impact","tag-mike-johnson","tag-political-commentary","tag-record-straight","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/mj-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2360982","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2360982"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2360982\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2360983"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2360982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2360982"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2360982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}