{"id":2384909,"date":"2024-12-31T04:18:02","date_gmt":"2024-12-31T09:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-tries-to-keep-coalition-together-before-early-presidential-tests-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-12-31T04:21:08","modified_gmt":"2024-12-31T09:21:08","slug":"trump-tries-to-keep-coalition-together-before-early-presidential-tests-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-tries-to-keep-coalition-together-before-early-presidential-tests-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump tries to keep coalition together before early presidential tests &#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\">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%2Ftrump-tries-to-keep-coalition-together-before-early-presidential-tests-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=2384909&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>President-elect Donald Trump faces \u2063challenges\u200b in maintaining unity amongst his diverse coalition \u200bbefore\u2064 even taking \u200coffice. His\u2064 populist base and tech industry allies, notably \u2063those \u200blike elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, are showing signs of division over Trump&#8217;s ambitious legislative\u2062 plans,\u2062 including his\u2062 stance on H-1B visas.\u200d While in the past Trump expressed support for \u200cthe visa program, which allows for foreign skilled workers, \u200cthe topic has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/calif-dems-float-mandating-gender-affirmation-for-child-custody\/\" title=\"Calif. Dems propose requiring gender affirmation in child custody.\">sparked significant debate<\/a> within his ranks, with some conservatives continuing to oppose \u200bit. <\/p>\n<p>Trump \u200bhas \u200dbeen proactively \u200caddressing these issues, attempting to \u2062consolidate \u2063support by endorsing House Speaker mike Johnson, despite\u200b resistance and criticism from some Republicans. \u200bThe divisions reflect a broader\u2063 ideological\u2062 struggle \u2063among\u2063 conservatives \u2064about various policies, including immigration and government spending. Amid\u2063 these tensions, Trump is aiming to leverage his political capital efficiently in his early \u200bdays, indicating that navigating these internal conflicts will be a crucial element of his upcoming governance.  <\/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\">Trump faces pressure to keep coalition together before term even starts<\/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_1924098\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President-elect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a> has not been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/inauguration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">inaugurated<\/a> yet, but he is already experiencing difficulties keeping his coalition together as his populist base and new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/big-tech\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">tech baron allies<\/a> splinter over his expansive second-term legislative agenda.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Amid a more organized transition period than ahead of his first term, Trump appears more mindful of the small window of opportunity he will have to capitalize on his political goodwill and make progress on his legislative priorities. Trump has been proactively stepping into the policy disagreements over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/visas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">H-1B visas<\/a> and the political disagreement over this week&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/speaker-of-the-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">speakership election<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&rsquo;s Department of Government Efficiency co-chairmen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/elon-musk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Elon Musk<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/vivek-ramaswamy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Vivek Ramaswamy<\/a>&lsquo;s support of H-1B visas, the country&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ted-cruz-blasts-democrats-over-covid-aid-indisputable-that-illegal-immigrants-are-receiving-checks-right-now\/\" title=\"Ted Cruz Blasts Democrats Over COVID Aid: \u2018Indisputable\u2019 That Illegal Immigrants \u2018Are Receiving Checks Right Now\u2019\">largest visa category<\/a> for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/immigration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">foreign specialty skilled workers<\/a>, stirred controversy. Ramaswamy argued that tech companies employ foreign engineers because U.S. &ldquo;culture&rdquo; has &ldquo;venerated mediocrity over excellence for way too long.&rdquo; Trump, whose agenda includes raising the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/debt-ceiling\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">debt ceiling<\/a> within his first 100 days in office, sounded notably sympathetic.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve been a believer in H-1B. I have used it many times. It&rsquo;s a great program,&rdquo; Trump told the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/12\/28\/us-news\/donald-trump-backs-h-1b-visa-program-supported-by-elon-musk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">New York Post<\/a><\/em>  last weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Since Trump&rsquo;s comments, high-profile conservative critics of Musk, Ramaswamy, and H-1B visas, including Laura Loomer, have redirected some of their ire toward the tech industry rather than the visa program.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Techno feudalism is the greatest threat to humanity. I really hope MAGA wakes up to this before it&rsquo;s too late,&rdquo; Loomer wrote on X.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Techno feudalism is the greatest threat to humanity. <\/p>\n<p>I really hope MAGA wakes up to this before it&rsquo;s too late.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Laura Loomer (@LauraLoomer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LauraLoomer\/status\/1873783350420476269?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 30, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>But the issue has presented a test for Trump&rsquo;s power over conservatives with his comments not stopping the likes of New York Young Republican Club President Gavin Wax and former Trump Deputy Director of United States Citizenship and Immigration Services <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ken-cuccinelli\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Ken Cuccinelli<\/a> from repeating their criticism of the visas, which many regard as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-mo-brooks-biden-failing-to-protect-u-s-from-invasion-at-border-violating-constitution\/\" title=\"Exclusive - Mo Brooks: Biden Failing to Protect U.S. from &#039;Invasion&#039; at Border, Violating Constitution\">importing cheap foreign labor<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;All the anti-H1B MAGA accounts are still anti-H1B. Nothing changed,&rdquo; Wax wrote on X.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">All the anti-H1B MAGA accounts are still anti-H1B.<\/p>\n<p>Nothing changed. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/37pUuF7yne\">https:\/\/t.co\/37pUuF7yne<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Gavin Mario Wax &#127482;&#127480; &#128509; (@GavinWax) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GavinWax\/status\/1873438802959909255?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 29, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;Here&rsquo;s an H1B visa stat for you: Last year, the top 30 H-1B visa employers laid off 84,556 people at the same time as they sought 34,414 new H1-B foreign workers,&rdquo; Cuccinelli added on the same <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-new-acting-attorney-general-jeff-rosen-recently-wrote-an-essay-on-foreign-influence-in-us-elections-this-tells-us-a-little-about-his-knowledge-of-whats-going-on-today\/\" title=\"The New Acting Attorney General Jeff Rosen Recently Wrote an Essay on Foreign Influence in US Elections \u2013 This Tells Us A Little About His Knowledge of What\u2019s Going On Today\">social media platform<\/a>. &ldquo;This includes firms such as <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/elonmusk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">@elonmusk<\/a>&lsquo;s Tesla.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Here&#8217;s an H1B visa stat for you:<\/p>\n<p>Last year, the top 30 H-1B visa employers laid off 84,556 people at the same time as they sought 34,414 new H1-B foreign workers. This includes firms such as <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@elonmusk<\/a>&#8216;s Tesla.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ken Cuccinelli II (@KenCuccinelli) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KenCuccinelli\/status\/1873823762149454180?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 30, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Although some Trump supporters argue the disagreement is part of an important policy debate, the reactions of others, including conservative commentator <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tomi-lahren\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Tomi Lahren<\/a>, underscored the contentious nature of the discussion last weekend.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Jeepers creepers we don&rsquo;t need a MAGA civil war,&rdquo; Lahren wrote on X. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m not personally a fan of expanding H-1B visas but doesn&rsquo;t mean I now want Elon out of the MAGA tent. It&rsquo;s a big tent. Debate. Disagree. Discuss.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Jeepers creepers we don&rsquo;t need a MAGA civil war. <\/p>\n<p>I&rsquo;m not personally a fan of expanding H-1B visas but doesn&rsquo;t mean I now want Elon out of the MAGA tent. It&rsquo;s a big tent.<\/p>\n<p>Debate. Disagree. Discuss. <\/p>\n<p>But let&rsquo;s not go hysterical here.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Tomi Lahren (@TomiLahren) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TomiLahren\/status\/1873121141386297660?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 28, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>In a separate attempt to keep the coalition together, Trump endorsed House Speaker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mike-johnson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Mike Johnson<\/a> (R-LA) on Monday before Friday&rsquo;s speakership election as some House Republicans expressed concerns over Johnson&rsquo;s leadership, including his decision to negotiate a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/government-shutdown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">bipartisan federal government funding deal<\/a><\/a> with Democrats and not addressing the debt ceiling, as demanded by Trump, in the legislation that was eventually signed into law by President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Joe Biden<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Speaker Mike Johnson is a good, hard working, religious man. He will do the right thing, and we will continue to WIN,&rdquo; Trump wrote on Truth Social. &ldquo;Mike has my Complete &amp; Total Endorsement.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We are the Party of COMMON SENSE, a primary reason that we WON, in a landslide, the magnificent and historic Presidential Election of 2024. ALL SEVEN SWING STATES, 312 ELECTORAL COLLEGE VOTES, AND THE POPULAR VOTE BY MILLIONS OF VOTERS (Despite large scale voter fraud taking&hellip;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump Posts From His Truth Social (@TrumpDailyPosts) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TrumpDailyPosts\/status\/1873765969879015550?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 30, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Trump&rsquo;s endorsement came hours after Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY), a libertarian, repeated that he would not vote for Johnson, comparing him to former Speaker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/paul-ryan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Paul Ryan,<\/a> who he contended led a &ldquo;fake repeal&rdquo; of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/obamacare\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Obamacare<\/a>, increased government spending, and helped the so-called deep state but not to build a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/border\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">southern border wall<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I respect and support President Trump, but his endorsement of Mike Johnson is going to work out about as well as his endorsement of Speaker Paul Ryan,&rdquo; Massie wrote on X. &ldquo;We&rsquo;ve seen Johnson partner with the [Democrats] to send money to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Ukraine<\/a>, authorize spying on Americans, and blow the budget.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I respect and support President Trump, but his endorsement of Mike Johnson is going to work out about as well as his endorsement of Speaker Paul Ryan. We&rsquo;ve seen Johnson partner with the democrats to send money to Ukraine, authorize spying on Americans, and blow the budget. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6Y7GAkcBzJ\">pic.twitter.com\/6Y7GAkcBzJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepThomasMassie\/status\/1873776475264213174?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 30, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Rep. Victoria Spartz (R-IN), who was born in Ukraine, also reiterated her reservations about Johnson and asked for &ldquo;assurances&rdquo; that he &ldquo;won&rsquo;t sell us out to the swamp.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I understand why President Trump is endorsing Speaker Johnson as he did Speaker Ryan, which is definitely important. However, we still need to get assurances that <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpeakerJohnson?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SpeakerJohnson<\/a> won&rsquo;t sell us out to the swamp.<\/p>\n<p>Donald Trump endorses Paul Ryan, John McCain <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Xa0tcTKpWk\">https:\/\/t.co\/Xa0tcTKpWk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rep. Victoria Spartz (@RepSpartz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepSpartz\/status\/1873788289398038701?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 30, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Trump&rsquo;s tactic acknowledgment that, despite his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/electoral-college\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Electoral College<\/a> and popular vote win in last month&rsquo;s election, he will need to jealously guard his political capital in his second term if he hopes to extend his 2017 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/taxes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">tax cuts<\/a> before they expire next December. Other Republicans feel similarly. Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/andy-biggs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Andy Biggs<\/a> (R-AZ), a former chair of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/house-freedom-caucus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">House Freedom Caucus<\/a>, told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/fox-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Fox News<\/a> Monday he has not &ldquo;publicly or privately committed yet&rdquo; regarding Johnson because he wants to &ldquo;speak [with] the speaker just to see what his plans are.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In another interview with the <em>Alec Lace Show<\/em>, Biggs remained adamant that he did not &ldquo;want to distract from the agenda&rdquo; and considered it likely that Johnson will be speaker.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re going to basically push him as hard as we can to enact the agenda,&rdquo; Biggs said. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s going to have to enact the agenda and tell people who say, &lsquo;Well, I can&rsquo;t do that in my in my district,&rsquo; &lsquo;You&rsquo;re going to have to do it, even if your district doesn&rsquo;t like it, and then we&rsquo;re going to protect you on the wings.&#8217;&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;But this notion that, &lsquo;Hey, we&rsquo;re going to have this fight,&rsquo; I just don&rsquo;t think that that&rsquo;s where everybody&rsquo;s head is right now,&rdquo; he continued. &ldquo;We just don&rsquo;t want the distraction. We want to put pedal to the metal to get this agenda going as fast as we can.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#128680; President Trump has endorsed Mike Johnson for Speaker of the House<\/p>\n<p>I spoke with Rep. Andy Biggs who explained why a Speaker fight was not in the cards<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We don&rsquo;t want to distract from the agenda.  I think Mike Johnson is going to be the Speaker&rdquo; &ndash; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepAndyBiggsAZ?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RepAndyBiggsAZ<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MF3aU4t5qc\">pic.twitter.com\/MF3aU4t5qc<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>&mdash; Alec Lace (@AlecLace) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlecLace\/status\/1873787604094902755?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 30, 2024<\/a><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p> <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_1924098\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1924098\"}});<\/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>Trump struggles to unite his coalition before taking office<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2652,"featured_media":2384910,"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\/12\/Trump-opposition-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[13245,47636,3634],"class_list":["post-2384909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-coalition","tag-presidential-tests","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Trump-opposition-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2384909","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\/2652"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2384909"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2384909\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2384913,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2384909\/revisions\/2384913"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2384910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2384909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2384909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2384909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}