Johnson Speakership Could Be Over After Budget Fight

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), in my opinion, has proven to be a disaster as Speaker.

He has had very little backbone, and chaos continues to rule in the House with him holding the gavel.

While there is still a chance he could maintain the speakership, he is going to need Donald Trump to step in and save him, and we are just not sure that is going to happen.

On the Ropes

When Johnson took over as Speaker, he did so making some major promises to the party and his fellow congressman.

Johnson has failed to deliver on any of that and worse yet, he caved to Democrats in the initial funding bill.

Again, I understand he is between a rock and a hard place here, but he is the one who made those promises, and people are sick and tired of politicians not delivering on promises made and just saying things to get elected.

After the latest funding bill was passed, Johnson told the media that Trump was very happy with the outcome, but the buzz around town is that Trump has lost faith in Johnson.

Trump wanted that debt ceiling suspended on Biden’s watch, not his. That tells me that Trump plans on spending like a madman once he takes office and he was hoping to be able to blame that on Democrats.

One source close to the president stated, “The president is upset — he wanted the debt ceiling dealt with.”

Another stated, “No one thinks he’s strong. No one says, ‘Damn, this guy’s a fighter.’”

House Minority Leader Jeffries (D-N.Y.) has also stated that he will no longer work with Johnson to bail him out come next term, so, so much for bipartisanship and working for the American people.

Republicans have been put on notice that they have to do this on their own, as Democrats are likely to fight every piece of legislation, so we really have to wonder if Johnson is the man to negotiate these deals to get the entire caucus on the same page.

From what I can see, that is not the feeling, so if Trump does not step in to bail him out, Johnson is likely gone, but that brings a whole new set of challenges in regard to the election being certified.