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Failure to oust Speaker ‘MAGA Mike’ Johnson shows strength and
weakness of his alliance with Trump
By LISA MASCARO
AP Congressional Correspondent
WASHINGTON (AP) — It was Donald
Trump who bestowed the “MAGA
Mike Johnson” nickname on the House
speaker the day he won the gavel.
It is the Republican speaker himself
who is proving whether it sticks.
Johnson survived an ouster vote this
week by one of Trump’s biggest sup-
porters in Congress, far-right Rep. Mar-
jorie Taylor Greene, his job secured
only after House Democrats turned
out in force to put an end to the GOP
chaos, for now.
But the oversized role Trump played
in propping up Johnson cannot be
understated — or relied upon to save
the speaker again.
In fact, the indicted former president
who has been known to flip his friends
into foes warned that while Republi-
cans shouldn’t be voting to remove
Johnson, “At some point, we may
very well be, but this is not the time.”
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks as Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump
listens during a news conference, Friday, April 12, 2024, at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla.
Associated Press
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