With fellow Republican Representative Victoria Spartz’s newfound lack of commitment to support for Representative Mike Johnson, the path that leads to Johnson’s return to the position of House Speaker may become far more difficult.
During a recent appearance on Fox & Friends on Monday morning, Spartz declined to commit to voting for Johnson, who is facing a razor-thin opening to obtain the necessary votes from his Republican caucus.
“Why are you not committed to Speaker Johnson as the next Speaker of the House?” Fox host Will Cain asked.
“Well, I’ll tell you, will I look at people, a track record. And unfortunately, we will not be able to deliver on President Trump’s agenda as the same happened in 2016, because it has to be done legislatively. If we don’t have a speaker with the courage, vision and the plan, and if Speaker Johnson wants to be speaker, then he needs to lay out the plan and commit to that plan, not like what he did last year. ” Spartz said.
“He committed on the House floor to have a fiscal commission,” she continued.
“So we have a plan for debt ceiling increase, which President Trump is right about. We have no plan. He was afraid to put it on the floor. He was afraid to put a budget on the floor except post office bill, but could not accomplish anything. So I can give him a chance, but I would like to hear from him how he is going to be delivering this agenda and what plan he has. And he hasn’t been doing it.” Spartz added.
The Republican majority in the House is only four seats, so Johnson’s chances of winning are extremely slim.
In light of the fact that Representative Thomas Massie has already declared his intention to vote against Speaker Johnson’s reelection campaign, it is clear that the Louisiana congressman cannot afford to lose any more votes without jeopardizing his position as the second in line for the presidency.
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