Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) stated Home Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) didn’t deserve a second time period in management and would price the GOP its majority within the decrease chamber if reelected.
“Johnson is not up for this task,” Massie wrote in a Tuesday submit on X, responding to criticism from former Home Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) that Republicans opposing Johnson had been “in effect the allies of Democrats.”
“I challenge them to explain what their end game is other than noise,” Gingrich wrote.
Massie countered the previous Speaker by itemizing the methods he thought Johnson didn’t measure up.
“[We] want a Speaker who inspires the public and who can make our case in the media, so we can keep the majority for the second half of Trump’s term,” Massie wrote, because the Home GOP caucus prepares for the Speaker vote later this week.
“Johnson nearly led us to the minority in what was a banner year for Trump. He is certain to lose us the majority in 2026.”
Massie’s feedback got here days after President-elect Trump gave an enthusiastic endorsement for Johnson’s second time period as Speaker.
The Kentucky Republican has remained a staunch critic of Johnson for the reason that summer time and has doubled down in current days on his opposition to him as Speaker.
“It’s somewhat ridiculous to assert that Mike Johnson is the only member of Congress electable to Speaker,” Massie wrote in his X submit.
“He was only electable the first time because he hadn’t held any type of leadership position, nor had he ever fought for anything, so no one disliked him and everyone was tired of voting. He won by being the least objectionable candidate, and he no longer possesses that title.”
He continued by including that Johnson “owes” his Speakership to Democrats, arguing that they had been the explanation he made it throughout the end line over the last race to elect a Home chief.
Johnson misplaced the religion of some celebration members after submitting failed texts for the newest persevering with decision. As a Friday vote looms, the politician is pressured with confirming his functionality to function speaker with the chance of being forged apart in a single faulty vote.
His destiny is determined by members’ attendance and roll name standing.
