Trump defends Mike John­son at Mar-a-Lago amid threats to House speak­er­ship

Trump defends Mike Johnson at Mar-a-Lago amid threats to House speakership

House Speak­er Mike John­son (R‑LA) received pub­lic words of sup­port from for­mer Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump as he faces the threat of los­ing his speak­er­ship.
John­son vis­it­ed Trump’s pri­vate club in Palm Beach, Flori­da, Mar-a-Lago, on Fri­day mark­ing the first time the two men are hold­ing a pub­lic event togeth­er since John­son became speak­er last year.
Hov­er­ing over the meet­ing was Rep. Mar­jorie Tay­lor Greene (R‑GA), a fer­vent Trump ally, who filed a motion to vacate, a first step to remov­ing John­son as speak­er, on March 22.
The belea­guered speak­er is gov­ern­ing with a slim major­i­ty forc­ing him to depend on Demo­c­ra­t­ic sup­port to pass leg­is­la­tion. How­ev­er, Trump gave John­son pub­lic encour­age­ment when asked about the brew­ing sit­u­a­tion with Greene.
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