Steve Bannon, a prominent Trump ally, demands the removal of House Speaker Mike Johnson, citing his handling of government funding legislation as problematic.
Right-wing podcaster Steve Bannon , a key media ally of President-elect Donald Trump , is warning that House Speaker Mike Johnson 'must go' in order for the new administration's agenda to succeed. Newsweek reached out to the Trump transition team and Johnson's office for comment via email on Wednesday morning.The first vote of the new House, when lawmakers are sworn in on January 3, is to elect a speaker.
Republicans first elected Johnson as speaker in October 2023 after they were unable to agree on a replacement for three weeks after ousting the previous speaker, Kevin McCarthy.But Johnson is now facing a rebellion from some House Republicans over his handling of government funding legislation. The GOP's slim majority in the lower chamber means the Louisiana Republican can afford few defections if he wants to keep his hold on the gavel. Bannon, a leading voice of Trump's Make America Great Again (MAGA) movement, is urging the GOP to oust Johnson.It is not clear if Trump is still backing Johnson after a stopgap spending bill passed in Congress last week without the president-elect's core debt ceiling demand in the package. A bipartisan bill pushed by Johnson failed last Wednesday after criticism from Trump and Elon Musk, who is a key supporter of the president-elect as well as the world's wealthiest man.The president-elect then demanded that a provision raising the nation's debt limit be included in the legislation. Republicans complied, but the Trump-backed bill failed overwhelmingly in a House vote on Thursday evening.Trump told Fox News Digital on Thursday that Johnson would 'easily remain speaker' for the next Congress if he 'acts decisively and tough' to eliminate 'all of the traps being set by Democrats' in the spending package.An amended bill without the debt ceiling provision passed the House on Friday. It was passed by the Senate early on Saturday, narrowly avoiding a government shutdown before Christmas
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