Maybe he can run a “Constitution checking app” along with his “porn checking app” so constituents can warn him when he’s violating constitutional principles instead of selling us out.
Edited/CNN.com-——President Donald Trump on Friday expressed support for House Speaker Mike Johnson when asked about GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s motion to oust the Louisiana Republican from his speakership.
Standing next to Johnson at a news conference at Mar-a-Lago, Trump said, “We’re getting along very well with the speaker, and I get along very well with Marjorie. We have a speaker who was voted in, and it was a complicated process. And I think, it’s not, not an easy situation for any speaker.”
Friday’s event at Mar-a-Lago, which sources say was the speaker’s idea, comes as Johnson confronts the most serious challenge to his speakership to date back in Washington as Greene dangles the possibility of forcing a vote to oust him from the top leadership post.
Johnson’s decision to hold an event with the former president provides an opportunity for the speaker to seek political cover as he faces intense pressure from his right flank over a variety of policy issues, including aid to Ukraine, and confronts key decisions over the path ahead.
On Friday, Trump said Johnson is “doing a very good job.”
“And I’m sure that Marjorie understands that, she’s a very good friend of mine. And I know she has a lot of respect for the speaker,” Trump said.
Sources familiar with the matter said Johnson will have another mission in mind during his meeting with Trump:
<><>to feel out the former president on a potential Ukraine aid package –
<><>a politically perilous policy issue that could draw the ire of Trump,
<><>and divide the House GOP and end Johnson’s rookie speakership.
Some of the speaker’s allies have counseled Johnson to keep Trump in the loop with respect to his plans on Ukraine, cognizant that Trump’s backing – or opposition – could make or break the legislation, as well as Johnson’s speakership.
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