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‘In Triage Every Day’: A Beleaguered Speaker Says He’s Overwhelmed
The New York Times ^ | Nov. 26, 2025 | Annie Karni

Posted on 11/27/2025 5:26:42 AM PST by MinorityRepublican

After several bruising weeks for Speaker Mike Johnson, a soft-focus podcast interview alongside his wife, conducted by Katie Miller, the wife of Stephen Miller, one of President Trump’s top advisers, had all the ingredients for a flattering reset.

What emerged from the interview instead was a portrait of a Republican leader barely keeping his head above water in a job to which he does not appear particularly well suited, a conversation full of tragically revealing details packaged as rueful humor but with the biting sting of truth.

“We have this joke that I’m not really a speaker of the House,” Mr. Johnson, who represents Louisiana, said in the latest episode of “The Katie Miller Podcast.”

It came across as a joke and more of an assessment of how he has chosen to wield his power.

The comment was in line with how many of his political adversaries view his weak handling of the job he was thrust into two years ago with little leadership experience. (Even President Trump has joked, “I’m the speaker and the president.”)

Ms. Miller’s newish podcast offers conservative leaders a warm bath of an interview. They are peppered with questions about their family routines and their favorite foods. But even on this forgiving platform, Mr. Johnson presented himself as a man toiling to fulfill his duties at a moment when his weak grip on his conference appears to be slipping even further.

The conversation that Ms. Miller facilitated with Mr. Johnson and his wife, Kelly, meandered from what time Thanksgiving dinner should be served, to how to raise children who don’t identify as transgender, to how to keep a long marriage strong. But the throughline was Mr. Johnson’s sense of being crushed by his workload and the demands of his job managing an unruly Republican majority.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Government; Politics/Elections
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1 posted on 11/27/2025 5:26:42 AM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

It is from the NY Times, so take it with a big grain of salt. But I’m sure being Speaker of the House is a very tough job if you aren’t a 100% political lizard.


2 posted on 11/27/2025 5:29:41 AM PST by rbg81 (=)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Yet another hit piece by the NYT. I wouldn’t trust the NYT as far as I could throw its pending mayor.


3 posted on 11/27/2025 5:30:22 AM PST by econjack
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To: MinorityRepublican

From the New York Bolshevik Homosexual Times. /spit


4 posted on 11/27/2025 5:42:58 AM PST by Flavious_Maximus (Tony Fauci will be put on death row and die of COVID!)
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To: MinorityRepublican

NY Slimes???

NO SALE.


5 posted on 11/27/2025 5:45:10 AM PST by Jane Long (Jesus is Lord!)
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To: rbg81
It is from the NY Times, so take it with a big grain of salt. But I’m sure being Speaker of the House is a very tough job if you aren’t a 100% political lizard.

And Mike Johnson "appears" to be normal enough.

6 posted on 11/27/2025 5:55:47 AM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: rbg81

Fake article, Jason Blair/Stephen Glass BS


7 posted on 11/27/2025 5:58:48 AM PST by darkangel82
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To: MinorityRepublican

Well. This constitutes an endorsement for me that Mike Johnson is doing a better job than I thought he would.


8 posted on 11/27/2025 5:59:18 AM PST by rlmorel (Factio Communistica Sinensis Delenda Est.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

“ New York Times”

America’s Pravda


9 posted on 11/27/2025 6:06:59 AM PST by silverleaf (“Inside Every Progressive Is A Totalitarian Screaming To Get Out” —David Horowitz)
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To: silverleaf

“Ms. Miller’s newish podcast offers conservative leaders a warm bath of an interview”
NYT writers are geniuses at crafting insulting language that is more appropriate for a film review than a political article. Instead of “newish” she could have said “established” or “recent”, but these terms don’t have the sneer of “newish”. The podcast isn’t even really “new”, its just “newish”, and that is the fault of the podcaster. Why can’t the podcast be “new” which is so legitimate? It’s only “new-ish” so the podcaster is clearly an idiot in their view.
a “warm bath” interview, not a “flattering” or “softball” interview? Nice to throw in the image of Mike Johnson naked in a bathtub with his wife. The NYT is scummy.


10 posted on 11/27/2025 6:26:22 AM PST by brookwood (First the left said it was OK to steal. Next they said it was OK to kill.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Imagine how busy he’d be if they worked on something that mattered…


11 posted on 11/27/2025 6:31:23 AM PST by wny
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To: wny

The House shoulda worked on the Budget while “shut down”.


12 posted on 11/27/2025 6:37:16 AM PST by Paladin2 (YMMV)
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To: wny

Yup—when you have great achievement after great achievement the job is great.

When you cave to special interests the job is overwhelming.


13 posted on 11/27/2025 6:37:28 AM PST by cgbg (The master is nice only when the dog behaves as expected.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

It’s okay. Hakeem will be taking over soon anyway.


14 posted on 11/27/2025 6:45:16 AM PST by suthener ( I do not like living under our homosexual, ghetto, feminist government.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

If I want an opinion of how the Speaker feels I’ll watch the interview myself instead of taking cues from some left wing dribbler.


15 posted on 11/27/2025 6:50:49 AM PST by Sequoyah101
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To: MinorityRepublican

“how to raise children who don’t identify as transgender”

Uh??


16 posted on 11/27/2025 7:04:45 AM PST by aquila48 (Do not let them make you "care" ! Guilting you is how they control you. )
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In this episode, I sit down with @SpeakerJohnson and his wife Kelly for a conversation about family life in Washington, the pressures of the speakership, faith, parenting, and more.

pic.twitter.com/NO6xmg4oGh

— The Katie Miller Podcast (@katiemillerpod)

November 25, 2025


17 posted on 11/27/2025 7:08:24 AM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

“The comment was in line with how many of his political adversaries view his weak handling of the job he was thrust into two years ago with little leadership experience. (Even President Trump has joked, “I’m the speaker and the president.”)


18 posted on 11/27/2025 7:17:56 AM PST by Sunsong
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To: MinorityRepublican

Paywall. Can’t read it. But I’d love to know what he’s so overwhelmed by. They don’t seem to be doing a damned thing, as far as I can see.


19 posted on 11/27/2025 7:18:07 AM PST by Twotone ( What's the difference between a politician & a flying pig? The letter "F.")
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To: MinorityRepublican

There are committees to craft budgets.

The secretaries of departments create wish lists that do much of the budgeting work.

Most of the rest of the to-do-list is program reform.


20 posted on 11/27/2025 7:48:21 AM PST by Brian Griffin
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