Mike Johnson tries to use the New Orleans terror attack to save his job

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Mike Johnson can only afford to lose by two in Friday's election for speaker of the House, and he's already lost one. Johnson went on Fox and Friends.

After discussing the terrorist attack in New Orleans, Johnson was asked: You have the vote tomorrow. What can you tell us? How confident are you that you will have the necessary votes to keep the chapel?”

Speaker Johnson replied.

We're going to do it. Look, I'm humbled and honored to have the endorsement of President Trump, because I'm going to talk about the role again, and the endorsement of the leaders of the Republican Party.

All my colleagues who stand with us and we will make it happen. Look, the things we are talking about this morning are an example of the fact that we live in very serious times drama. We have to start Congress, which starts tomorrow, and we have to get right to work.

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Trump has totally endorsed Johnson, so it would be a total shame if Johnson wasn't re-elected.

The Democrats have promised that there will be zero Democratic votes to elect Johnson. Every Democrat will vote for Democratic leader Republican Hakeem Jeffries.

For years, the mainstream media has pushed the Trump-fueled narrative that the president-elect controls House Republicans, but as the detonation of the government funding bill has shown, Trump's influence appears to be on the wane.

If Mike Johnson has to fight for re-election to the position of speaker through several ballots, it will be a defeat for Trump.

Johnson's loss is more evidence of the waning influence of Trump, who will take office as a lame-duck president.

Mike Johnson is desperate because if the speaker election is delayed, it will delay the ratification of the 2024 election.

Things have already started badly for the Republicans before they took office.

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