Mike Johnson leads Republicans in skeptical response to Trump’s $5,000 election ‘bribe’
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Speaker Mike Johnson gave his reaction to Donald Trump’s promise to send Americans a $5,000 check if they protected Republican majorities in Congress during the upcoming midterm elections on Sunday.
The speaker’s refusal to guarantee that such a measure could pass a Republican House and Senate was just one more sign that Trump’s latest Hail Mary was falling flat on Capitol Hill.
Johnson was on NBC’s Meet the Press Sunday to discuss the proposal, which Trump made at last week’s GOP midterm convention in Dallas, Texas.
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Speaker Mike Johnson gave his reaction to Donald Trump’s promise to send Americans a $5,000 check if they protected Republican majorities in Congress during the upcoming midterm elections on Sunday.
The speaker’s refusal to guarantee that such a measure could pass a Republican House and Senate was just one more sign that Trump’s latest Hail Mary was falling flat on Capitol Hill.
Johnson was on NBC’s Meet the Press Sunday to discuss the proposal, which Trump made at last week’s GOP midterm convention in Dallas, Texas.