NEW: Speaker Johnson spoke briefly w Tucker Carlson about his interview with Nick Fuentes
"He has a lot of listeners, and I think giving Nick Fuentes that platform is a big mistake,” Johnson told me in an interview for THE MOVEMENT, my newsletter about the right
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3. “…human dignity, the things that lead to human flourishing. We have stood against that. We fought the Nazis. We defended that evil ideology. We roundly condemn it, and anybody in any party who espouses it, we're opposing that.”
(seems to be a mis-speak near at the end there)
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“But I will say, obviously that is not the principles of the Republican Party. We stand for the founding principles of America. You want me to articulate them for you right now? Individual freedom, limited government, rule of law, peace through strength, fiscal responsibility, free markets ..
1. I asked Speaker Johnson, in wake of the racist Young Republican group chat reported by Politico and a swastika American flag found in a GOP office, if he’s worried about the extremist, pro-Hitler sentiment among the party’s young Rs
“No. Look, obviously, we roundly condemn any of that nonsense”
"Republicans urge ICE to prioritize those facing violent crime charges for deportation"
6 Hispanic Republicans are urging Trump to prioritize deporting migrants facing charges for violent crimes as officers have ramped up arrests of nonviolent migrants
From @emilybrooksnews.bsky.social
These are all real House GOP bills
🚇 Rebrand WMATA as “WMAGA” & call Metro the Trump Train
💵 Put Trump on the $100 bill
✈️Rename Dulles Airport to Trump International Airport
⛰️Carve Trump into Mount Rushmore
🎂Make Trump’s birthday a national holiday
💵Print $250 bills featuring a portrait of Trump
AS TRUMP SOURS on Putin, will the Ukraine-skeptical MAGA base shift with him?
📧In The Movement, my weekly newsletter about the right, I check the temp on Trump comments & possible sanctions w/ Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, Douglas Macgregor, Rep. Victoria Spartz, & more
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In the first edition of THE MOVEMENT, I chat with Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts on the think tank’s Trumpian turn — & how that’s reflected its stunning changes in policy on tariffs, for instance
Have any of Heritage’s principles changed?
“No,” Roberts said thehill.com/homenews/adm...
In the first edition of THE MOVEMENT, I chat with Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts on the think tank’s Trumpian turn — & how that’s reflected its stunning changes in policy on tariffs, for instance
Have any of Heritage’s principles changed?
“No,” Roberts said thehill.com/homenews/adm...
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Speaker Johnson stresses Congress’s power over courts: ‘Desperate times call for desperate measures’
House is set to vote next week on a bill led by Rep. Issa R-CA that would limit the power of nation’s 700 district judges to impose nationwide injunctions.
From @emilybrooksnews.bsky.social
House Judiciary Ranking Member Raskin: "Donald Trump is losing and losing badly every day in court. He is losing in front of Bush judges and Biden judges, Obama judges and Reagan judges. Trump’s even losing in front of judges who he himself named to the bench in his first term."
4/ It doesn't have to be this way! Kennedy and Eisenhower addressed Congress shortly after being inaugurated and those are classified as State of the Union addresses.
Alas, we must be pedantic about it.
3/ … “--> "Following the precedent set by Reagan in 1981, speeches delivered in the first year of a presidential administration are, by custom, not considered State of the Union addresses." history.house.gov/HouseRecord/...
2/ per House historian…
--> "Reagan addressed Congress shortly after his inauguration, giving a speech focused on his plans for reviving the economy rather than a report to Congress on the nation. …
1/ Why are we all forced to "WELL, ACTUALLY" & call tonight's speech President Trump's address to a joint session of Congress, and say it is not ~technically~ a State of the Union address?
Blame Reagan, kind of.
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Speaker spox said it’s a matter for White House & Senate
Another source said Johnson isn’t asking to hold her for funding
Senate said she’s “teed up,” waiting on WH
But source says WH maybe waiting for Speaker’s OK
Elise Stefanik stuck in narrow House GOP majority waiting for UN confirmation — could be until April —even after big budget res vote
Two sources point to Speaker Johnson, accusing him of “slow walking” giving the OK. There is a Mar. 14 funding deadline
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