NEWT GINGRICH: House Speaker Mike Johnson deserves reelection

One twelvemonth ago, nan House of Representatives was freed from a three-week play of soul turmoil erstwhile Republicans voted for Mike Johnson to beryllium Speaker of nan House. 

At nan time, nan leftist media raged and clutched their pearls astatine nan thought that a true conservative would rise to nan second-most important occupation successful Washington. The progressive media threw everything at Speaker Johnson hoping something would stick. They called him "hard-right," attacked the American flags he had extracurricular his office, and mocked his religious beliefs. Democratic strategist James Carville even made nan ludicrous claim that Johnson’s Christian religion was more dangerous to America than Al Qaeda.  

As erstwhile Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal wrote astatine nan time, "It is only shocking to liberals that Republicans elected a speaker who shares galore of nan views held by their voters," because successful Washington, "many elected officials promptly hide their voters and run promises 5 minutes aft nan polls close." 

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Today, a year after the left exploded pinch hysteria and hatred for Speaker Johnson – and nan media started its continuous drumbeat of merciless mendacious attacks--House Republicans should recognize the strength, resolve, leadership, and governmental acumen of Speaker Johnson. 

After being sworn in, Speaker Johnson indicated that he sought to preserve, and govern according to, his "seven halfway principles of American conservatism." Those included individual freedom, constricted government, nan norm of law, bid done strength, fiscal responsibility, free markets, and quality dignity. Speaker Johnson has exceeded expectations connected each 7 of these fronts and built retired a beardown activity squad contempt having one of nan slimmest majorities successful Congressional history. 

He fought for individual freedom and quality dignity, as he led nan House to address the antisemitic college campus protests and stood connected nan steps of Columbia University and pressured its president to resign for her tolerance of disorder and anti-Jewish hate. He stood for our values again when he led nan House to override nan Department of Education’s ridiculous rewrite of Title IX that allowed biologic men to compete successful women’s sports. 

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Speaker Johnson limited the scope of government and showed his belief in fiscal responsibility when he inherited the FY24 appropriations mess. He forced Democrats to strip $20 cardinal from President Joe Biden’s IRS description , $6 billion from Biden’s unused COVID-era slush fund, and break nan gross believe of government funding by omnibus. 

For nan liking of the norm of law, Speaker Johnson led the House to impeach Department of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas for his refusal to enforce separator information laws and for ignoring lawful legislature subpoenas. Speaker Johnson secured funding for 22,000 border patrol agents, the highest level ever funded – and the same number that were authorized in Republicans signature separator legislation, H.R. 2. He took up commonsense authorities to protect our state from criminal aliens and exposed Democrats’ extremist record when nan House voted to deport illegal aliens who steal, battle cops, and maltreatment women. He could person gone moreover further, but successful September, 14 Republicans aligned with Democrats against Donald Trump to vessel authorities that would person forced Sen. Chuck Schumer’s manus and required proof of citizenship for voters truthful that only American citizens could ballot successful American elections. 

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In nan sanction of free markets and adjacent trade, Speaker Johnson has done much than immoderate different Speaker to face Communist China’s exploitation of nan American economy and unfair waste and acquisition deals. President Ronald Reagan erstwhile said that "free waste and acquisition is, by definition, adjacent trade". No 1 is much committed to secure actual free waste and acquisition for America’s markets and reversing Congress’ long-time tolerance for Beijing’s rule-breaking than Speaker Johnson. 

And for nan liking of America’s world leadership, Speaker Johnson secured much-needed supplemental assistance for Israel – and the toughest sanctions package connected Iran successful astir a decade. He forced Democrats to enforce sanctions connected Russia and China when Senate activity chose to propulsion money astatine nan problem. He out-maneuvered Sen. Schumer and brought Benajmin Netanyahu to nan Capitol for a associated address. He moreover successfully publically shamed Canada into committing to meet its NATO spending obligations. It’s nary astonishment that nan Wall Street Journal Editorial Board branded him "The Leader of nan Free World." 

Of course, nary Speaker is perfect, and Speaker Johnson would beryllium nan first to ain up to his limitations. But as a former Speaker of nan House, I guarantee you that each nan critics who want Speaker Johnson to "hold nan line" or "be tougher" with Democrats person ne'er been successful House leadership. They person nary grasp of really analyzable nan Speakership genuinely is. As a warning to those who are little belief and who poke nosy astatine Speaker Johnson for his faith, remember that his devotion makes it almost intolerable to intimidate him. 

​The 2024 predetermination little than 2 weeks away. As voters wonder how a Republican-led Congress would govern, conservatives cognize what they’re getting pinch Speaker Johnson. He’s a bold, principled, thoughtful leader and legislator. He’s cut from nan aforesaid cloth arsenic President Reagan. 

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Speaker Johnson stands ready to activity with President Trump to unafraid nan border, tear up the administrative state, little taxes, cut spending, and protect accepted American values. He’s a man who’s answered nan telephone of leadership in nan look of the toughest circumstances but has proven himself to beryllium an original lawmaker and religious patriot. 

Simply put, Speaker Johnson deserves to beryllium re-elected.

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