Johnson's Trump problem

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🗓️ 11 April 2024

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Speaker Mike Johnson heads to Florida tomorrow to hold a joint news conference with former President Donald Trump. Anna and Jake break down the tough spot Johnson finds himself in. Plus, Rep. Frank Lucas (R-Okla.) throws his hat in the ring to be the top Republican on HFSC. The Daily Punch has been nominated for a Webby Award! Please vote for us here. Want more in-depth daily coverage from Congress? Subscribe to our free Punchbowl News AM newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:55.1	Good morning, I'm Anna Palmer. And I'm Jake Sherman. And welcome to The Daily Punch, brought to you by Punchpool News. It's Thursday, April 11th, 2024. Let's get into the mix. Here are your Washington headlines of the day. Number one, Speaker Mike Johnson is heading to Mar-a-Lago.
1:01.5	Number two, Frank Lucas joins the Financial Services gavel race. And number three, new polling for Dems on immigration. All right, Jake, let's get into it. The focus this week is on Speaker
1:07.4	Mike Johnson and how he is handling his leadership and challenges there are there in.
1:16.0	Interesting news here that Johnson is heading to Mar-a-Lago Friday for a joint news conference
1:21.3	with former President Donald Trump that's being billed on the topic of election integrity.
1:29.1	Yeah, you know, Anna, sorry, I didn't mean to interrupt you.
1:32.4	I'm just so excited for this, to talk about this top this morning.
1:36.6	But so here's a couple things to consider.
1:39.8	This buddy, buddy act, which we'll see on Friday tomorrow, April 12th at Mar-a-Lago,
1:49.1	is under, is, is kind of sidestep the fact, sidesteps the fact that Donald Trump has, has weighed in, has gotten the middle of a bunch, almost, you know,
2:06.7	got almost every issue that Mike Johnson and Mitch McConnell have tried to accomplish.
2:12.4	Yesterday, he tweeted Republicans should kill FISA as Johnson was trying to pass FISA, a renewal of FISA, he seemed to
2:22.7	basically misremember, let's say, the part of FISA that he was trying to renew. Trump is against
2:32.4	any additional aid to Ukraine.
2:36.2	Johnson is trying to get Ukraine across the finish line.
2:38.6	McConnell has made Ukraine his top legislative priority.
2:43.9	Trump has helped undermine months of negotiations over border security.
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