President Donald Trump’s election support is the most powerful in the history of politics, according to House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), who shared his opinion on the May 19 GOP primary results.
Republican candidates in Alabama, Georgia, Idaho, and Kentucky won their primaries on Tuesday.
“I talked with the president late last night after the dust settled over all the elections and we talked about how his endorsement is the most powerful in the history of politics,” he said. “Anywhere in the world … it’s just a phenomenon.”
GOP winners in Tuesday’s primary include Rep. Barry Moore (R-Ala.), Georgia Lt. Gov. Burt Jones (R), Rep. Andy Barr (R-Ky.), Idaho Gov. Brad Little (R), and former Navy SEAL Ed Gallrein who defeated GOP incumbent Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.)
“I wasn’t involved in the Kentucky Thomas Massie primary and the leadership wasn’t because he’s an incumbent, but the president certainly made his opinion known and I’m not surprised by the results there,” Johnson said.
Among other comments, Trump said he didn’t think that Massie was a Republican.
Massie had been at odds with Trump on several issues, including the release of the Epstein files, military action in Iran and Venezuela, and foreign aid to Israel.
“We’ve gone out very carefully with candidate recruitment to recruit patriots,” he said. “People who are selfless, many who are veterans coming in from serving and people who have been accomplished in their community.”
Johnson also took issue with comments broadcast on MS NOW, the media outlet formerly known as MSNBC, about his prayer on the National Mall, where thousands rallied for a Rededicate 250: A National Jubilee of Prayer, Praise & Thanksgiving event.
In response, Johnson said he was reading from the Declaration of Independence document written 250 years ago and urged media outlets, such as MSNOW, to read the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights.
“I stated the truth that our rights do not derive from government, they derive from our creator and they had this entire segment about how ridiculous that was and what a crazy notion and isn’t Johnson such a crazy fundamentalist, et cetera,” Johnson added.
