GOP Rep. Victoria Spartz of Indiana introduced Monday that she will not be able to decide to voting for Home Speaker Mike Johnson to retain his submit within the subsequent Congress.
Spartz posted on X, “I perceive why President Trump is endorsing Speaker Johnson as he did Speaker Ryan, which is certainly vital. Nevertheless, we nonetheless must get assurances that [Speaker Johnson] gained’t promote us out to the swamp.”
The lawmaker linked to a Politico article from 2016 reporting that Trump had determined to endorse then-Home Speaker Paul Ryan and then-Sen. John McCain of their major contests.
Politico famous that Trump had emphasised how vital it could be to have a unified celebration, therefore his determination to again Ryan and McCain. Ryan had endorsed the Republican presidential nominee however famous he might rescind it if he deemed it essential. McCain in the end did unendorse Trump.
I perceive why President Trump is endorsing Speaker Johnson as he did Speaker Ryan, which is certainly vital. Nevertheless, we nonetheless must get assurances that @SpeakerJohnson gained’t promote us out to the swamp.
Donald Trump endorses Paul Ryan, John McCain https://t.co/Xa0tcTKpWk
— Rep. Victoria Spartz (@RepSpartz) December 30, 2024
So Spartz seemed to be arguing that Trump is endorsing Johnson out of political expediency, but it surely might find yourself as badly with the present speaker because it did with Ryan and McCain for the president-elect throughout his first time period.
“President Trump will be capable of save America provided that we have now a speaker with braveness, imaginative and prescient and a plan — additionally public dedication to the American folks how he’ll assist ship President Trump’s agenda to empty the swamp,” Spartz added in one other submit on X.
President Trump will be capable of save America provided that we have now a speaker with braveness, imaginative and prescient and a plan – additionally public dedication to the American folks how he’ll assist ship President Trump’s agenda to empty the swamp.
— Rep. Victoria Spartz (@RepSpartz) December 30, 2024
The congresswoman additionally launched a statement Monday, saying partly, “Congress has deserted its constitutional obligation to the American folks to correctly oversee the spending of their hard-earned cash paid as taxes. Our subsequent speaker should present brave management to get our nation again on observe earlier than this ‘Titanic’ strikes an iceberg at any second.”
Spartz desires to see a minimum of momentary buildings put in place that embrace offset policies (any new spending being offset by lowering present expenditures) and spending audits.
“We should have a imaginative and prescient and a concrete PLAN to ship on President Trump’s agenda for the American folks, which I’ve not seen from our present speaker regardless of numerous discussions and public guarantees,” she stated.
“The destiny of our Republic is at stake and Congress, the ARTICLE 1 BRANCH, with its supreme powers of making legal guidelines and managing our nation’s funds, should begin fulfilling its CONSTITUTIONAL DUTIES — not promoting out our Republic on the expense of our kids,” Spartz argued.
The lawmaker acknowledged Monday on Fox Information that if Johnson can’t decide to a plan, there are different GOP members who’re within the job. They’ll come ahead if Johnson fails to safe the votes wanted.
“We can have a speaker, and there are a variety of nice those who will likely be keen to step up,” Spartz stated.
Johnson can solely afford to lose the help of 1 Republican Home member and nonetheless be re-elected speaker.
GOP Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky has already announced that he’s a “no” vote, and another Republican members are non-committal.
Trump endorsed Johnson to stay speaker on Monday, saying in a Fact Social submit that he’s a “good, laborious working, non secular man” who “will do the precise factor.”
The speaker confronted strong criticism from inside his ranks for negotiating a large spending invoice with Democrats earlier this month that in the end was changed with a slimmed-down model, which handed with extra Democrats than Republicans voting for it. Thirty-four GOP lawmakers voted in opposition to it.
This text appeared initially on The Western Journal.
