Speaker Mike Johnson was under pressure to pass a bill that would support Trump and allow him to move staged charges to federal court, but Johnson was unable to get the votes to pass it.
Read: The Republican Presumptive Nominee for President is A Convicted Felon
Axios reports:
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) is facing pressure from Republican hard-liners to schedule a vote on the measure as part of a floor-wide pressure to defend Trump, so any difficulty locking in votes could cost him again Become their target.
The bill would allow current or former presidents to have state charges against them transferred to federal court. It was a direct response to Trump’s conviction in New York last week.
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But the bill may be too far away for moderate Republicans, who told Axios they would have a hard time supporting it.
For any moderate Republican in a district that Biden won in 2020, it would be career suicide to vote for Trump, a convicted felon, on his bill. These Republicans have no good reason to throw away their careers because even if a bill passes the House, it will be dead before it reaches the Senate.
If Johnson doesn’t get the votes to pass the bill, there will be more calls from the far right in the Republican conference for him to step down.
The quickest way for Republicans to lose the House majority is for Johnson to force moderates to openly support Trump, a convicted felon, but that appears to be exactly what House Republicans are all about.
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Jason is the managing editor. He is also a member of the White House press corps and a congressional reporter for PoliticusUSA. Jason holds a BA in Political Science. His graduate work focused on public policy, particularly social reform movements.
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