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 put up 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 essential. Nonetheless, we nonetheless have to get assurances that [Speaker Johnson] received’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 essential it will be to have a unified celebration, therefore his choice to again Ryan and McCain. Ryan had endorsed the Republican presidential nominee however famous he may rescind it if he deemed it obligatory. McCain finally did unendorse Trump.
I perceive why President Trump is endorsing Speaker Johnson as he did Speaker Ryan, which is certainly essential. Nonetheless, we nonetheless have to get assurances that @SpeakerJohnson received’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, however it may 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’ve got 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 put up on X.
President Trump will be capable of save America provided that we’ve got 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 assertion Monday, saying partially, “Congress has deserted its constitutional responsibility 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 monitor earlier than this ‘Titanic’ strikes an iceberg at any second.”
Spartz needs to see at the very least momentary buildings put in place that embody offset insurance policies (any new spending being offset by decreasing present expenditures) and spending audits.
“We will need to 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 mentioned.
“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 not decide to a plan, there are different GOP members who’re within the job. They may come ahead if Johnson fails to safe the votes wanted.
“We could have a speaker, and there are a number of nice folks that shall be keen to step up,” Spartz mentioned.
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 introduced that he’s a “no” vote, and another Republican members are non-committal.
Trump endorsed Johnson to stay speaker on Monday, saying in a Reality Social put up that he’s a “good, exhausting working, non secular man” who “will do the correct factor.”
The speaker confronted robust criticism from inside his ranks for negotiating a large spending invoice with Democrats earlier this month that finally was changed with a slimmed-down model, which handed with extra Democrats than Republicans voting for it. Thirty-four GOP lawmakers voted towards it.
This text appeared initially on The Western Journal.
