Mike Johnson may hang Freedom Caucus chair out to dry with MAGA primary challenger: report

Rep. Bob Good (R-VA), the chair of the House Freedom Caucus, is begging House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) to save his job.

This comes as he faces a credible primary threat from retired Navy SEAL and far-right Virginia state Sen. John McGuire, who attended former President Donald Trump's "Stop the Steal" rally on the National Mall that coincided with the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

(McGuire says he did not participate in the insurrection.)

According to Politico's Olivia Beavers, "The embattled Good now wants Johnson’s endorsement and a pledge not to help his primary opponent, who’s trying to turn support for former President Donald Trump into a wedge issue with the base. Good’s challenger is a major threat to the second-term Freedom Caucus chief’s future in Congress — and as center-right colleagues gang up on him, help from Johnson and his allies could be a major boon."

All of this, ironically, comes amid the backdrop that the Freedom Caucus has been a consistent opponent of Johnson's efforts to pass key spending stopgaps ever since he took the gavel. It also comes amid the context that Good is one of eight GOP lawmakers who voted to oust former Speaker Kevin McCarthy, despite McCarthy having spent $2 million to help Good win in 2020.

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Ultimately, it looks like Good, who represents a large chunk of rural south-central Virginia that also includes the city of Charlottesville, is not going to get the help he wants here.

"Johnson is not planning to endorse Good, according to a third Republican with direct knowledge, who pointed to endorsements Good has issued against incumbent colleagues despite Johnson’s repeated warnings against intra-party infighting," said the report. "That includes Good’s backing of Derrick Evans, who participated in the Capitol riot and is mounting a primary challenge to Rep. Carol Miller (R-W.Va.)."

Evans is currently running on a platform of, among other things, claiming that former First Lady Michelle Obama is secretly a man.