Watch: Reporter calls out Mike Johnson's effort to spin state of 'unleadable' GOP
February 14, 2024
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) did his best to put a happy spin on his party losing yet another special election on Tuesday, but Boston Globe Washington Bureau Chief Jackie Kucinich wasn't buying it.
Appearing on CNN Wednesday, Kucinich pushed back on Johnson's claims that it's actually Democrats who should be nervous about their eight-point victory in the congressional district previously held by disgraced former Rep. George Santos (R-NY).
"I mean, as for someone who said that he wasn't going to talk about... political talking points and political rhetoric, I heard a lot of political rhetoric and a lot of political talking points," she said of Johnson's post-election press conference.
Kucinich then pointed to the nonstop chaos within the GOP conference as a reason why Republicans keep getting beaten in special elections throughout the country.
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"The reason that Mike Johnson is even standing there as the speaker is because of Republican infighting," she said. "We've seen this throughout this entire Congress! They just can't seem to get out of their own way."
She then pointed to tensions in the party between the House and the Senate GOP when it comes to a bipartisan border package that would have also funded foreign aid to Israel, Taiwan, and Ukraine.
"Nothing else seems to be going right for Mike Johnson in terms of being able to lead this unleadable conference," she said.
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