With House members of both parties assembling on Friday to vote on the next speaker, an unapologetic Rep. Tom Massie (R-KY) served notice once again on Thursday that he has no intention of supporting current House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) for a second tour of duty.
With a slim GOP 219 to 215 seat majority for Republicans, Johnson can't afford to lose any more votes without throwing the Republican caucus into another round of multiple votes and backbiting that followed ex-Speaker Kevin McCarthy's (R-CA) ouster in 2023.
In an interview earlier Massie told reporters that he can't be pressured into voting for Johnson, bluntly stating, "I don’t know how to say this without cussing. If they thought I had no Fs to give before, I definitely have no Fs to give now.”
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According to a new report from the Wall Street Journal, nothing has changed for Massie.
According to the far-right Republican who has mostly been in lockstep with Donald Trump, he is underwhelmed by the president-elect's endorsement of the Louisiana Republican because he doesn't believe he can deliver on Trump's agenda without watering it down.
In a post on X, he wrote, "We’ve seen Johnson partner with the Democrats to send money to Ukraine, authorize spying on Americans, and blow the budget.”
Speaking with the Wall Street Journal, he elaborated, "Even if he thinks he’s going to be the guy who does what Trump wants him to do—he’s not that good at it,” with the Journal adding he said he would not vote "present" but would offer up the name of someone besides Johnson.
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