House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) may be headed for the same fate as his predecessor, the now-retired Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), with members of his GOP caucus complaining that he is not only blowing off their wishes, but is also ignoring them.
According to a report from the Daily Beast, Republicans are fond of Johnson but there are growing worries about his "leadership skills" — something badly needed to keep his fractured caucus focused on the task at hand.
The report notes that the general consensus about his performance is that he "talks out of both sides of his mouth, telling members what they want to hear, and then doing what they don’t want."
One familiar complaint heard is that he keeps postponing taking on big issues, with Rep. Eli Crane (R-AZ) stating, "I’m not satisfied," before adding, “I’ll be his biggest cheerleader when he does something conservative. But when we continue to do what Republicans seem to do up here and kick the can down the road and say, ‘Oh, well, we'll fight next time we promise you,’ I’m gonna be critical of that.”
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Another House Republican, who didn't want to be identified, complained, "He says whatever he needs to say to make everyone happy, which makes you an ineffective leader. I mean, there’s just a lot of lip service to people, making them feel like they’re being heard without actually making a decision. All that being said, you know, he’s doing a pretty crappy job,”
The Daily Beast reports adds, "The speaker’s shifting policy stances are at the top of the GOP’s list of grievances. His shifting positions on critical issues, disgruntled right-wing lawmakers said, have become a key problem."
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