Former President Donald Trump's "election security" press conference at Mar-a-Lago with House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) was a big blow to one person in particular, suggested CNN's Kaitlan Collins: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA).
Greene has been spearheading threats to move to vacate the chair, toppling Johnson from power the exact same way Kevin McCarthy was — and yet, noted Collins, here is Trump by Johnson's side, effectively giving him his own vote of confidence and potentially taking the wind out of that effort.
"Obviously, he said a lot of a harsh things, and some false things, things that are braggadocious, he might say," said anchor Jake Tapper. "What's your take on what we just heard?"
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"Well, a few things stood out to me, Jake, and one, you didn't hear Speaker Johnson actually take any questions there," said Collins. "He talked at the beginning about some legislation that he wants to stand up, that I should note has zero chance of getting past through the Senate."
"But, but in essence of how this went for Speaker Johnson, I mean, you see why he got on a plane today in Washington and flew down to Mar-a-Lago because he just stood next to the presumptive Republican nominee and leader of his party as he stood by him and said he's doing a good job under tough circumstances," she added. "And did not throw any support behind Marjorie Taylor Greene's efforts to potentially oust Speaker Johnson from that job, and the way that she has said she has no confidence in the way he's handling that job. Instead, former President Trump there is speaking up for him and praising the job that he's doing."
"But Jake, what broke through, obviously from that is how Trump is feeling about what Monday is going to look like when he becomes the first former president to face a criminal trial," said Collins. "And he did say he's willing to testify. We'll see how his legal team feels about that. He has had a lot of animosity toward past attorneys who encouraged him not to testify."
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