As House Speaker Mike Johnson goals to retain his position, Rep. Derrick Van Orden, R-Wisc., focused fellow Republican Rep. Chip Roy, R-Tx., who has indicated that he’s “undecided” on whether or not he’ll vote for Johnson.
President-elect Donald Trump endorsed Johnson for the job this week, however Roy famous throughout an look on Fox Business that he doesn’t assume the speaker can have the votes wanted to win through the upcoming Friday vote.
Van Orden asserted in a submit on X that Trump “acquired a mandate from the American individuals in November,” whereas Roy “didn’t.”
“It is the America First Agenda, not the Chip Roy First Agenda. It is Make America Great Again, not make Chip Roy Great. President Trump is preventing for America, Chip is preventing to maintain his model marketable,” Van Orden claimed.
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“Some individuals apparently want to grasp that as a way to be a Leader, you must learn to comply with first. I might like to work with Chip, however he wants to grasp he could be a part of the Team, however there isn’t a method in hell he’s the Captain. The Captain will probably be shifting again into the White House shortly and his 1st Lieutenant is @SpeakerJohnson,” Van Orden declared within the submit.
Fox News Digital reached out to a Roy spokesperson to request a remark from the congressman.
Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., has declared that he is not going to vote for Johnson to stay speaker.
Roy has famous that he’s “undecided” on Johnson, however is demanding change.
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“@RepThomasMassie is not going to be voting for Hakeem Jefferies, versus GOP who voted with Dems (extra Dems than GOP every time) to spend some $3 trillion & give $61bb to Ukraine with no border safety,” Roy mentioned in a submit on X.
“The motive I’m nonetheless undecided on the Speaker vote (versus exhausting no) is it’s not ALL the fault of @SpeakerJohnson & my need is to present him grace & @actualDonaldTrump room to ship on a robust agenda for which we had been elected. But one thing MUST change,” he famous.
Johnson’s path to victory is precarious, and he might be derailed if one other Republican joins Massie in staunchly opposing Johnson’s bid to retain the speakership.
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Fox News Senior congressional correspondent Chad Pergram has defined, “The successful candidate should safe an outright majority of all Members voting for a candidate by title.”
Pergram described a doable state of affairs by which simply two Republicans might stop Johnson from reaching the edge essential to win. “So let’s say there are 434 members and all vote for somebody by title. The magic quantity is 218. If Johnson will get the votes of all 219 Republicans, he wins. If Johnson will get 218 votes, he additionally wins. But 217? No cube,” Pergram famous.