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House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) was a sore loser upon his return to Capitol Hill Monday, scolding voters for making the “wrong choice” while claiming Congress under Democratic control will be a two-year “circus” and a “great tragedy.”
CNN’s Manu Raju caught up with the lame-duck speaker in a hallway and asked him if Donald Trump should course-correct after voters gave the House and Senate back to Democrats in the midterm elections.
“I’m not going to tell the president how to do his job. We have an incredible record of the first two years of his term, and I expect more success in the days ahead,” Johnson replied. “I’m sorry that the voters made the wrong choice. I really do believe that this next two years is going to be a bit of a circus. It’s going to be chaos, and I hate to say that, but I think that’s where the Democrats are gonna lead the House.”
“That’s a great tragedy, it really is, because if we had kept the majority, we would stay on course to continue delivering for the people,” he added.
Asked by the gaggle if he would table a resolution by Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Johnson answered: “Impeaching a Cabinet secretary right now, especially the Department of War in the middle of hostilities abroad, would be a terrible, terrible look. ... We don’t impeach Cabinet secretaries for political gain or for cheap tricks, and I think that’s what this is.”
Johnson, who was reelected to the House, has decided not to pursue the House minority leader post for the next term.
In the immediate aftermath of Democrats’ sweep, Johnson praised Trump’s “massive wins” in his second term and warned “this Democrat House majority will be led by the most radical and extreme leftists in American history.”
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