Why Elise Stefanik just went absolutely nuclear on Mike Johnson ☢️
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Want to understand just how much of a tinderbox the House Republican conference is right now?
Here’s what New York Rep. Elise Stefanik told the Wall Street Journal earlier this week about Speaker Mike Johnson:
“It’s all bubbling over. Whereas [former GOP House Speaker] Kevin McCarthy was a political animal, Mike Johnson is a political novice and boy does it show, with the House Republicans underperforming for the first time in the Trump era.”
But Stefanik wasn’t done! Not even close!
She also told the Journal this of the Speaker: “He certainly wouldn’t have the votes to be speaker if there was a roll-call vote tomorrow. I believe that the majority of Republicans would vote for new leadership. It’s that widespread.”
Here’s a re-enactment of that Stefanik attack on Johnson (scroll to the last 30 seconds):
Why is Stefanik doing this? That answer has to do with her own personal politics, yes, but also a broader discontent — and a willingness to speak publicly about that unhappiness — with Johnson’s leadership among House Republicans that has surged to the surface in recent weeks.
Let me explain.
