Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) vowed that there will be “hell to pay” if Hamas violates the ceasefire deal struck recently with Israel. Johnson joined NBC News’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday, saying he was hopeful about the truce announced last week.
In an exclusive interview with Meet the Press, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) tells Kristen Welker about how he plans to implement President-elect Donald Trump’s agenda and reacts to the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas.
House Speaker Mike Johnson said Sunday there will be “hell to pay” if the Palestinian militant group Hamas violates any of the terms of its cease-fire deal with Israel.
The House speaker has reportedly bowed to Donald Trump in deciding to remove Mike Turner from his committee leadership spot.
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The ICC is actually equating Israel and Hamas, even as Hamas still holds Israelis and American hostages. It is just absurd,” the House Speaker said.
The once and future President is back to wielding leverage like a club, in the Middle East and on Capitol Hill.
Ceasefire between Israel and Hamas holds
Representative Rick Crawford will be the next House Intelligence Committee chair, following his colleague Mike Turner’s unceremonious removal by Speaker Mike Johnson Wednesday.
President-elect Trump is officially returning to Washington, set to be inaugurated on Monday for his second term in the White House as the Republican Party trifecta takes form. Congress is set to kickstart a likely busy spring legislative session in order to pass the commander-in-chief’s agenda.
Johnson sent shockwaves around Capitol Hill when he decided to oust Rep. Mike Turner, R-Ohio — a staunch NATO supporter who has aggressively pushed for U.S. aid to Ukraine — as chair of the House Intelligence Committee and replace him with Rep. Rick Crawford, R-Ark., a conservative who voted against the most recent Ukraine aid package.