Can Donald Trump Save Speaker Mike Johnson?
As Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) stared down the gravest threat yet to his reign over the House GOP, he turned to the one Republican who could potentially save him: Donald Trump.
Flanked by the former president at a Mar-a-Lago press conference on April 12, Johnson sought to send a message to his detractors—particularly Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA)—that Trump stood by him.
In response, Trump tossed him a lifeline.