Matt Lewis on Speaker Vote: ‘Get Your Popcorn Ready, It Is Going To Be Crazy’

LEMIRE Yeah and this ░░░░░░░░ is far from the ░░░░░░░░ tension point on the ░░░░░░░░ right now because this ░░░░░░░░ House lawmakers will vote ░░░░░░░░ whether or not to ░░░░░░░░ Mike Johnson as House ░░░░░░░░ Following last week s ░░░░░░░░ funding bill which passed ░░░░░░░░ House with more Democratic ░░░░░░░░ Republican votes Speaker Johnson ░░░░░░░░ candidacy is very much ░░░░░░░░ peril Already Johnson has ░░░░░░░░ lost the support of ░░░░░░░░ Republican congressman with multiple ░░░░░░░░ saying they are unsure ░░░░░░░░ they will back the ░░░░░░░░ And if as expected ░░░░░░░░ 215 Democrats oppose him ░░░░░░░░ can only afford one ░░░░░░░░ Republican defection So Matt ░░░░░░░░ let s get your ░░░░░░░░ on this You know ░░░░░░░░ has also seemed pretty ░░░░░░░░ to let Johnson twist ░░░░░░░░ the wind We know ░░░░░░░░ was unhappy with the ░░░░░░░░ that eventually was passed ░░░░░░░░ it didn t address ░░░░░░░░ debt ceiling He talked ░░░░░░░░ that again on Truth ░░░░░░░░ last night And there ░░░░░░░░ Trump has not publicly ░░░░░░░░ for Johnson to be ░░░░░░░░ there are all kinds ░░░░░░░░ reporting I ve heard ░░░░░░░░ too from Mar a ░░░░░░░░ where he is deeply ░░░░░░░░ with the speaker Lewis ░░░░░░░░ Well get your popcorn ░░░░░░░░ it s going to ░░░░░░░░ crazy Look if I ░░░░░░░░ to bet I think ░░░░░░░░ probably survived this time ░░░░░░░░ last time Matt Gaetz ░░░░░░░░ really gunning for you ░░░░░░░░ Kevin McCarthy So he ░░░░░░░░ an agenda you know ░░░░░░░░ personal motive to take ░░░░░░░░ McCarthy I don t ░░░░░░░░ that exists right now ░░░░░░░░ the current Speaker Mike ░░░░░░░░ But he is in ░░░░░░░░ very vulnerable position Nobody ░░░░░░░░ the job I don ░░░░░░░░ think anybody else can ░░░░░░░░ the votes That s ░░░░░░░░ why Johnson maybe survives ░░░░░░░░ one But I will ░░░░░░░░ this As opposed to ░░░░░░░░ visa debate and the ░░░░░░░░ schism we were just ░░░░░░░░ about I think the ░░░░░░░░ problem Republicans are going ░░░░░░░░ have does have to ░░░░░░░░ with Mike Johnson And ░░░░░░░░ s going to have ░░░░░░░░ do next year when ░░░░░░░░ comes time to like ░░░░░░░░ the government or raise ░░░░░░░░ debt ceiling Because with ░░░░░░░░ H 1B visa controversy ░░░░░░░░ could possibly elide that ░░░░░░░░ You could tell Elon ░░░░░░░░ he wants to hear ░░░░░░░░ Stephen Miller could limit ░░░░░░░░ number of visas or ░░░░░░░░ could make some changes ░░░░░░░░ the margins and avoid ░░░░░░░░ confronting that issue at ░░░░░░░░ for a while When ░░░░░░░░ comes to whether or ░░░░░░░░ you raise the debt ░░░░░░░░ that is a very ░░░░░░░░ thing And so I ░░░░░░░░ t think there s ░░░░░░░░ way to avoid that ░░░░░░░░ which pits again another ░░░░░░░░ war a different one ░░░░░░░░ fiscal conservatives like Representative ░░░░░░░░ Roy who want to ░░░░░░░░ the debt want to ░░░░░░░░ the deficit want to ░░░░░░░░ in the budget and ░░░░░░░░ want to keep the ░░░░░░░░ limit there as a ░░░░░░░░ to revisit this every ░░░░░░░░ in a while versus ░░░░░░░░ Trump who would like ░░░░░░░░ see the debt limit ░░░░░░░░ go away because he ░░░░░░░░ the king of debt ░░░░░░░░ that I think it ░░░░░░░░ maybe not this week ░░░░░░░░ this is a coming ░░░░░░░░ Stay tuned for more ░░░░░░░░ Mike Johnson.”