Rep. Strong to Newsmax: Speaker Johnson Not the Problem

Amid a small but vocal chorus of Republicans looking to remove House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., Rep. Dale Strong, R-Ala., told Newsmax on Thursday that “Mike Johnson is not the problem.”

The House is scheduled to vote Saturday on the much debated and delayed foreign aid bill the Senate passed in February. Republicans in the House have stalled the process due to lack of funding for U.S. border security.

Johnson has proposed new legislation that breaks the funding for Ukraine, Israel, and other allies into separate bills. As a result, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., and Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., have called for Johnson to be removed.

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