Speaker Johnson to Meet With Trump Amid Ouster Threat

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The meeting could serve as a much-needed political reset for the embattled speaker.

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) will host a press conference on election integrity with former President Donald Trump on April 12.

The speaker will travel to the former presidentโ€™s Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach, Florida, for the event, which is slated for 4:30 p.m. (ET).

The Republican National Committee (RNC), under its new leadership, has highlighted election integrity as its key focus heading into the November election.

โ€œWhen you talk about election integrity, it is vital. It is the No. 1 thing that we are focused on, aside from getting out the vote, which, of course, Donald Trump himself will do for us,โ€ said Lara Trump, RNC co-chair and the presumptive GOP presidential nomineeโ€™s daughter-in-law.

For many Republicansโ€”including President Trumpโ€”questions remain about the validity of the results of the 2020 presidential election.

But Democrat Rep. Bennie Thompson of Mississippi, former chairman of the Houseโ€™s Jan. 6 panel, says such concerns are not based in reality.

โ€œBy virtually all measures, the 2020 election was among the most secure in our nationโ€™s history,โ€ Mr. Thompson said.

โ€œDonald Trump lost to President Biden by over seven million votesโ€”fair and square. But Donald Trump still canโ€™t admit it.

โ€œThe sham event at Trumpโ€™s country club should remind the American people of a dangerous truth: Donald Trump is a threat to our democracy and a danger to our Constitution.โ€

The congressman further charged that the former president and speaker โ€œdonโ€™t care about election integrityโ€”they care only about helping Trumpโ€™s campaign of revenge and retribution to regain power at all costs.

โ€œThe American people know this, and just like four years ago, they will not be fooled by Trumpโ€™s dangerous lies this November.โ€

On Shaky Ground

While the focus of the press conference will be election integrity, the optics of the GOPโ€™s de facto leader standing united with Mr. Johnson on any issue could not come at a more crucial time for the embattled speaker.

Intraparty tensions over his handling of the Congressional spending battle have left his hold on the gavel in doubt.

Byย Samantha Flom

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