The GOP House Speaker referenced speculation about his future and the outsized influence Musk appeared to wield this week.
WHAT'S NEWHouse Speaker Mike Johnson revealed Friday evening that he spoke with Elon Musk as the Senate debated the spending bill that the House passed just hours before the deadline to stop a government shutdown.Newsweek reached out to Johnson's office by email on Saturday morning for comment.WHAT TO KNOWJohnson spoke with reporters at around 6:15 p.m. ET after the House passed the provisional bill and kicked it over to the Senate to review.
Lawmakers then turned on Johnson, saying he had fallen short when it mattered most and questioned if he was up to the task of serving as speaker as the second Trump administration gets under way.Trump advisor Steve Bannon at a conference in Arizona on Thursday said that Johnson 'is not up to the task' and 'doesn't have the right stuff ... that combination of guts and moxy and savvy and toughness.
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