{"id":108322,"date":"2024-12-29T21:04:28","date_gmt":"2024-12-29T21:04:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/amid-gop-infighting-rep-lawler-says-johnson-should-remain-as-speaker\/"},"modified":"2024-12-29T21:04:28","modified_gmt":"2024-12-29T21:04:28","slug":"amid-gop-infighting-rep-lawler-says-johnson-should-remain-as-speaker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/amid-gop-infighting-rep-lawler-says-johnson-should-remain-as-speaker\/","title":{"rendered":"Amid GOP infighting, Rep. Lawler says Johnson should remain as speaker"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Republican Rep. Mike Lawler argued Sunday that Rep. Mike Johnson should be reelected as speaker of the House despite Republican infighting on whether he should keep the position after how he handled a spending bill that prevented a government shutdown last week.<\/p>\n

“Mike Johnson inherited a disaster when [former Rep.] Matt Gaetz and several of my colleagues teamed up with 208 Democrats to remove Kevin McCarthy, which will go down as the single stupidest thing I’ve ever seen in politics,” the New York lawmaker told ABC’s “This Week” co-anchor Jonathan Karl.<\/p>\n

“With that said, removing Mike Johnson would equally be as stupid. The fact is that these folks are playing with fire, and if they think they’re somehow going to get a more conservative speaker, they’re kidding themselves,” he said, pointing out that Johnson was successful in keeping a Republican majority in the House.<\/p>\n

Republicans are expected to hold 219 seats when the new Congress convenes on Friday. Electing the speaker of the House will be the first order of business, and the House cannot move on to other business until that happens. If all Democrats are present and vote against Johnson, the Louisiana Republican can only afford to lose one Republican vote. One Republican, Rep. Thomas Massie, has already said he will not support Johnson while other GOP hardliners have yet to commit to backing him.<\/p>\n

“I’m not going to bend to their will,” Lawler said of his hardline colleagues. “So if they think somehow that they are going to end up in a stronger position by removing Mike Johnson, they’re not.”<\/p>\n

Republicans have also been feuding over H-1B work visas, which allow highly skilled foreign workers into the Unites States to fill specialty occupations.<\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s “Department of Government Efficiency” leaders, Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, support increasing the amount of the visas awarded annually, arguing they will bring more talent into the country. But other Trump supporters say those job opportunities should be for Americans.<\/p>\n

In a post on X this week, Musk said “OF COURSE my companies and I would prefer to hire Americans and we DO, as that is MUCH easier than going through the incredibly painful and slow work visa process. HOWEVER, there is a dire shortage of extremely talented and motivated engineers in America.”<\/p>\n

Ramaswamy criticized the American workforce, writing on X that \u201cAmerican culture has venerated mediocrity over excellence for way too long (at least since the 90s and likely longer). That doesn\u2019t start in college, it starts YOUNG.\u201d<\/p>\n

After Musk went after critics of his position in a series of X posts, writing at one point, \u201cI will go to war on this issue the likes of which you cannot possibly comprehend,\u201d former Trump adviser Steve Bannon called him a \u201ctoddler.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lawler voiced his support for the H-1B program, telling Karl that it is critical to the economy.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs President Trump said, it’s a program he’s used over the years for his businesses, and it’s something that has obviously been beneficial to our economy,\u201d he said. \u201cThe United States has been built on immigration and it is vital to the continued growth within our economy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pressed by Karl about why some Trump supporters are strongly against the visas, Lawler expressed his desire for Americans to fill needed jobs, \u201cbut the fact is, India is producing a significant number more of engineers than we are. So it’s both a function of fixing our education system and having a legal immigration system that works.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou cannot have no immigration at all. It will cripple the economy long-term,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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