GOP committee leaders reveal how they really feel about Speaker Mike Johnson as he navigates ‘hard situation’ with Marjorie Taylor Greene, other Republican troublemakers

House Republicans agree that Speaker Mike Johnson’s performance is the same: “He’s doing the best he can.”

Lawmakers chose the conservative Louisiana Republican after three tumultuous weeks without a speaker. Every faction seemed happy with the decision at the time — from Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., and his cohorts who ousted Johnson to the moderates.

But it didn’t take long for the ‘Kumbaya feeling’ to disappear.

In March, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., introduced a motion to fire Johnson. Eleven Republicans ultimately voted to advance the motion — more than the eight who voted to fire McCarthy — but Democrats voted to kill it.

“I think he’s doing the best he can in the situation he’s in,” Oversight Chairman James Comer told DailyMail.com exclusively. “We’ve got some tough members to deal with, if you don’t want the committee. It’s hard to get in there halfway, but I think he’s doing the best he can. And I think he’s an honorable man.”

Comer, along with Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan, led the impeachment inquiry into President Biden. Johnson supported their efforts and led the charge in court over audio of Special Counsel Robert Hur’s interview with the president.

“Mike has done a good job and I support the speaker. There are a few things I disagree with, but it’s a tough job and he’s doing a great job,” Jordan told DailyMail.com in a tepid defense of the top Republican in the House.

DailyMail.com reported on moves that could indicate Jordan would take Johnson’s job in his next congressional election.

Others have criticized the speaker over the spending.

Greene has spoken out strongly against the bipartisan budget bill that funded the government for fiscal year 2024, a bill that reauthorized the warrantless FISA spy tool and a foreign aid package that failed to include border security.

Rep. Chip Roy called the spending deals an “abomination” and said the speaker “blew it” by getting conservative priorities into the negotiated agreements.

Johnson was the driving force behind a $95 billion foreign policy bill that recently passed with Democratic support, providing nearly $61 billion for Ukraine, along with billions for Israel and Taiwan.

He has had to rely on Democratic support, since he controls a tiny, one-vote majority in the House of Representatives. Reinforcing the fractious GOP party is a challenge.

“Excuses like ‘this is just how you govern’ and divided government are pathetic, weak, and unacceptable. Even with our razor-thin Republican majority, we could have at least secured the border,” Greene said.

House Republicans agree on the same point when it comes to Speaker Mike Johnson’s performance: ‘He’s doing the best he can’

Greene accused Johnson of “aiding and abetting Democrats” to “destroy our country,” as Democrats booed her and Johnson shook hands and smiled at Republicans who supported him.

Johnson has maintained that he wants to lead the Republicans again in the next Congress. But his political future could depend on what happens in the next election.

A slim Republican majority could put him in a position to win: Republicans would need the votes of nearly all parties to elect a speaker and gain a majority in the House of Representatives.

A Republican defeat could present an opportunity for Jordan: It would be easier for him to defeat the handful of “never Jordan” Republicans if he only had to win a majority in the GOP conference, rather than in the House of Representatives, where Democratic votes are counted.

“I predict we’ll come back with pretty much the same scenario as we have now, where we have a majority of three or four seats,” Comer told DailyMail.com.

“I think we’re going to win, we’re going to keep the House of Representatives and increase our majority,” Jordan said. “But most importantly, we’re going to win the White House.”

“We need President Trump so badly.”

Jordan, whose star power skyrocketed with the rise of Donald Trump, ran for president before Johnson, only to give up when it was abundantly clear that the Republicans’ “never Jordan” cadre in the House of Representatives would endure stubborn: 22 people still opposed him as Speaker in the second vote in the House of Representatives.

Before Jordan was elected as the Republican Party’s nominee for House chairman and tried his luck on the floor of the House, Majority Leader Steve Scalise had defeated him in the race for the nomination.

He faced a similar dilemma: right-wing, anti-establishment lawmakers who continued to vote for Jordan even though he was not the nominee.

While Jordan publicly endorsed Scalise, he made no behind-the-scenes effort to encourage his own supporters to do the same. But he has since appeared to be making amends with some of his moderate opponents, traveling around the country for fundraisers and town halls for members of the Republican spectrum.

While Jordan publicly supported Scalise, he made no effort behind the scenes to encourage his own supporters to do the same

A senior Republican Party staffer in the House of Representatives said their boss, who operates in a more pragmatic circle, was surprised when Jordan invited them to lunch out of the blue.

Jordan has nearly $10 million on hand and has so far offered this campaign more than $200,000 to dozens of different Republican campaigns.

Since the campaign season got underway late last year, Jordan has crisscrossed the country for town hall meetings and fundraising events for at least 34 members from across the ideological spectrum.