Republican Rep. Chip Roy said Tuesday that he doesn’t think House Speaker Mike Johnson has the necessary votes to remain speaker in Friday's leadership election.
“Victoria is a good friend and Thomas is a good friend and they raise reasonable concerns,” Roy told Fox. "I remain undecided as do a number of my colleagues because we saw so many of the failures last year that we are concerned about that might limit or inhibit our ability to advance the president’s agenda.”
His public position is “undecided,” and he’s giving credence to other Republicans who are opposed to Johnson. In this context, Roy is threatening to vote against Johnson for Speaker, “unless” something.
Johnson surely knows what that something is, even if we the public do not.
It’s like “With all due respect”. Usually, the person saying this has no respect.
I don’t think that’s the case here:
His public position is “undecided,” and he’s giving credence to other Republicans who are opposed to Johnson. In this context, Roy is threatening to vote against Johnson for Speaker, “unless” something.
Johnson surely knows what that something is, even if we the public do not.