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'Hell of a closing message': Mike Johnson's live TV promise leaves onlookers aghast
U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) gives remarks to the media following a vote in the House of Representatives at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., September 1, 2026. REUTERS/Aaron Schwartz
What happened
House Speaker Mike Johnson said Tuesday on CNBC that Republicans would spend the next two years doing “exactly what we have been doing already” if they retained their House majority. He credited Republican policy with high stock indexes, stronger-than-expected job numbers and an Atlanta Fed projection of 5.1 percent third-quarter economic growth.
RawStory reported that Johnson…
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