Johnson Targets South Texas Swing | Laredo News

Laredo News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Aug 28, 2026 · 2m

House Speaker Mike Johnson hit the ground running in South Texas, rallying voters in Laredo as part of a high-stakes push to preserve GOP control of the House. Targeting the fiercely contested 28th District, he backed newly switched Republican Judge Tano Tijerina against incumbent Democrat Henry Cuellar, calling this midterm the most consequential in U.S. history. Johnson framed Democrats as out of touch with South Texas values and labeled the race among the nation’s top three battlegrounds — while Cuellar’s team fired back, citing internal polls showing their candidate ahead and accusing…