For Immediate Release
June 8, 2025
Contact: Taylor Haulsee
WASHINGTON — This morning, Speaker Johnson joined Jonathan Karl on ABC’s This Week to discuss President Trump rightfully using the National Guard to quell violent, anti-law enforcement riots in Los Angeles and discuss the One Big Beautiful Bill.
“I didn’t go out to craft a piece of legislation to please the richest man in the world,” Speaker Johnson said. “What we’re trying to do is help hardworking Americans who are trying to provide for their families and make ends meet.”
Watch Speaker Johnson on This Week here
On President Trump sending the National Guard to Los Angeles:
I have no concern about that at all. I think the president did exactly what he needed to do. These are federal laws. We have to maintain the rule of law, and that is not what is happening. And Gavin Newsom has shown an inability or an unwillingness to do what is necessary there. So, the president stepped in. That’s real leadership, and he has the authority and the responsibility to do it…You know, one of our core principles is main, maintaining peace through strength. We do that on, on foreign affairs and domestic affairs as well. I don’t think that’s heavy handed.
On the response to criticism of One Big Beautiful Bill:
We’ve got almost no calls to the offices, any Republican member of Congress. And I think that indicates that people are taking a wait and see attitude. Some who may be convinced by some of his arguments, but the rest understand: this is a very exciting piece of legislation. I’m going to say this, look I didn’t go out to craft a piece of legislation to please the richest man in the world. What we’re trying to do is help hardworking Americans who are trying to provide for their families and make ends meet. Those are the people that are going to be excited about what this legislation produces. This is going to be jet fuel to the US economy. And I tell you what, all wages are going to rise. There’s going to be more jobs and economic opportunity for more people. We cannot wait to deliver that. And the sooner, the better.
On the GOP majority:
I think Elon knows at the end of the day, the reason he got involved to help President Trump win and to help Republicans win the majority in the House and the Senate is because he understands that our policies are better for human flourishing. They’re better for the US economy. They’re better for everything that he’s involved in with his innovation and job creation and entrepreneurship. The other team’s policies are not good for those things. And he knows that at the end of the day. And I think when the emotion settles down, I think he’ll recognize we have no choice. We have to hold the House majority in the 2026 midterm election. And we will, because we’ve got to allow President Trump four full years, not just two. If the Democrats took over control of the House, I’d guarantee you that they would try to impeach President Trump in the first week of that new Congress in January 2027. And that would be a disaster for the country, for our public policy, for the economy and everything else. So, we have to keep this leadership team in place, and we will, and we’re going to deliver for the people and they’re going to reward it.
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