During an appearance on Fox News Channel’s “The Sunday Briefing,” House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) continued to express optimism about the GOP’s chances on November 3.
Johnson cautioned FNC’s Peter Doocy about betting against House Republicans.
Partial transcript as follows:
DOOCY: I want to ask you about something that is on the front page of the New York Times website today. We printed it out.
“Hakeem Jeffries and Jared Kushner meet privately as midterm attacks fly.” We’ve got it right there. President Trump’s son-in-law and the man in line to be speaker of a Democratic-led House, if you guys lose the majority, they were together. What did you think when you saw that?
JOHNSON: I heard about it the first time this morning.
I know Jared is a smart guy, and he hedges bets. But I’m telling you what, you better not bet against the House Republicans. I’ve been all around the country the last several weeks.
This is going to come down to a race of about 19 seats that will decide the fate of the Republic. It’s a contrast election, a contrast between common sense and crazy. I’m telling you, our base is going to turn out, and we’re going to hold the House Republicans.
DOOCY: Does any part of you think that the White House might be trying to figure out which Democrats they can work with if Democrats win the House, and that is why they would send Jared Kushner to meet with Jeffries?
JOHNSON: I don’t know what that’s about. I know Jared has interests in lots of other things going on. He’s not really directly involved in the admin, at least in the day-to-day in the White House.
But I would tell you this, I’ve been on a non-stop tour. This is my pit stop, Peter, on a 30-day non-stop campaign fundraising tour.
DOOCY: First racing fun.
JOHNSON: Had to do it. But look, I’m going to the places where the races are really tight, right?
So the Cook Political Report says as of yesterday, on election night, you can expect 211 Republican victories, 205 Democrat victories, 19 seats in the middle. Now, we know what those 19 seats are.
We’ve been working on this for a year and a half. I love our candidates, I love our message, I love our fundraising advantage. I’m telling you, we’re going to defy history and hold us to court.
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