Johnson to huddle at Mar-a-Lago with Trump and House GOP campaign chief
By
Cami Mondeaux
June 11, 2024 11:50 am
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House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and National Republican Congressional Committee Chairman Richard Hudson (R-NC) are set to meet with former President Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida next week, two sources familiar with the meeting confirmed to the Washington Examiner.
The three Republican leaders will meet on Monday as the GOP faces an uphill battle to maintain its slim majority next year while Trump also eyes a return to the White House. The meeting, two months after another trip to Florida by Johnson, also underscores his budding relationship with Trump, who helped stave off a threat to his speakership.
The planned visit comes as Trump prepares to make the rounds with GOP lawmakers in Washington, D.C., this week, timed to a meeting with the Business Roundtable lobbying group. Trump will meet with Republican senators on Thursday afternoon to discuss plans for the summer as well as a 2025 agenda, sources confirmed to the Washington Examiner. The former president is also expected to meet with House Republicans during a conference-wide meeting earlier that morning, another source confirmed.
Johnson is expected to huddle separately with Senate Republicans on the party’s 2025 agenda. He will attend a Wednesday lunch with the Senate GOP conference, according to a source familiar with the matter.
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