Speaker Mike Johnson is confident about the GOP’s chances up and down the ballot after Vice President Harris selected Minnesota Democrat Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate.
During an interview with The Hill, Johnson predicted that former President Donald Trump would win the presidential race and that Republicans would perform well.
“I like the matchup now,” Johnson said when asked how the GOP conference will fare against the ticket. “I’m pleased, for our purposes, that she chose Walz because they can’t hide from their record and I don’t think it’s going to resonate with the people.”
“We were on a trajectory, before all of the developments of the last few weeks, to have a decisive victory in both the House and the Senate for the Republican Party,” Johnson continued. “I believe that we still are on that trajectory.”
Johnson is going on a 20-state blitz that will take him to battleground districts and Democratic bases to keep the gavel and grow the majority. Johnson said that he has held campaign events in 32 states and 147 towns so far. Eight of the 20 states he will visit in August will be his first time there.
The Speaker said from the 79th floor of a Midtown Manhattan skyscraper with a view of New York City that every Republican incumbent candidate will win reelection to the House in November. This was a very optimistic prediction, especially in New York, a stronghold for Democrats and home to five of the 17 Republicans in Biden’s district.
