GOP committee leaders reveal how they really feel about Speaker Mike Johnson as he navigates 'hard situation' with Marjorie Taylor Greene, other Republican troublemakers

House Republicans are unified connected nan aforesaid talking constituent to picture Speaker Mike Johnson's performance: 'He's doing nan champion he can.'

Lawmakers settled connected nan conservative Louisiana Republican aft 3 tumultuous weeks without a speaker. Every faction seemed happy pinch nan determination astatine nan clip - from Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., and his cohorts who ousted Johnson to moderates. 

But it didn't return agelong for nan 'Kumbaya feeling' to unravel. 

In March Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., revenge a mobility to vacate Johnson. Eleven Republicans ended up voting to beforehand nan mobility - much than they 8 that voted to oust McCarthy - but Democrats  voted to array it. 

'I deliberation he's doing nan champion he tin successful nan business he was given,' Oversight Chairman James Comer exclusively told DailyMail.com. 'We've sewage immoderate difficult members to woody with, if you will not committee. It's reliable to spell successful location midstream, but I deliberation he's doing nan champion he can. And I deliberation he's a honorable man.'

Comer, on pinch Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan, person led nan impeachment enquiry into President Biden. Johnson has been supportive of their efforts and led nan complaint to tribunal complete audio of typical counsel Robert Hur's question and reply pinch nan president. 

'Mike's been doing a bully occupation and I support nan speaker. There's been immoderate things I disagree with, but it's a reliable occupation and he's doing fine,' Jordan told DailyMail.com successful a tepid defense of nan apical House Republican. 

DailyMail.com reported about moves that could propose Jordan mightiness spell for Johnson's occupation adjacent Congress.  

Others person been captious of nan speaker complete spending. 

Greene has railed against nan two-part spending measure that funded nan authorities for fiscal twelvemonth 2024, a measure that reauthorized spy instrumentality FISA without warrants and a overseas assistance package that did not see separator security.

Rep. Chip Roy called nan spending deals an 'abomination' and said nan speaker 'blew it' successful getting blimpish priorities into nan negotiated deals. 

Johnson spearheaded a $95 cardinal overseas argumentation measure that passed precocious pinch Democrat support authorizing astir $61 cardinal to Ukraine, on pinch billions to Israel and Taiwan.

He was forced to trust connected support from Democrats arsenic he presides complete a mini one-vote mostly successful nan House, and it's challenging to get nan unruly GOP convention successful line.

'Excuses for illustration 'this is conscionable really you person to govern' and divided authorities are pathetic, anemic and unacceptable. Even pinch our razor bladed Republican majority, we could person astatine slightest secured nan border,' Greene said.

Greene accused Johnson of 'aiding and abetting Democrats' to 'destroy our country,' arsenic Democrats booed her and Johnson shook hands and smiled astatine nan Republicans who support him.

Johnson has insisted he wants to lead Republicans again adjacent Congress. But his governmental early could dangle connected what happens successful nan adjacent election. 

A constrictive GOP mostly could put him successful a position to win: Republicans would request nan votes of astir each of their statement to elite a speaker and get a mostly connected nan House floor. 

A Republican nonaccomplishment could make an opening for Jordan: it would make it easier for him to flooded nan fistful of 'never Jordan' Republicans if he only had to triumph a mostly wrong nan GOP conference, not connected nan House level wherever Democratic votes are counted. 

'I foretell chapeau we travel backmost pinch beautiful overmuch nan aforesaid script we person now a 3 aliases 4 spot majority,' Comer told DailyMail.com.

'I deliberation we are going to win, support nan location and summation our majority,' said Jordan, 'Most importantly, I deliberation we're gonna triumph nan White House.'

'We request President Trump backmost successful location truthful desperately.' 

Jordan, whose prima powerfulness changeable up pinch nan emergence of Donald Trump, ran for speaker earlier Johnson. He gave up erstwhile it was abundantly clear nan 'never-Jordan' cadre of House Republicans would remain obstinate: 22 still opposed him for speaker connected nan 2nd ballot connected nan House floor. 

Prior to Jordan being elected House GOP speaker nominee and trying his manus connected nan floor, Majority Leader Steve Scalise had hit him retired for nan nomination.

He'd tally into a akin conundrum: right-wing anti-establishment lawmakers who continued to ballot for Jordan moreover though he wasn't nan nominee. 

While Jordan publically supported Scalise, down nan scenes he made nary moves to promote his ain devotees to do nan same. But since past he's seemingly made amends pinch immoderate of his mean detractors, criss-crossing nan state for fundraisers and municipality halls for members from crossed nan Republican spectrum. 

One elder House GOP adjutant said their boss, who runs successful a much pragmatist circle, was taken aback when Jordan invited them to luncheon retired of nan blue. 

Jordan has adjacent to $10 cardinal connected hand, and has offered complete $200,000 to dozens of different Republicans' campaigns truthful acold this cycle.

Since run play began heating up precocious past year, Jordan has criss-crossed nan state for municipality halls and fundraisers for astatine slightest 34 members from crossed nan ideological spectrum.