Conservatives Accuse Mike Johnson of Surrendering

Punchbowl News: “Speaker Mike Johnson hosted an animated and at times heated meeting in the Capitol Wednesday afternoon during which hardline conservatives warred with appropriators and GOP leadership over the pending FY2024 funding bills — including whether House Republicans should force a government shutdown in order to try to win policy fights…”

“This was a long meeting with spats of yelling. But the basic gist is this — appropriators effectively told the hardline conservatives that they have no chance of exacting the kinds of ‘poison pill’ riders that the House approved in GOP-only spending bills. The cardinals argued that a government shutdown was idiotic and would only hurt House Republicans…”

“The conservatives angrily accused Johnson and GOP appropriators of ‘surrendering’ and giving up too easily on Republican priorities.”