Mike Johnson Says ‘99.5%’ of House GOP Back Him – And Dings MTG Over Attention-Seeking

David Gilmour Nov 6th, 2025, 12:08 pm

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) jibed that Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) “likes to get the big interviews” as he was pressed by host Stephen A. Smith on the lawmaker’s public attacks on him, insisting that despite her criticism, “99.5%” of House Republicans back him.

Throughout the ongoing government shutdown, Greene has been outspoken in her criticism of Johnson and the wider Republican leadership’s strategy for negotiating a way out of it. In multiple interviews, the MAGA lawmaker ripped Johnson as having “no plan” and, on Tuesday, raised audience applause during an appearance on ABC’s for saying she “yelled” at him.

During his interview with

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