Mike Johnson
Speaker of the US House of Representatives · Republican Party
1 change of mind on record, 2023–2024
Where they stand
The latest thing they said on each issue, dated. Tap an issue for their words and the source.
Economy, energy and tech
Tariffs and trade Broad tariffs on imports
Said
Tariffs have been an effective tool of the president's trade policy to level the playing field for the US.
“The tariffs have been a tool that the President has used very effectively to level the playing field and put America back on top.”
Energy and climate Maximise oil, gas and coal
Said
Meeting rising energy demand means more natural gas, oil, nuclear and coal and an end to the previous administration's green energy policies.
“That means unleashing natural gas and oil and nuclear and coal and reversing the green energy failures of the last administration.”
Source Speaker Johnson: America Will Win the AI Race (remarks at the Hill and Valley Forum)
Crypto Embrace crypto
Said
The House is moving to deliver the president's digital assets and cryptocurrency agenda in full.
“House Republicans are taking decisive steps to deliver the full scope of President Trump’s digital assets and cryptocurrency agenda,”
TikTok Ban TikTok or force a sale
Said
TikTok must be fully sold off by its Chinese owner, ByteDance.
“There needs to be a sale of full divestiture from the Chinese Communist Party.”
Source Speaker Johnson on Meet the Press: America’s Golden Age is Here
Society
Immigration Mass deportation
Said
The 2025 budget bill funds detention and transport for at least one million deportations a year.
“We’re going to include $45 billion to expand ICE detention capacity and $14.4 billion for air and ground transport to carry out at least one million deportations every single year.”
- AbortionNothing on record yet
- HealthcareNothing on record yet
The world
Ukraine Sell Ukraine arms, push a deal Earlier: Give Ukraine arms and aid, 2024
Said
The 2024 aid was meant to position Ukraine for peace talks once Trump returned to the White House.
“the whole point was to position Ukraine for peace talks to make sure that they could hold the line until President Trump returned to the White House”
Source Speaker Johnson Makes a Trio of Sunday Show Appearances
Earlier: Give Ukraine arms and aid
Said
Sending US weapons to Ukraine keeps Putin at bay and keeps American troops out of the war.
“I’d rather send bullets to Ukraine than American boys, we don’t want to have boots on the ground, and we can prevent that by allowing them to hold Putin at bay.”
Israel and Gaza Back Israel without conditions
Said
Withholding weapons from Israel is wrong, and Congress demanded their urgent delivery.
“The Biden Administration’s decision to withhold weapons is catastrophic and goes directly against the will of Congress,”
Source Speaker Johnson Statement on House Passage of Israel Security Assistance Support Act
China Confront China
Said
Decades of US investment that supported China's aggression must end, and the defense bill adds guardrails on it.
“President Trump has made clear the past few decades of investments propping up Communist China’s aggression must come to an end,”
Democracy
- The 2020 electionNothing on record yet
1 change of mind on record, 2023–2024
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Ukraine aid and the border
Then
Ukraine aid only with border law
Further Ukraine funding depends on Congress first enacting major changes to US border security law.
“First, I explained that supplemental Ukraine funding is dependent upon enactment of transformative change to our nation’s border security laws.”
4 months later
Later
Aid now so Ukraine holds line
Ukraine would likely fall without more US aid, and the aid lets it hold the line until a peace can be negotiated.
“Ukraine is in a position where they very likely would, would fall. And so this is going to allow them to, to at least hold the line.”
Context: The Senate rejected a combined border-and-foreign-aid bill in February 2024; on April 20, 2024 the House passed Ukraine aid as a separate bill, with no change to border law.