House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) issued a stark warning Friday that Democrats will target allies of President Donald Trump if they win control of the House in November.
Johnson asserted during remarks at the Faith & Freedom Coalition’s Road to Majority Conference that if Republicans lose the House in the 2026 elections, impeachment won’t be the only thing the GOP will have to worry about.
“They will turn every committee of Congress into an investigative body, and they’ll go after the president’s family, the Cabinet, his donors, and friends,” Johnson said. “Half of you in this room will be targeted.”
“I run the protection program,” Johnson quipped. “I’ll take care of you, OK. We’re going to win, we’re going to win the midterm.”
During his remarks, the speaker told the crowd he is “very bullish” about Republicans keeping control of the House come November.
“Let me just tell you right now, as a leader of this, this little army in the House, we are ready for this fight,” Johnson said. “We’re ready for this fight. We’re called for it, my friends.”
Republicans, who currently hold a three-seat majority in the House, will have to overcome historical headwinds to maintain their majority, a fact Johnson acknowledged to the crowd during his remarks.
“It is true, we have to defy history,” Johnson noted. “Only twice in 90 years has a sitting president picked up seats for his party in that first two-year cycle, but this is a midterm unlike any other, not only because of the threats that we face that are very real and must be confronted, but it’s because of a lot of reasons on paper why we should win. We have a great record to run on.”
Johnson pointed to Democratic candidates across the country, saying there is a “dangerous trend” developing in the Democratic Party — the “little mini Mamdani’s popping up all around the country running for Congress.”
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“We cannot look the other way,” Johnson said. “You cannot take this for granted; it’s a serious threat, my friends. Some of the most radical people who have ever run for office are on the ballot in the fall, and they’re running for Congress.”