AOL Article RatingDonald Trump backs Mike Johnson amid challenge to his leadership
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| "Donald Trump backs Mike Johnson amid challenge to his leadershipZac Anderson, USA TODAYApril 12, 2024 at 11:52 PMFormer President Donald Trump gave House Speaker Mike Johnson a political lifeline Friday amid discontent with his leadership among conservatives in the House, saying, I stand with the speaker, we've had a very good relationship." | Positive | 72% Conservative |
| "On Friday, though, he smiled and seemed to delight in having Trump at his side." | Positive | 70% Conservative |
| "I think he's doing a very good job, he's doing about as good as you're going to do, Trump said of Johnson Friday during the press conference." | Positive | 52% Conservative |
| "Johnson's meeting on Friday with Trump posed a new opportunity for the speaker to try and calm the rebellion." | Positive | 52% Conservative |
| "For some, the Mar-a-Lago meetup was reminiscent of another House leader heading to Florida to align himself with Trump." | Positive | 10% Conservative |
| "Trump is now back atop the Republican Party, and McCarthy has been replaced." | Negative | -36% Liberal |
| "While Trump and Johnson were eager to project unity Friday, it's not clear they're fully aligned." | Negative | -40% Liberal |
| "Trump called on Congress to KILL FISA in a post on Truth Social." | Negative | -42% Liberal |
| "The meeting between Trump and Johnson came three days before jury selection starts in Trump's hush money trial, and a little more than a year after he became the first former president to be indicted." | Negative | -44% Liberal |
| "Johnson's dustup with conservatives over reauthorizing the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act this week is just the latest in a series of legislative battles that have left him vulnerable on his right flank, and meeting with Trump was widely viewed as a way for the speaker to shore up GOP support." | Negative | -50% Liberal |
| "Donald Trump backs Mike Johnson in battle with conservatives" | Negative | -52% Liberal |
| "After a week filled with political setbacks for both men, Trump and Johnson met at Mar-a-Lago to unveil voting legislation Republicans hope will put Democrats on the defensive, even as critics say it's based on a false premise." | Negative | -66% Liberal |
| "The Trump campaign's efforts to try to neutralize the abortion issue, which has bedeviled the GOP, faced a setback this week when an Arizona court decision reinstated a near-total abortion ban in that state, prompting Trump to say the law went too far, as he worries about political blowback in a key swing state." | Negative | -72% Liberal |
| "Donald Trump and Mike Johnson don't care about election integrity - they care only about helping Trump's campaign of revenge and retribution to regain power at all costs, said U.S. Rep. Beie Thompson, D-Miss., chairman of the special committee that investigated the Jan. 6 insurrection." | Negative | -82% Liberal |
| "Democrats denounced the Trump and Johnson election integrity aouncement as another attempt by Trump to spread his big lie about alleged fraud in 2020." | Negative | -94% Liberal |
| "Donald Trump backs Mike Johnson amid challenge to his leadershipZac Anderson, USA TODAYApril 12, 2024 at 11:52 PMFormer President Donald Trump gave House Speaker Mike Johnson a political lifeline Friday amid discontent with his leadership among conservatives in the House, saying, I stand with the speaker, we've had a very good relationship." | Positive | 64% Conservative |
| "Donald Trump backs Mike Johnson amid challenge to his leadershipZac Anderson, USA TODAYApril 12, 2024 at 11:52 PMFormer President Donald Trump gave House Speaker Mike Johnson a political lifeline Friday amid discontent with his leadership among conservatives in the House, saying, I stand with the speaker, we've had a very good relationship." | Positive | 64% Conservative |
| "Donald Trump backs Mike Johnson amid challenge to his leadershipZac Anderson, USA TODAYApril 12, 2024 at 11:52 PMFormer President Donald Trump gave House Speaker Mike Johnson a political lifeline Friday amid discontent with his leadership among conservatives in the House, saying, I stand with the speaker, we've had a very good relationship." | Positive | 64% Conservative |
| "Donald Trump backs Mike Johnson amid challenge to his leadershipZac Anderson, USA TODAYApril 12, 2024 at 11:52 PMFormer President Donald Trump gave House Speaker Mike Johnson a political lifeline Friday amid discontent with his leadership among conservatives in the House, saying, I stand with the speaker, we've had a very good relationship." | Positive | 64% Conservative |
| "On Friday, though, he smiled and seemed to delight in having Trump at his side." | Positive | 40% Conservative |
| "I think he's doing a very good job, he's doing about as good as you're going to do, Trump said of Johnson Friday during the press conference." | Positive | 38% Conservative |
| "I think he's doing a very good job, he's doing about as good as you're going to do, Trump said of Johnson Friday during the press conference." | Positive | 38% Conservative |
| "Johnson's meeting on Friday with Trump posed a new opportunity for the speaker to try and calm the rebellion." | Positive | 36% Conservative |
| "Johnson's meeting on Friday with Trump posed a new opportunity for the speaker to try and calm the rebellion." | Positive | 36% Conservative |
| "For some, the Mar-a-Lago meetup was reminiscent of another House leader heading to Florida to align himself with Trump." | Positive | 4% Conservative |
| "Contributing: David Jackson and Ken TranThis article originally appeared on USA TODAY:" | Negative | -4% Liberal |
| "Dubbed MAGA Mike when he first ascended to power, Johnson upset conservatives by supporting spending legislation and other measures they oppose." | Negative | -14% Liberal |
| "The Mar-a-Lago meeting was particularly important for Johnson, whose speakership is increasingly endangered." | Negative | -20% Liberal |
| "With Greene and other MAGA-friendly Republicans a thorn in his side." | Negative | -20% Liberal |
| "They eventually settled on Johnson, who was little known at the time, but was viewed as a staunch conservative who could placate the far-right wing of the party." | Negative | -22% Liberal |
| "Johnson is struggling to govern a fractious GOP caucus that has become increasingly disenchanted with his leadership, to the point that he is facing the threat of removal." | Negative | -24% Liberal |
| "As a conservative member of the conference I'm very frustrated with the things that have happened since he has become speaker, Rep. Greg Steube of Florida said this week as Johnson prepared to go to Palm Beach." | Negative | -24% Liberal |
| "As a conservative member of the conference I'm very frustrated with the things that have happened since he has become speaker, Rep. Greg Steube of Florida said this week as Johnson prepared to go to Palm Beach." | Negative | -24% Liberal |
| "Trump's blessing could take the heat off Johnson for now, but right-wing fury against the embattled speaker continues to foment." | Negative | -36% Liberal |
| "Trump's blessing could take the heat off Johnson for now, but right-wing fury against the embattled speaker continues to foment." | Negative | -36% Liberal |
| "Trump is now back atop the Republican Party, and McCarthy has been replaced." | Negative | -24% Liberal |
| "Trump is now back atop the Republican Party, and McCarthy has been replaced." | Negative | -24% Liberal |
| "The voting bill fits with Trump's emphasis on election integrity, which has become a catch-all term encapsulating GOP efforts to indulge Trump's false claims about widespread voter fraud in the 2020 election and efforts to enact new restrictions on voting." | Negative | -38% Liberal |
| "The voting bill fits with Trump's emphasis on election integrity, which has become a catch-all term encapsulating GOP efforts to indulge Trump's false claims about widespread voter fraud in the 2020 election and efforts to enact new restrictions on voting." | Negative | -38% Liberal |
| "Johnson faces more difficult decisions ahead on funding for Ukraine and other issues." | Negative | -38% Liberal |
| "While Trump and Johnson were eager to project unity Friday, it's not clear they're fully aligned." | Negative | -28% Liberal |
| "While Trump and Johnson were eager to project unity Friday, it's not clear they're fully aligned." | Negative | -28% Liberal |
| "McCarthy traveled to South Florida less than a month after the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, at a time when Trump's political power appeared to be at an all-time low point." | Negative | -40% Liberal |
| "McCarthy traveled to South Florida less than a month after the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, at a time when Trump's political power appeared to be at an all-time low point." | Negative | -40% Liberal |
| "Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., filed a motion to remove Johnson as speaker but has yet to force a vote." | Negative | -42% Liberal |
| "Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., filed a motion to remove Johnson as speaker but has yet to force a vote." | Negative | -42% Liberal |
| "Trump called on Congress to KILL FISA in a post on Truth Social." | Negative | -22% Liberal |
| "The meeting between Trump and Johnson came three days before jury selection starts in Trump's hush money trial, and a little more than a year after he became the first former president to be indicted." | Negative | -36% Liberal |
| "The meeting between Trump and Johnson came three days before jury selection starts in Trump's hush money trial, and a little more than a year after he became the first former president to be indicted." | Negative | -36% Liberal |
| "The meeting between Trump and Johnson came three days before jury selection starts in Trump's hush money trial, and a little more than a year after he became the first former president to be indicted." | Negative | -36% Liberal |
| "Johnson won the job after Republicans removed former Speaker Kevin McCarthy and engaged in a series of failed votes to find a replacement." | Negative | -46% Liberal |
| "Johnson won the job after Republicans removed former Speaker Kevin McCarthy and engaged in a series of failed votes to find a replacement." | Negative | -46% Liberal |
| "Johnson's dustup with conservatives over reauthorizing the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act this week is just the latest in a series of legislative battles that have left him vulnerable on his right flank, and meeting with Trump was widely viewed as a way for the speaker to shore up GOP support." | Negative | -36% Liberal |
| "Johnson's dustup with conservatives over reauthorizing the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act this week is just the latest in a series of legislative battles that have left him vulnerable on his right flank, and meeting with Trump was widely viewed as a way for the speaker to shore up GOP support." | Negative | -36% Liberal |
| "Donald Trump backs Mike Johnson in battle with conservatives" | Negative | -38% Liberal |
| "Donald Trump backs Mike Johnson in battle with conservatives" | Negative | -38% Liberal |
| "After a week filled with political setbacks for both men, Trump and Johnson met at Mar-a-Lago to unveil voting legislation Republicans hope will put Democrats on the defensive, even as critics say it's based on a false premise." | Negative | -50% Liberal |
| "After a week filled with political setbacks for both men, Trump and Johnson met at Mar-a-Lago to unveil voting legislation Republicans hope will put Democrats on the defensive, even as critics say it's based on a false premise." | Negative | -50% Liberal |
| "The Trump campaign's efforts to try to neutralize the abortion issue, which has bedeviled the GOP, faced a setback this week when an Arizona court decision reinstated a near-total abortion ban in that state, prompting Trump to say the law went too far, as he worries about political blowback in a key swing state." | Negative | -54% Liberal |
| "The Trump campaign's efforts to try to neutralize the abortion issue, which has bedeviled the GOP, faced a setback this week when an Arizona court decision reinstated a near-total abortion ban in that state, prompting Trump to say the law went too far, as he worries about political blowback in a key swing state." | Negative | -54% Liberal |
| "Donald Trump and Mike Johnson don't care about election integrity - they care only about helping Trump's campaign of revenge and retribution to regain power at all costs, said U.S. Rep. Beie Thompson, D-Miss., chairman of the special committee that investigated the Jan. 6 insurrection." | Negative | -50% Liberal |
| "Donald Trump and Mike Johnson don't care about election integrity - they care only about helping Trump's campaign of revenge and retribution to regain power at all costs, said U.S. Rep. Beie Thompson, D-Miss., chairman of the special committee that investigated the Jan. 6 insurrection." | Negative | -50% Liberal |
| "Donald Trump and Mike Johnson don't care about election integrity - they care only about helping Trump's campaign of revenge and retribution to regain power at all costs, said U.S. Rep. Beie Thompson, D-Miss., chairman of the special committee that investigated the Jan. 6 insurrection." | Negative | -50% Liberal |
| "Donald Trump and Mike Johnson don't care about election integrity - they care only about helping Trump's campaign of revenge and retribution to regain power at all costs, said U.S. Rep. Beie Thompson, D-Miss., chairman of the special committee that investigated the Jan. 6 insurrection." | Negative | -50% Liberal |
| "Democrats denounced the Trump and Johnson election integrity aouncement as another attempt by Trump to spread his big lie about alleged fraud in 2020." | Negative | -86% Liberal |
| "Democrats denounced the Trump and Johnson election integrity aouncement as another attempt by Trump to spread his big lie about alleged fraud in 2020." | Negative | -86% Liberal |
| "Democrats denounced the Trump and Johnson election integrity aouncement as another attempt by Trump to spread his big lie about alleged fraud in 2020." | Negative | -86% Liberal |
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86% : Donald Trump backs Mike Johnson amid challenge to his leadershipZac Anderson, USA TODAYApril 12, 2024 at 11:52 PMFormer President Donald Trump gave House Speaker Mike Johnson a political lifeline Friday amid discontent with his leadership among conservatives in the House, saying, "I stand with the speaker, we've had a very good relationship.85% : On Friday, though, he smiled and seemed to delight in having Trump at his side.
76% : "I think he's doing a very good job, he's doing about as good as you're going to do," Trump said of Johnson Friday during the press conference.
76% : Johnson's meeting on Friday with Trump posed a new opportunity for the speaker to try and calm the rebellion.
55% : For some, the Mar-a-Lago meetup was reminiscent of another House leader heading to Florida to align himself with Trump.
32% : Trump is now back atop the Republican Party, and McCarthy has been replaced.
30% : While Trump and Johnson were eager to project unity Friday, it's not clear they're fully aligned.
29% : Trump called on Congress to "KILL FISA" in a post on Truth Social.
28% : The meeting between Trump and Johnson came three days before jury selection starts in Trump's hush money trial, and a little more than a year after he became the first former president to be indicted.
25% : Johnson's dustup with conservatives over reauthorizing the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act this week is just the latest in a series of legislative battles that have left him vulnerable on his right flank, and meeting with Trump was widely viewed as a way for the speaker to shore up GOP support.
24% : Donald Trump backs Mike Johnson in battle with conservatives
17% : "After a week filled with political setbacks for both men, Trump and Johnson met at Mar-a-Lago to unveil voting legislation Republicans hope will put Democrats on the defensive, even as critics say it's based on a false premise.
14% : The Trump campaign's efforts to try to neutralize the abortion issue, which has bedeviled the GOP, faced a setback this week when an Arizona court decision reinstated a near-total abortion ban in that state, prompting Trump to say the law "went too far," as he worries about political blowback in a key swing state.
9% : "Donald Trump and Mike Johnson don't care about election integrity - they care only about helping Trump's campaign of revenge and retribution to regain power at all costs," said U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., chairman of the special committee that investigated the Jan. 6 insurrection.
3% : Democrats denounced the Trump and Johnson "election integrity" announcement as another attempt by Trump to spread his "big lie" about alleged fraud in 2020.
*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.