BREAKING: “MAYBE I'LL START A LAWN BUSINESS!” Mike Johnson is eating a MASSIVE helping of crow after Democrats crush Republicans in the midterms – and the future former House speaker announces he WON'T run to lead the minority!
According to the WSJ, Johnson told his staff Wednesday morning that he won't seek the House minority leader's job after Republicans lost dozens of seats in Tuesday's Democratic landslide.
Which is pretty darn rich considering what Johnson was saying just weeks ago.
Asked what next if Republicans lost the House, Johnson told Fox News he wasn't sure “what my next chapter of life is.” He said he'd follow God's guidance, even if that meant returning home to Shreveport and starting “a lawn business.”
But just days later, Johnson had gotten a few more prayers in.
“In the unlikely scenario where we lost the majority,” he confidently intoned, “I would expect my colleagues would ask me to continue leading this conference, even if we have divided government.”
A few phone calls scotched that idea pretty quickly.
The Journal reports that Johnson made his announcement after speaking with Trump. Meanwhile, Jim Jordan and Steve Scalise will soon be circling one another and growling in a struggle to take over leadership of the now-bereft Trump mob.
Johnson said he'd let God decide his next career move. We can't speak for the Almighty, but after Tuesday's election, it sure looks like somebody upstairs is telling Mike to get that lawn mower out of the shed.
