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Mike Johnson: “The speaker right now has to have a direct relationship of…”

Featuring: Mike Johnson, Republican | Speaker of the United States House of Representatives | National

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Published | Video Starts at 13:38

And it's because of the margins, because of social media, because of all the new factors that we deal with right now that previous generations didn't. But The speaker right now has to have a direct relationship of trust with every single member. because I do not have the luxury of telling 20 people to go pound sand. I mean, it's not how this works. I gotta have every single person. (13:38–13:44)

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Asserts the necessity for the Speaker of the House to maintain direct relationships with all members due to narrow margins.

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