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Mike Johnson: “They said we couldn't do the big beautiful bill.”

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

Speaker Johnson Joins Scott Wong for a Fireside Chat

Published March 10, 2026 | Video Starts at 21:56

They said that I wouldn't last three weeks, then they wouldn't last three months as Speaker. I think we're almost two and a half years in now. They said we couldn't do the big beautiful bill. They said we wouldn't win the midterms in 2024. I got headlines from some of your outlets the night before the election in 2024 saying we're going to lose the majority. (21:56–21:58)

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Asserts that there was skepticism about passing a significant bill.

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