Speaker Mike Johnson Is 'Finished'—Mary Trump

The niece of former President Donald Trump believes Speaker Mike Johnson's job is now under threat amid discontent from members of his own party over a deal with the Democrats.

On Thursday, a continuing resolution (CR) preventing a partial shutdown of the government was passed, providing federal funding until March. It was first approved 77-18 in the Senate and 314-108 in the House, but a group of House Republicans remain outwardly furious at the deal. Some 107 GOP House members voted for it, and 106 opposed it.

Mary Trump said "Mike Johnson's job is on the chopping block" as a result because a "few prominent Republicans are already plotting vengeance."

Trump's estranged niece added Johnson could follow in the steps of former Speaker Kevin McCarthy.

Newsweek has approached Johnson's office for comment.

After a tumultuous 15 rounds of voting, McCarthy was finally elected speaker in January 2023. In achieving his goals, McCarthy was forced to make a deal in which a key concession was allowing just one House member to bring forward a vote to remove the speaker.

By October, anger at a stopgap deal similar to that of Johnson's boiled over among hard-liners in the House and Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida filed a motion to vacate the speakership.

McCarthy was ousted and became the first speaker in U.S. history to be removed from office.

The same rule remains in place and now hangs over Johnson.

In her Substack post, Mary Trump cited conservative media personality and former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon by saying Johnson was "finished" as speaker.

On X, the House Freedom Caucus bemoaned the stop gap deal, expressing frustration with Republicans that approved the deal.

"HALF of the @HouseGOP voted against the Johnson-Schumer CR. 107 Republicans and 207 Democrats voted to continue Nancy Pelosi's spending and Joe Biden's policies.

"This is supposed to be a *Republican* majority—not Democrat."

Caucus chair Rep. Bob Good of Virginia said: "This CR continues the Biden-Schumer-Pelosi policies that are harming the American people, putting us deeper in debt and leaving our border wide open. It is a loser for our country. I voted no."

Before the stopgap was approved, the caucus attempted to get Johnson to add border security policies to the continuing resolution, but this was declined.

Johnson has attempted to convince Republicans of a $1.66 trillion appropriations deal agreed with Democratic Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer.

The deal includes $704 billion for non-defense and $886 billion in defense spending to be allocated by the Appropriations Committee for specific government departments and agencies.

Johnson had argued that a $30 billion reduction from the Senate's proposed spending made it a good deal for Republicans, but opponents of the stopgap bill were still concerned at top-line spending levels.

"He should have never been hired," Republican Ohio Congressman Warren Davidson told reporters on January 10.