'That may have backfired': Ex-GOP staffer says Mike Johnson's plan came back to bite him
16 hours, 1 minute ago

'That may have backfired': Ex-GOP staffer says Mike Johnson's plan came back to bite him

Raw Story  

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson tried to flex his political muscle, but instead got hit in the face, according to a former Republican staffer. Brendan Buck, a former key adviser to ex-House Speaker Paul Ryan, appeared on MSNBC Sunday.Buck, who was counselor to Ryan and press secretary to former speaker John A. Boehner, has previously defended Donald Trump against allegations of parallels to Nazi leaders. Over the weekend, Buck was asked about the ethics report looking into former GOP lawmaker Matt Gaetz, and why the ethics commission might have changed their voted and decided to release the report. "When Mike Johnson came out and said I don't think they should release that report, I wondered if that was a mistake," Buck said.

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