House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said last month that he phoned Trump during the White House’s transition after the election to warn him about the shrinking majority when several Republicans were tapped for administration posts.
“Trump began to call the herd,” Johnson explained at an event with Americans for Prosperity on Capitol Hill, referring to the president’s nominations. “So he took a few, and I called him, and I’m like, ‘Mr. President, you cannot take anymore.’ “
Johnson said Trump replied, “Oh, Mike did I do that?”
Republicans currently hold a 218-213 majority over Democrats in the lower chamber.
Stefanik, 40, had been selected as the United Nations nomination in November — and tweeted as recently as Monday about being excited to join her “Cabinet colleagues” in the Trump administration.
She then went Fox News’ “Hannity” on Thursday night to insist she was OK with her UN bid being dead.
“This is about stepping up as a team,” she said. “I am doing that as a leader to ensure that we can take hold of this mandate and deliver these historic results.”
Trump told reporters Friday that he pulled the appointment because of the special election that would have been on the way for the New York Republican’s district and a vacancy left by former Florida GOP Rep. Mike Waltz, who is now the president’s national security adviser.
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