Mike Johnson Doubles Down On ‘Extraordinary Record’ As Affordability Crisis Threatens GOP’s House Majority

House Speaker Mike Johnson used a Sunday appearance on "Fox News Sunday" to defend the Republican record, even as voter anger over living costs puts the party's House majority at risk in the November midterms. Host Shannon Bream asked whether Republicans have a messaging problem given voters' pessimism about the economy. Johnson blamed a hostile media environment but conceded that gas prices are too high and more work remains, according to Daily Caller.

Johnson cast the election as a choice between steady Republican leadership and Democrats he described as increasingly extreme. He listed what he considers achievements: a tight border, the largest tax cut and largest spending cut in U.S. history, Trump accounts for newborns, a national school choice program, lower violent crime, and a million private-sector jobs added over 19 months. On October 18 he had predicted Republicans could defy history and keep the majority.

Polling is less encouraging for him. An October 15 Associated Press-NORC survey found 79% disapprove of President Donald Trump's handling of the cost of living and 74% disapprove of his economic management. Some 47% want Democrats to run the House, versus 38% preferring Republicans. An October 1 poll found 65% blamed Trump's policies for elevated prices.

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