At today's House Republican leadership press briefing, Speaker Johnson responded to President Trump's call to primary Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) over his refusal to vote for the CR.
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00:00Mr. Speaker, the President went after one of your own colleagues yesterday, Thomas Massey,
00:08does plan to vote against this.
00:11He says he should be primary.
00:12Do you agree with the President, should Thomas Massey be primary for his vote against this?
00:17Look, I'm in the Intelligent Prevention Program here, that's what I do, Speaker of the House,
00:22and you know me and my style and my, you know, the way I do this job.
00:27I'm blessed that it's the first week in, so Thomas and I have had disagreements, but
00:32I consider Thomas Massey a friend.
00:33He's a thoughtful guy.
00:34I guess he'll be doing what he thinks is right on this.
00:35I just feel that he disagreed with his position.