Karine Jean-Pierre Declines To Call Speaker Johnson A “MAGA Extremist” Despite Campaign Statements
“Does the president view Speaker Johnson as a ‘MAGA extremist’?”
KARINE JEAN-PIERRE: “I would have to let the speaker speak for himself, obviously”

Reporter: If I can ask you very quickly about the new House Speaker, who is apparently in the building as we speak right now. Does the President view Speaker Mike Johnson as a MAGA extremist?

MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Look, I would have to let the Speaker speak for himself. Obviously, he has — I think he has defined himself as — that way. So, he’s going to have to answer that — that question for himself.

What we can say is, we want to get — we want to move forward on making sure that we get the work done on behalf of the American people. The President is willing to do that in a good-fa- — -faith fashion, as we have been able to do that on many bipartisan laws now that the President was able to push through Congress with Democrats and — and Republicans. That’s what we want to see.

Reporter: And just to be clear, I asked that because —

MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Yeah.

Reporter: — the President last month when he was speaking at the — in Arizona and honoring his late friend John McCain said, “Their extreme agenda,” referring to members of what he described the “MAGA Republican extremists” — “Their extreme agenda, if carried out, [will] fundamentally alter the institutions of American democracy — American democracy as we know it.” Does that concern to — does that concern apply to Speaker Mike Johnson …

MS. JEAN-PIERRE: … I’m not going to prejudge. I’m just not going to prejudge what the relationship is going to be like now that he’s Speaker. I’m just not —

Reporter: Which is to say that: So, what he did in the past, you’re willing to —

MS. JEAN-PIERRE: It’s — it’s —

Reporter: — relieve that if — if he acts in good faith going forward?

MS. JEAN-PIERRE: It — we — we want to make sure that — the President wants to make sure that we get the business of

KJP Refuses To Weigh In On California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Bizarre Trip To China
Reporter: California Governor Gavin Newsom is currently in China and met with President Xi yesterday. Has the White House coordinated with him at all on this visit, and did the White House sanction this trip?

MS. JEAN-PIERRE: I — I just don’t have anything to speak to on that trip. I would refer you to — I would refer you to the State Department and also to the — the governor’s office. I just don’t have anything to share on that particular trip.

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