Johnson emphasizes agreement with Trump on plan to tie government funding to election security bill

House Speaker Mike Johnson emphasized his agreement with former President Donald Trump on government funding after Trump posted that if congressional Republicans “don’t get absolute assurances on Election Security,” they should vote against a continuing resolution to fund the government.

House Speaker Mike Johnson emphasized his agreement with Donald Trump on government funding after the former president posted that if congressional Republicans “don’t get absolute assurances on Election Security,” they should vote against a continuing resolution to fund the government. “I think President Trump is saying exactly what I have been saying, and that is we need assurances on election security and to fund the government,” Johnson told CNN’s Jake Tapper on “The Lead” Tuesday. Trump’s comments come after a six-month House GOP government funding plan cleared a key hurdle Tuesday but remains at risk of failing ahead of a final passage vote that is expected to take place Wednesday. The proposal includes the SAVE Act, a GOP-led bill that passed the House on a standalone basis in July and would require documentary proof of US citizenship to register to vote in federal elections, despite the fact that is already illegal for noncitizens to vote in federal elections. Johnson said that during Tuesday night’s presidential debate, Trump should stick to the issues and policies, rather than slinging personal attacks, as he has had to remind members of his raucous conference. “I talked with the president a lot, President Trump, and that has always been my advice that we run this race on policy, on record, not rhetoric, on policy, not personality,” he said. On Vice President Kamala Harris, Johnson said, “She has a big, a big task ahead of her tonight. … I don’t think she’s going to perform well because that record is hard to run from.”