'Did a 180 on everything': House GOP approval of Mike Johnson’s leadership is 'plummeting'

A growing number of House Republicans are souring on the leadership of House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) in the wake of his recent actions to avoid a government shutdown and failure to accomplish far-right political goals.

According to Politico, Johnson's honeymoon phase is effectively over following a meeting with his Senate counterparts. In that meeting, he pledged to fund the government at current levels through the end of the fiscal year if Congress couldn't agree on funding ahead of a shutdown deadline, and asked senators to include the bulk of the House's border security bill in the Ukraine funding package currently being drafted.

"[Johnson] continues to play games," Rep. Max Miller (R-Ohio) told Politico. "It shows me he was never really morally convicted in his positions to begin with."

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"He just did a 180 on everything he believed in," Miller continued. "And that to me is disgusting."

Miller — one of two Jewish Republicans in the House of Representatives — has been vocal in his opposition to Johnson's unsuccessful gambit to tie IRS cuts to a foreign aid supplemental package to Israel. He told Politico that the proposal was both "f---ing dumb" and "a slap in the face to every Jew."

Even members of the far-right House Freedom Caucus are expressing dissatisfaction with Johnson's tenure as speaker. When Politico asked Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) about how he gauged Johnson's performance rating, Roy said it was "plummeting."

Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Arizona) chaired the House Freedom Caucus for two years and was one of the eight House Republicans who voted to oust former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-California). He said his colleagues were "dealing with a little bit of disapprobation" in regard to the new speaker, adding "I don’t know what people are gonna do."

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However, Johnson still maintains allies among House Republicans, including among members of the Freedom Caucus. Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), who once vied for the speakership himself and helped launch the Freedom Caucus, called Johnson a "steadfast conservative leader" who "has the full faith of the Republican conference."