'Psy-op': Conservatives skeptical of House Dems' motives in protecting Johnson
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House conservatives are warily watching their Democratic counterparts after House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., led a statement promising to protect Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., from a GOP-led ouster threat. "Some people are wondering if this isn’t like a psy-op, where the Dems are saying we’re going to publicly support you because they want, at the end of the day, for him to be vacated?" Rep. Eric Burlison, R-Mo., told Fox News Digital on Tuesday. House Democratic leaders released a...

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