Johnson pledges continued GOP agenda if party wins midterms

House Speaker Mike Johnson said Republicans would continue their current agenda if they win the November 3 midterm elections, while also portraying the contest as a clash between opposing visions for the country. His remarks, delivered in a television interview and at a political conference, outlined two strands of his party’s election message: a defense of its record and criticism of Democrats’ ideological direction. In an interview on CNBC’s Squawk Box on Tuesday, September 29, Johnson was asked what voters could expect if Republicans retained control. He said the party would do over the next two years what it had already been doing, which he described as putting conditions in place for a strong America. He also urged voters concerned about household finances and stability to keep Republicans in power. At the Family Research Council’s Pray Vote Stand event on September 26, Johnson described the midterms as a contest between two different worldviews, not simply between Republicans and Democrats.