House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., told Newsmax on Tuesday that congressional Republicans have been preparing a legislative agenda for a year in anticipation of Donald Trump winning the White House, calling it a "very aggressive" first 100 days.
Johnson recounted how in 2017, his first year in Congress, Republicans were not prepared for Trump's victory because "the people in charge thought that Hillary [Clinton] was going to win." As a result, "we wasted 2½ to 3 months."
"So we've been preparing for a year now, very methodically. We didn't put the cart before the horse, but we anticipated that we might well have a win, the trifecta tonight, the White House, the Senate, and the House," Johnson said on "Vote for America," Newsmax's special election coverage.
"And if so, as I've told President Trump so many times, I genuinely believe that he could be the most consequential president of the modern era and our Congress, by extension, because we have to fix everything. But to do that, you got to have — let me use my football metaphor — a well-designed playbook that's carefully prepared, and then you've got to be able to execute the plays with precision beginning on Day 1.
"The Senate and House Republicans working together for a year to design that playbook. When the head coach, in my metaphor, is elected, President Trump, and when they hand us the football in January ... we'll sit down and we'll lay out that playbook together. He knows about it, of course, and we'll determine which plays to call, and we'll come right out of the gates.
"It will be a very aggressive first 100 days agenda."
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