Today’s notice: Speaker Johnson hits the road to keep his job. The Grand Prix could be a yearly D.C. tradition. Political scammers are trying to nab a Trump pardon. The NRCC falls victim to a fraudster. And: A behind-the-scenes look at the Patriot Games.
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On the road again: Speaker Mike Johnson is in the middle of a 30-day campaign stretch stumping for vulnerable House Republicans. But it’s not a selfless effort; he’s also campaigning for his own political future, NOTUS’ Reese Gorman writes from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
If Republicans lose the majority in November, the House GOP conference could look for someone else to lead their cause, a possibility Johnson told Reese he isn’t thinking about.