'Coward': Mike Johnson hit with MAGA backlash after cancelling speech with Trump
Fans of President-elect Donald Trump blasted House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) as a "coward" after he suddenly canceled his speech at a major weekend conference with other MAGA celebrities.
Steve Bannon's War Room first reported that Johnson had decided not to speak at AmFest, a conservative conference organized by Charlie Kirk's Turning Point USA, on Friday.
The president-elect, his son Donald Trump Jr., Tucker Carlson, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL), and incoming border czar Tom Homan were also expected to attend the event over the weekend.
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MAGAVoice called Johnson a "coward" in a post to over 800,000 followers on the X (formerly Twitter) social media platform.
On Thursday, Johnson was left scrambling to keep the government open after billionaire Elon Musk led the charge to derail a government funding bill.
"I am guessing it would've been a rough time for him given recent events," Eric Daugherty of Florida's Voice News noted.
"He would've been booed off the stage anyway," one prominent MAGA outlet opined. "Who thinks Elon should take his spot?"