Mike Johnson’s silence on abortion leaves House conservatives fuming. Again.

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House Speaker Mike Johnson has faced a no-win situation on abortion since he took over the fractious House GOP conference in October — torn between a block of hardliners insisting on restrictive policies and a cohort of more moderate Republicans flatly opposed to them.
Rep. Bob Good (R-Va.), chair of the House Freedom Caucus, warned “the majority of the Republican conference” will be “disappointed and upset” if Johnson doesn’t do more to fight for the anti-abortion policy riders that conservatives have demanded since last year.
We should get at least half of what we want, shouldn’t we?” Conservatives cheered the recent rise of Johnson, a longtime abortion opponent, and said they trusted him to deliver wins on abortion that proved elusive under his predecessor.
Johnson and his allies, hoping to assuage irate conservatives, are arguing that his budget deal with Democrats — which punts the fight into March — gives House Republicans another opportunity to push for conservative policies in the coming weeks as lawmakers hammer out the details of individual spending bills.