Vice President JD Vance and Speaker Mike Johnson were caught on a hot mic on Tuesday evening giving their frank assessment of President Donald Trump’s upcoming speech to Congress.
The Speaker and the Vice President stood at the front of Congress and spoke for several minutes, as part of their conversation was caught on the live microphone before the president arrived.
‘By the way, I think the speech is going to be great, but I don’t know how you do this for 90 minutes,’ Vance said to Johnson.
‘The hardest thing was doing it during Biden when the speech was a stupid campaign speech,’ Johnson replied.
Johnson noticed the microphone and gently pushed it aside so they could continue their conversation.
Speaker Johnson attended President Joe Biden’s speech in 2024, which was a sharply political speech ahead of the election.
Biden also used the speech to show vigor as Democrats and party donors were skeptical about his physical ability to run for reelection.
Vice President JD Vance and House Speaker Mike Johnson of La., arrive before President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress
Vice President JD Vance and House Speaker Mike Johnson of La., arrive before President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress
Small talk between the vice president and the speaker ahead of a State of the Union speech is normal, but the speaker and the vice president are not always from the same party every year.
In 2024, Speaker Johnson and Vice President Kamala Harris spoke about their parents ahead of President Joe Biden’s State of the Union speech.
‘We talked, for one example, about our parents. I asked her if her parents had been alive, did they survive to see her serving as vice president, and she lamented that they had not,’ Johnson revealed to Fox News Sean Hannity after the speech.
