ABC’s Good Morning America co-host and former Clinton official George Stephanopoulos held back-to-back exclusive interviews Wednesday with House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) for reaction to President Trump’s Tuesday night address to a joint session of Congress. To the shock of likely no one, Stephanopoulos badgered Johnson while barely lifting a finger toward Jeffries.
“Probably the issue in the last election was inflation, high prices for most Americans. The President imposed those tariffs yesterday. Prices likely to go up. How is that good for consumers? How does that square with his campaign promise,” Stephanopoulos began in his first question to Johnson.
Johnson argued “they’re very effective and it’s a tool to level the playing field with our international trading partners, but…
