Speaker Johnson Asked About Lawler And Stefanik's Possible Runs For New York Governor

At Tuesday's House Republican leadership press briefing, Speaker Johnson was asked about two of his members possibly running for New York Governor.

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00:00Two of your members, at least Stefanik and Mike Lawler, are both considering runs for governor of New York.

00:05One seat in particular, Congressman Lawler, may be one of the most competitive in the country.

00:10They can't do both. They can't work for governor and congress.

00:12Will you have conversations with them about what works best for your conference?

00:16And have you started having those conversations yet?

00:19I have lots of conversations.

00:21I love them both. They're two of my favorite people and my most trusted colleagues.

00:25And they're both super talented, which is why they get talked about for doing other things.

00:29We have lots of – look, we've got a very talented group here.

00:32We have lots of House Republicans who are being courted to run for Senate or governor or do something big.

00:38I mean, my preference is that they all stay here with me, right?

00:41We get the job done.

00:41But I don't begrudge anybody for having other opportunities, and we ultimately support them in whatever they do.

00:48But are we having conversations?

00:50We are, yeah, and that's all I'm going to say about it.

00:52But I ultimately –