Pragmatic House Republicans support debt deal, Dusty Johnson says

Politics

Rep. Dusty Johnson on Sunday downplayed initial conservative opposition to the debt ceiling deal announced late Saturday, saying it was only the “most colorful” conservatives who were opposed.

Speaking to host Jake Tapper on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Johnson (R-S.D.) said the voices that were heard immediately after the deal was announced were those who were always the least-inclined to support it, as opposed to the more pragmatic members of the House Republican caucus.

Tapper offered quotes from Reps. Ralph Norman (R-S.C.), Ken Buck (R-Colo.) and Bob Good (R-Va.) attacking the deal. Johnson said that Good, for instance, was never going to back the deal.