{"id":315531,"date":"2025-09-20T05:35:57","date_gmt":"2025-09-20T05:35:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=315531"},"modified":"2025-09-22T07:44:38","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T07:44:38","slug":"mike-johnson-holds-private-meeting-with-jewish-leaders-pledges-to-screen-out-anti-israel-gop-candidates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=315531","title":{"rendered":"Mike Johnson Holds ‘Private Meeting’ With Jewish Leaders, Pledges to Screen Out Anti-Israel GOP Candidates"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chris Menahan \u2013 Information Liberation Sept 18, 2025<\/strong><\/h1>\n

House Speaker Mike Johnson held a “private meeting” with AIPAC and Jewish leaders on Wednesday on Capitol Hill wherein he reportedly pledged to screen out “isolationist” (see: anti-Israel) GOP candidates “to prevent that wing of the party from growing larger in the House.”<\/p>\n

From Jewish Insider, “Johnson discusses efforts to push back on GOP isolationists with pro-Israel leaders”<\/a>:<\/p>\n

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) spoke about his efforts to hold the line against the isolationist wing of the Republican Party in a private meeting with pro-Israel leaders on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, several individuals who attended the meeting told Jewish Insider.<\/p>\n

Johnson, who described himself to the group as a \u201cReagan Republican\u201d focused on \u201cpeace through strength,\u201d acknowledged that isolationism is rising in the Republican Party, and that the party is likely bound for a major debate on the issue after President Donald Trump leaves office.<\/strong><\/p>\n

And Johnson told the group that, in his candidate recruiting efforts, he\u2019s working to filter out isolationists to prevent that wing of the party from growing larger in the House, four people who attended the meeting said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe speaker was very, very direct about the U.S. role with Israel and in the world and understands that there are voices that don\u2019t agree in both parties, on both extremes, and urges us all to be involved in fighting back against those extremes,\u201d Eric Fingerhut, the CEO of the Jewish Federations of North America, told JI.<\/p>\n

[…] Johnson emphasized his commitment to working across the aisle to support Israel and the Jewish community, an individual in the room said.<\/strong> With a government shutdown deadline fast-approaching at the end of the month, Johnson said he\u2019s committed to continuing to work through the regular appropriations process and negotiating with the Senate, and noted that various Jewish communal priorities would be part of that process.<\/strong><\/p>\n

One source said Johnson had also highlighted the fact that he was the highest-ranking elected official to visit a settlement in the West Bank […]<\/p>\n

Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI), who also addressed the meeting, provided an overview of the investigations that the House Education and Workforce Committee is conducting into antisemitism, as well as noted he\u2019d been texting recently with Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt about the proliferation of antisemitic conspiracy theories about the killing of influencer Charlie Kirk.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rabbi Levi Shemtov<\/strong> of American Friends of Lubavitch (Chabad) delivered a prayer and Reps. David Kustoff (R-TN), Randy Fine (R-FL) and Craig Goldman (R-TX) also spoke to the group.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Though nearly all the participants remained mum on what went down, Rep. David Kustoff tweeted out an image of the room.<\/a><\/p>\n

“This morning, I joined Speaker Mike Johnson for a roundtable with Friends of Israel to discuss strengthening the U.S.-Israel relationship, security in the region, and the fight against antisemitism,” Kustoff said. “I am grateful to serve as Chairman of the House-Knesset Parliamentary Friendship Group and continue this important work.”<\/p>\n

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This morning, I joined @SpeakerJohnson<\/a> for a roundtable with Friends of Israel to discuss strengthening the U.S.-Israel relationship, security in the region, and the fight against antisemitism.<\/p>\n

I am grateful to serve as Chairman of the House-Knesset Parliamentary Friendship\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/eHK6KBFtdt<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Rep. David Kustoff (@RepDavidKustoff) September 17, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n