US House Speaker Mike Johnson said on Tuesday that Republicans are “ready to deliver” president-elect Donald Trump’s agenda after his election victory, insisting his party will not repeat the mistakes of the past and will be much better prepared for a second-term Trump White House.
Standing on the steps of the US Capitol with the House Republican leadership team, the speaker said there would be no time wasted before work begins on Trump’s “America First” agenda of securing the southern border, projecting strength on the world stage and ending “wokeness and radical gender ideology”.
He expects Republicans will lead a unified government, even though House control is still too early to call.
“We are ready to deliver on America’s mandate,” Johnson said. “We will be ready Day 1. We are prepared this time.”
With the Capitol behind his group, he said: “We’re going to raise an ‘America First’ banner above this place.”
Trump will meet Johnson at the Capitol on Wednesday while the president-elect is in town for his visit to the White House, and Johnson said he will be spending the weekend with Trump at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida as they prepare for the new year.
