Ex–Border Patrol Chief Set to Retire After Minneapolis Backlash

“He had a two-vote majority…for a while we had up to four. And then we had a death. And death is very bad when you’re the speaker and you have a two or three majority. But we had one death, and we had another death, and we had some things. But we look very strong,” Trump said.

“We had a man who was very sick. He looked like he wasn’t going to make it. I don’t know, I won’t say his name. Should I? Do people know his name? Do you want to mention it?” » he continued, turning to Johnson, who shrugged awkwardly. “Huh? You want to talk about it? He’ll be proud? Go ahead and tell them the story.”

Johnson, visibly uncomfortable, turned on his microphone as Trump laughed. “Thank you, Mr. President. Congressman Neal Dunn of Florida had some real health problems, and it was very serious, and had a pretty grim diagnosis,” he said. “And I talked to the president about it, and I said that Congressman Dunn is a true champion and a patriot because he always comes to work. And if others were to receive this diagnosis, they would be likely to go home and retire…”