Jeffries: Biden not weighing in on whether Democrats should save Johnson [Video]

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said Friday the White House is not advising Democratic leaders on whether to save Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) from a conservative coup — if one emerges.

A number of Democrats are already on record saying they’d help keep Johnson in power if his hard-line detractors try to topple him over frustrations with his bipartisan deal-making — a Democratic rescue mission Jeffries has acknowledged, though without endorsing it himself. 

On Friday, Jeffries said President Biden has not weighed in on the issue. Asked if that means the White House is leaving the decision entirely up to House Democrats, Jeffries didn’t hesitate. 

“That’s correct,” he said. “And that was also the case in October of last year” — a reference to the ouster of former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), which was supported by every voting Democrat.

The Democrats’ approach to Johnson has been different. 

After Johnson was threatened by conservatives for cutting deals with …