HELLERTOWN, Pa. — In an exclusive interview with NBC News, Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., detailed how he sees Republicans growing the House majority and winning back the White House and Senate: by capturing a larger percentage of Hispanic, Black and Jewish voters as well as union workers – traditionally Democratic constituencies – than in past elections.
"When we do the math on the other side of this election, this will bear out that we will have had a demographic shift," Johnson said before a campaign event on behalf of a GOP congressional candidate in Hellertown.
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"I think we're going to have a record number of Hispanic and Latino voters. I think a record number of Black and African American voters, Jewish voters, union voters. I'm talking to all these groups of people," he continued. "And they're not just coming on board reluctantly; they are excited."
At rallies, Johnson and former President Donald Trump have blamed Vice President Kamala Harris for the high cost of goods and failing to secure the border — two top issues for voters — even as inflation has cooled and Trump helped kill a bipartisan Senate border deal.
"It's a real erosion in their base," Johnson said of the Democrats. "And the reason is because I think people are genuinely looking beyond party, beyond personality. I think they're looking at the policies because they're evaluating how their lives are now and how they were four years ago."
The 52-year-old speaker has campaigned this cycle in more than 220 cities in 40 states, including a swing last week through Pennsylvania. In these final three weeks before Election Day, he'll set foot in 65 other cities in 24 states as Republicans seek to attract new voters to defend or increase their minuscule three-seat majority in the House.
The bulk of Johnson's time on the campaign trail has been spent in battleground districts in California and New York, blue states where his party is defending a dozen seats and trying to flip a handful of others. The majority could be won or lost in either of those two states, given how closely divided the House is. But Pennsylvania could also be critical, boasting a handful of tight races in swing districts.
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