A GOP lawmaker has warned House Speaker Mike Johnson that a string of Republicans could retire early if he opposes extending the Affordable Care Act’s enhanced subsidies.

The unnamed House Republican told Punchbowl News that moderate members are “apoplectic” over Johnson’s claim that most GOP members of Congress do not want to extend Obamacare subsidies, which were at the center of the record-breaking government shutdown negotiations.

The lawmaker suggested that the House GOP—already reeling by the shock resignation announcement from Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene—could see a host of other retirements unless there is an agreement to extend the healthcare subsidies, as well as in protest over the party’s direction.

“Every week it’s more censures, public flogging of members, and a massive re

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