U.S. Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA), the speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, says that Republicans have a plan to remove "bureaucrats" from Washington, D.C.

The plan, though, is contingent upon the Republicans being able to do well in the 2024 general election.

Johnson revealed that the Republicans have a "deportation plan" in a recent interview with Just the News.

This, of course, is not something that Johnson just came up with. Former President Donald Trump, as we will see, is also promising to significantly downsize the federal government.

Johnson gives a preview

The interview took place on Just the News' John Solomon Reports podcast.

"There's a lot of talk about uprooting, you know, these entrenched bureaucracies and putting them out elsewhere around the country," Johnson said.

He went on to say that this would accomplish "a lot of important goals." Johnson said:

That accomplishes a lot of important goals but the first would be that you don't have all these career civil service law protected bureaucrats. Some of them have been camped out of these agencies for decades. They're nameless, faceless. We don't know who to hold accountable.

The House speaker went on to say that part of the plan would be to try to get these bureaucrats to resign by relocating them to a place where they would not want to be.

He said:

The idea is, if you move the agency to, you know, northern Kansas or southwest New Mexico, or wherever it is around the country, then some of the swamp dwellers they will not desire to follow the job to the new, less desirable location. They love the swamp. You know they want to stay. They'll turn them into lobbyist or something to stay in D.C.

Will it happen?

In order for this to happen, at least a couple of things would need to happen.

First of all, former President Trump would have to win the 2024 presidential election. At the time of this writing, he seems like the odds-on favorite, but one can never be too sure of such things.

Then, the Republicans would have to keep their lead in the House of Representatives. This, if the polls are to be believed, is a lot more unlikely to happen than Trump winning the presidency. And, even if the Republicans do get the House, it is likely that they will still only have a very small margin.

Regardless, Trump has made it clear that he is looking to get rid of a lot of bureaucracy. He has even suggested that he may high Elon Musk to help him out with the task. Musk has made it clear that he is on board.

One thing that is for certain is that if Trump does win, there will be serious pushback from the "swamp dwellers."