Mike Johnson Seeks To Unite Divided Republicans In Speaker Vote As Media Outlets Focus On His Defense Of Donald Trump
deadline.comRep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) is seeking to escape the fate of three of his predecessors and win over almost all of the 221 Republican House majority to win the speakership today, bringing to an end a three-week crisis that has halted all work in the lower chamber.
A vote is scheduled at noon ET/9 a.m. PT, as a number of Republicans predict that Johnson will win on the first ballot. It’s expected that he can afford to lose only four votes, a slim margin that has sunk the candidacies of House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA), Rep.
Jim Jordan (R-OH) and House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-MN). Johnson is relatively little known outside of the Republican conference.
Sen. Susan Collins (R-MI) told CNN’s Susan Fox that she didn’t even know much about him and would have a Google his name. As he emerged as the party nominee, media outlets focused on his defense of Donald Trump as he sought to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.
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