Mike Johnson narrowly reelected House speaker on first ballot

[Michie]

Republican Mike Johnson won reelection to the House speakership on a first ballot, pushing past GOP hard-right holdouts and buoyed with a nod of support from President-elect Donald Trump.

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https://apnews.com/live/mike-johnson-speaker-congress-updates

 

[Michie]

'We will defend our borders; that is the No. 1 priority'

Mike Johnson secures votes to become speaker of 119th Congress: 'Purge the policies of America Last'

Republican Rep Mike Johnson of Louisiana has been reelected speaker of the United States House of Representatives, receiving enough votes to clench the position on the first ballot

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[Vambram]

This is great news!!

 

[Michie]

This is great news!!

I was really surprised there was not more resistance. It went really smooth as far as politics go.

 

[Fantine]

Their first priority should be preventing a government shutdown in March.

 

[Valletta]

I was really surprised there was not more resistance. It went really smooth as far as politics go.

I would bet that Trump told the hold-outs that should Johnson do the same old waffling against Democrats as did Paul Ryan and Kevin McCarthy that Trump would support a new Speaker. Not letting the Democrats bog down the plan to make America great again is the number one priority.

 

[Arcangl86]

I was really surprised there was not more resistance. It went really smooth as far as politics go.

I don't know that I would say it went smoothly. He did get elected on the first ballot, but only because several people changed their votes before it was officially closed. There's usually no question who the SPeaker is going to be at the start of a new Congress.

 

[RileyG]

This is great news!!

I'm happy he won!