Mike Johnson Wins House Speaker Election—Ending Historic Three-Week GOP Impasse
Mike Johnson has been elected as the the 56th speaker of the House, following weeks of GOP infighting after Kevin McCarthy’s ouster.
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Mike Johnson has been elected as the the 56th speaker of the House, following weeks of GOP infighting after Kevin McCarthy’s ouster.
The campaign specifically targets Jordan over his previous voting record on a number of issues as well as his defense of former President Donald Trump in the aftermath of the 2020 election and subsequent Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) won the nomination by Republicans on Friday and is expected to force a full House vote Tuesday, but dozens of GOP colleagues are skeptical.
Jeffries said Democrats would remain “willing and able to find a bipartisan path forward,” urging House Republicans to break with hard-line conservatives and work with his party to elect a new speaker. However, the New York Democrat did not elaborate on what that path forward could look like.
Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.) told reporters he’s “willing to work” with Democrats, but “they gotta tell us what they need.”