No Labels' call: Speaker Mike Johnson is 'not a Trump Republican'
But Trump called him 'MAGA MIKE JOHNSON!'
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But Trump called him 'MAGA MIKE JOHNSON!'
Johnson, fresh off his victory on the House floor, said he will pursue an “aggressive schedule” in the weeks ahead.
By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn and Shania Shelton, CNN
Rep. Mike Johnson of Louisiana had just survived a closed-door vote to end a tumultuous period of paralysis without a House speaker on Tuesday night and was celebrating with smiling and exhausted Republican colleagues. “Democracy is messy sometimes,” he said, “but it is our system.” But moments later, Johnson was confronted at a news conference about his own past role in American democracy, when he worked in alliance with former President Donald Trump to block the certification of the 2020 elect
Washington (CNN) — Rep. Mike Johnson, the new speaker of the House, has been a vocal supporter of former President Donald Trump and was a key congressional figure in the failed efforts to overturn the 2020 election.