“President-elect Donald Trump said he is willing to make calls to lawmakers to drum up support for Mike Johnson should there be a risk to his speakership ahead of a vote expected Friday on Capitol Hill,” Politico reports.
Punchbowl News: “So there are several questions to focus on. The first is obvious: Can Johnson win? The second: Will it take Johnson multiple ballots to secure the speakership? Third: Does Johnson weaken himself so much in his quest to keep the speaker’s gavel that he can’t govern? And lastly but most importantly: Does Trump pull back if he sees Johnson’s weakness?”
“In addition to his Trump endorsement, Johnson’s greatest attribute is that there’s still no obvious alternative to the Louisiana Republican.”
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