“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.”

Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) said Tuesday that Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) does not have the votes to keep the gavel and that he remains undecided on whether he can support the Louisiana Republican in the Friday floor vote, despite President-elect Trump endorsing Johnson, The Hill reports.

Said Roy: “I remain undecided, as do a number of my colleagues, because we saw so many of the failures last year that we are concerned about that might limit or inhibit our ability to advance the president’s agenda.”

He added: “Right now, I don’t believe he has the votes on Friday.”