washington — President-elect Donald Trump has endorsed House Speaker Mike Johnson for the chairmanship, days before the House returns and votes on a new leader.
The House of Representatives is scheduled to vote on a speaker when the new Congress convenes on Friday, without whom the House cannot begin work for the new legislative session.
“The American people need immediate relief from all the destructive policies of the last administration,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform Monday morning. “Speaker Mike Johnson is a great, hard-working, religious man. He will do the right thing and we will continue to win. Mike has my complete and utter support. MAGA!!!”
Johnson’s position as speaker was in jeopardy after some Republicans expressed dissatisfaction with his decision. enter into a government funding contract Thanks to the Democratic Party’s overwhelming support for keeping the government open ahead of the Christmas holiday. The continuing resolution does not include extending or eliminating the debt ceiling, which Trump had called for early in the negotiations.
Republicans will only have a slim majority in the 119th Congress, making it difficult to elect a speaker without near-complete unity. The majority is set to become even smaller, as a number of Republicans are scheduled to be nominated for positions in the Trump administration.
Johnson served as speaker. From October 2023This was after a small group of Republican lawmakers rebelled against former Speaker Kevin McCarthy and threw the House of Representatives into chaos.
McCarthy himself tried to become an orator. In 2023, it received 15 votes over several days with a slim majority. Additional votes More than at any time since the Civil War.
