President-elect Trump firmly believes Home Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) will get a second time period.
“No one else can get the votes,” he informed reporters on Tuesday.
On Monday, Trump supplied Johnson his full and whole endorsement, simply days earlier than a Home vote on Friday to elect a brand new Speaker.
His feedback echo these of former Home Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.), who questioned Republicans opposing Johnson on X earlier within the day.
“I do not understand what the CONTRARIAN house republicans think they will gain by opposing Speaker Mike Johnson,” Gingrich wrote on X Tuesday.
“They have no one who can get more votes. They risk crippling President Trump’s electoral win on Jan. 6. They are in effect allies of the Democrats,” he added.
Johnson has confronted anger from GOP members about how he is dealt with varied points, together with the end-of-year funding package deal to maintain the federal government open. Some Home Republicans, together with Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), query his means to guide the get together amidst a trifecta within the Senate and White Home.
Johnson can solely afford one Republican defection in Friday’s Speaker election, assuming all members are current and voting for a candidate. The Home’s incoming 215 Democrats are all anticipated to vote for Home Minority Chief Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), and Republicans are anticipated to have 219 members in attendance that day.
