President Biden said Wednesday he isn't worried that newly elected House Speaker Mike Johnson will try to thwart his second term if he wins reelection in November of next year.
Temporary House speaker Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., talks with Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., before Republicans try to elect Johnson to be the new House speaker, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023. as speaker, a reporter asked Mr. Biden whether he was worried about the 2024 contest, given the Louisiana Republican’s support for election challenges after Donald Trump’s defeat in 2020.
“No,” Mr. Biden said during a joint press conference with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.Johnson won the gavel in one round of voting, and his election unlocked the House floor for business for the first time since October 3, when a group of conservative hardliners pushed out Speaker Kevin McCarthy, California Republican., 51, who took office in 2017, was serving as the vice chairman of the conference, a relatively obscure and low-level leadership position when he became the last, best nominee for House Republicans who have been fighting for weeks over who should lead them.
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