Johnson must now try to please his own party and negotiate with the president, a balancing act his predessor Kevin McCarthy failed to achieve.
Matt Gaetz is taking part in a victory lap after Mike Johnson was elected to House Speaker, ending a three-week period of chaos the Florida congressman helped initiate.Johnson won the backing of every House Republican in a vote on the lower chamber floor on Wednesday to replace Kevin McCarthy as speaker, who was historically ousted from the role on October 4 after Gaetz introduced a motion to vacate.Johnson, who was the fourth candidate the GOP nominated for the speaker position, with reps.
'If you don't think that moving from Kevin McCarthy to MAGA Mike Johnson shows the ascendance of this movement, and where the power of the Republican Party truly lies, then you're not paying attention,' Gaetz said.Justin Begley, U.S. economist at ratings agency Moody's, suggested that Johnson will have his 'work cut out' trying to heal the infighting in the GOP and help Congress reach a new deal with the president before the federal government runs out.
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