President-elect Donald Trump’s legislative agenda will meet its first hurdles Friday afternoon, as Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., vies to stay on as House speaker with a narrow Republican majority. The Louisiana representative, who emerged from obscurity after the overthrow of Rep. Kevin McCarthy as speaker, has warned that if he is not reelected, Trump’s legislative agenda will be put in peril.
Although Trump has endorsed Mike Johnson, libertarian firebrand Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., has already promised not to vote for Johnson’s reelection as speaker. If Johnson loses one more Republican vote, Trump may have to contend with a dysfunctional House upon his inauguration.
Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky.
Massie is the only hard no on Johnson’s reelection so far, telling former Rep. Matt Gaetz Thursday, “you can pull all my fingernails out” before he votes for the…
