The difference between a smooth presidential transition and a calamitous repeat of 2021 might come down to who holds the gavel. And while Mike Johnson himself might seem tame, his commitment to overturning a potential Trump loss could be quite the opposite.
This coming January 6 will mark four years since then president Donald Trump incited a mob of supporters who stormed the US Capitol to try to stop the certification of Joe Biden’s victory in the 2020 election. There was no precedent for the MAGA mob’s attack, which disrupted a constitutionally mandated exercise long treated as a formality. And the trauma remains buried in the living memory of an institution built on precedent and order. Every lawmaker has a story of that fateful day.
” When I later asked Jeffries if he was worried Republicans would find ways to change the rules, he reiterated the importance of controlling the House heading into the new year: “House Republicans have no capacity to change the rules for the 119th Congress in the 118th Congress.” If Jeffries claims the Speaker’s gavel, he would arguably have the most powerful job in Congress, charged with picking committee chairs and hiring one of the biggest leadership staffs at the onset of a new Congress.
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