Johnson will face a floor vote Wednesday trying to unify the divided Republican majority. He is the fourth candidate Republicans have now nominated to replace Kevin McCarthy.
that comes amid uncertainty over whether the Louisiana lawmaker can secure the 217 votes needed to win the gavel.
The GOP conference is under increasing pressure as the House remains paralyzed without a speaker. But Republicans have so far struggled to unite behind a successor to Kevin McCarthy following his historic ouster. The vote to push out McCarthy plunged the House into uncharted territory and it has remained unclear whether any candidate can win the gavel in the aftermath of the unprecedented move.
"Democracy is messy sometimes, but it is our system," Johnson said Tuesday evening. "The intention is to go to the House floor tomorrow and make this official. So we will be doing that."
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