House Speaker Mike Johnson's election was quick, but divisions within the Republican party remain, raising concerns about his ability to maintain control and fulfill the agenda of President-elect Donald Trump.
This time was supposed to be different. However, although House Speaker Mike Johnson avoided the long ordeal that his predecessor Kevin McCarthy suffered to become president, his relatively quick victory was not precisely a moment of unity. The day's turmoil revealed that Johnson only retains tenuous support from the intransigent conservatives who gave him their votes for now, but are ready to oust him as they did with McCarthy if their demands are not met.
'Is he going to fight?', asked Representative Ralph Norman, a Republican from South Carolina who initially opposed Johnson but eventually changed his vote. Republicans are enjoying the moment as they take unified control of Washington and rally around President-elect Donald Trump. However, the elements that caused divisions in the House over the past two years remain, except that now the stakes are much higher as Republicans attempt to fulfill Trump's agenda. The scale of the conflict to come was evident when Congress began its new session on Friday. Republicans clashed with each other on television and debated in the House chamber, the newly elected president seemed concerned, and even after Johnson's victory, some Republican lawmakers openly discussed what could trigger his removal. For a time, it seemed that things could get even worse. The House seemed to return to the scene of two years ago when hard-line conservatives refused to back Johnson, gesturing while negotiating openly on the floor
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