Trump Endorses Johnson for Full Term as Speaker, Though Nasty Fight Could Lay Ahead

Johnson can afford to lose only one Republican during the speaker vote on January 3.

AP/J. Scott Applewhite
Speaker Johnson emerges from a closed-door meeting with fellow Republicans at the Capitol, December 20, 2024. AP/J. Scott Applewhite

President-elect Trump is offering his “complete and total endorsement” to Speaker Johnson ahead of the vote to elect a speaker of the House on Friday. Mr. Johnson had been twisting in the wind for two weeks after he unveiled a spending package without the president-elect’s prior knowledge, which led some Republicans to question if the speaker was worth keeping. 

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