Congress

Mike Johnson May Win the Speakership Through Exhaustion and Delusion

SO TIRED

Republicans are simply too tired to continue fighting over the speakership, so they’re going along with the next man up and letting him try to sort out the GOP’s problems.

Sam Brodey 

Deputy Politics Editor

Riley Rogerson 

Politics Reporter

Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) surrounded by House Republicans speaks after being elected as the speaker nominee
Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images
Sam Brodey

Sam Brodey

Deputy Politics Editor

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Riley Rogerson

Riley Rogerson

Politics Reporter

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riley.rogerson@thedailybeast.com

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