Ex-Freedom Caucus Chair: Johnson’s Gavel Isn’t Safe

December 28, 2024 Infighting Is Funny, Republicans

Politico reports:

Rep. Scott Perry said that he’s not committing to voting for Mike Johnson for speaker, adding a former Freedom Caucus chair to the conservative crowd sowing doubt over Johnson’s prospects to retake the gavel.

“I think that Mike has done an admirable job under tough conditions, but I’m going to keep my options open,” Perry (R-Pa.) said today on Fox Business. “I want to have a conversation with Mike.”

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) was the first Republican to promise that he’ll vote against Johnson for speaker, pledging to vote for someone else.

Read the full article. Yesterday the current Freedom Caucus chair said the same thing.



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