Jeffries: Dems Won’t Save Johnson If GOP Reps Revolt

The Hill reports:

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is expected to keep his gavel in the next Congress after receiving glowing reviews from President-elect Trump.

But if there is any kind of revolt from Johnson’s conservative detractors during the Jan. 3 Speaker vote, no Democrats will step in to save him, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) warned on Wednesday.

“I can say with a relatively high degree of confidence that no Democratic votes will be forthcoming for any Republican Speaker candidate on Jan. 3,” Jeffries told reporters in the Capitol.

Read the full article. Freedom Caucus reps continue to scream about Johnson’s support for yet another stopgap bill to fund the government. So the vote for speaker could be interesting, to say the least.

.@RepJeffries: No ⁦@HouseDemocrats⁩ will support @SpeakerJohnson for Speaker on House floor – The Hill https://t.co/nvAvfr7A8N

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