Johnson warns speaker vacancy would be ‘dangerous gambit’ as ouster attempt looms

With a House floor showdown looming next week, Speaker Mike Johnson warned that a vacancy in the chamber’s top spot would be a “dangerous gambit.”
“I think it’s wrong for the Republican Party. I think it’s wrong for the institution. I think it’s wrong for the country,” Johnson told guest host Alice Stewart during an interview with SiriusXM’s “The Laura Coates Show,” adding that there needs to be a “functioning Congress.”
Johnson appears poised to defeat Rep…
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