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House Speaker Mike Johnson Narrowly Retains Gavel After Trump Intervenes

HeadlineJan 06, 2025

On Capitol Hill, House Speaker Mike Johnson squeaked through a win, retaining his gavel on Friday, after Donald Trump called two Republican lawmakers to ask them to change their votes to support Johnson. In an acceptance speech, House Speaker Johnson said that defending the nation’s borders should be Congress’s “number one priority.” 

Speaker Mike Johnson: “In coordination with President Trump, this Congress will give our border and immigration enforcement agents the resources that they need to do their job. We will secure the border. We will deport dangerous, criminal illegal aliens and finally finish building the border wall.”

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