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should put an end to any debate over his hold on the Republican conference, several party members said Wednesday.
Rep. Robert Aderholt also offered his thoughts on the matter, saying, “I don’t think anybody would have a chance against the speaker, but with the president there behind him, I don’t think that’s even an issue.”The situation marks quite a turnaround for Johnson, who had sometimes been called an “accidental speaker” after he emerged from three weeks of contentious party infighting in October 2023 to take the gavel.
But Johnson’s win, his colleagues seeing the work he put in, and Trump’s embrace still may not necessarily mean the end of the ongoing intraparty sniping that marked the last two years.Restive right-wingers in the party had floated the idea of running a protest candidate against Johnson in Wednesday’s party leadership elections but appeared to back off later.
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