{"id":595591,"date":"2023-10-26T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-26T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/5-challenges-facing-new-speaker-mike-johnson\/"},"modified":"2023-10-26T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-10-26T09:00:00","slug":"5-challenges-facing-new-speaker-mike-johnson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/5-challenges-facing-new-speaker-mike-johnson\/","title":{"rendered":"#5 challenges facing new Speaker Mike Johnson"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2e209757ab3\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2e209757ab3\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/5-challenges-facing-new-speaker-mike-johnson\/#Can_he_unify_his_conference\" >Can he unify his conference?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/5-challenges-facing-new-speaker-mike-johnson\/#Can_he_keep_the_government_open\" >Can he keep the government open?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/5-challenges-facing-new-speaker-mike-johnson\/#Dealing_with_Ukraine\" >Dealing with Ukraine<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/5-challenges-facing-new-speaker-mike-johnson\/#How_does_he_deal_with_former_President_Trump\" >How does he deal with former President Trump?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/5-challenges-facing-new-speaker-mike-johnson\/#Keeping_the_House_majority\" >Keeping the House majority<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/10\/johnsonmike_102523gn09_w.jpg?w=900\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>There is, finally, a Speaker.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.) ascended to the role Wednesday, three weeks and one day after eight GOP House members ignited chaos by ousting Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.).<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Johnson got the unanimous support of his colleagues on the House floor, an achievement that proved impossible for Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.), Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.).<\/p>\n<p>Johnson is a staunch <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social<\/a> conservative,\u00a0as well as a strong ally of former President Trump. Johnson aided Trump\u2019s quest to overturn the 2020 election result.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson has his hands on the gavel, but there are plenty of challenges ahead.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Can_he_unify_his_conference\"><\/span>Can he unify his conference?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>House Republicans have burned through most of October with their self-inflicted Speakership debacle.<\/p>\n<p>It has produced moments when tempers burned red-hot.<\/p>\n<p>During one meeting, Rep. Mike Bost (R-Ill.) was widely reported to have \u201calmost lunged\u201d in frustration at Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), who led the move to oust McCarthy.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>When Jordan was seeking the Speakership, Republican dissenters openly accused his allies of inciting threats against them.<\/p>\n<p>Ill-feeling was rampant along other fault\u00a0lines,\u00a0too, including supporters of Scalise, who were furious at what they perceived to be a lack of support from Jordan loyalists.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson at least has the moral authority that comes from his resounding win.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr3_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>The exhaustion felt across the GOP conference will also help him, lowering the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>etite for any new internecine drama.<\/p>\n<p>Still, the wounds from the past few weeks are deep. Johnson faces a tough job in trying to bind them up.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Can_he_keep_the_government_open\"><\/span>Can he keep the government open?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The\u00a0next\u00a0deadline for a\u00a0government shutdown is looming. And the time burnt off the clock by the Speaker chaos could prove critical.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr4_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>The government will shut down if a deal is not reached by Nov. 17.<\/p>\n<p>But the omens are hardly promising for reaching an agreement.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson\u2019s predecessor, McCarthy, was doomed by his decision to approve a stopgap deal\u00a0that\u00a0leaned heavily on Democratic support.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr5_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Now, Johnson faces the task of threading a similarly fine needle.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Republicans want spending cuts and increased funding for border security,\u00a0but the Democratic majority in the Senate is sure to balk at such demands unless there are substantial sweeteners.<\/p>\n<p>The road ahead is unclear. A politically toxic shutdown is very plausible.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr6_ab\"><\/aside>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Dealing_with_Ukraine\"><\/span>Dealing with Ukraine<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The war in Ukraine is now 20 months old, with no end in sight.<\/p>\n<p>American popular support for aiding Kyiv in its efforts to repel the invasion masterminded by Russian President Vladimir Putin has eroded but not collapsed.<\/p>\n<p>The issue has also become increasingly partisan, with Republican voters \u2014 and GOP elected officials, especially on the hard right of the party \u2014 growing increasingly skeptical.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr7_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>In an Economist\/YouGov poll published Wednesday, a plurality of Republican voters, 38 percent, wanted the U.S. to decrease aid to Ukraine,\u00a0while only 11 percent of Democrats felt the same way.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Thirty-four percent of Republicans wanted to keep aid at its current level, and 15 percent of GOP voters wanted that aid increased.<\/p>\n<p>The issue has roiled the Republican conference, with figures such as Gaetz and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) being especially vociferous in their opposition.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson himself has tempered his earlier support for backing Ukraine. He voted against two appropriations bills that provided aid to the eastern European nation and has suggested the Ukrainian government needs to be more \u201ctransparent\u201d about how\u00a0it is\u00a0using the money.<\/p>\n<p>The legislative politics of the issue are complicated, however. President Biden has hitched together aid for Ukraine and aid for Israel, as well as other causes, in a $106 billion supplemental request.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson, like most members of both parties, is a strong advocate of additional aid to Israel in the wake of the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas in which around 1,400 Israelis were killed.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_does_he_deal_with_former_President_Trump\"><\/span>How does he deal with former President Trump?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>In one sense, Johnson owes his Speakership to Trump.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, Emmer had won the internal GOP conference vote to become the party\u2019s nominee for Speaker. But he also encountered resistance from roughly two dozen House members who are staunch supporters of the former president.<\/p>\n<p>As Emmer tried to win them over, Trump landed on Truth Social with a post blasting the\u00a0majority whip as a \u201cglobalist RINO\u201d who was \u201cout of touch\u201d with the GOP base. The writing was on the wall after that.<\/p>\n<p>Trump was more welcoming to Johnson, as expected.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In the tumultuous period after the 2020 election, Johnson was a key proponent of an amicus brief that would have invalidated the election results in four states.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson also amplified Trump\u2019s false claims of election fraud. And he duly voted, even in the wake of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, to object to election results.<\/p>\n<p>Those actions will endear him to the former president and the party base.<\/p>\n<p>But they also provide an inviting target for Democrats seeking to make the case the Speaker and his party are extremists.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson\u2019s close bond with Trump will also prove complicated if, as is likely, the former president makes electorally unhelpful interventions.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Keeping_the_House_majority\"><\/span>Keeping the House majority<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Johnson has the support of all his colleagues for now,\u00a0but his hold on the gavel is tenuous because of the slimness of the GOP majority.<\/p>\n<p>There are 221 Republicans, 212 Democrats and two vacant seats in the House.<\/p>\n<p>The 18 Republicans who represent districts carried by President Biden in 2020 will be the top Democratic targets in 2024, when Trump looks likely to top the GOP ticket.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson needs to find a way to ease their passage to reelection while keeping the support of a party that remains in thrall to Trump.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s far from an easy task.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Copyright 2023 Nexstar Media Inc. 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