Washington Week with The Atlantic

How Johnson kept his speakership despite some GOP resistance

Season 2025 Episode 1 | 11m 49s

Speaker Mike Johnson was able to keep the gavel after Donald Trump convinced some House Republican holdouts to switch their vote. The panel discusses how the party will govern in Trump's second term.

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