Just over five months ago, Mike Johnson declared himself a “wartime speaker.”
He said he was prepared to take on the Republican factions who wanted to oust him. And for a moment, it seemed like Johnson had won the war, beating back the 11 rebels who tried to strip him of his gavel when he put Ukraine funding on the House floor. (Democrats came to Johnson’s rescue and refused to let him lose his speakership over Ukraine aid.)
But as Johnson searches for the votes on a doomed government funding bill, his speakership is once again under siege — and he’s looking more embattled than ever before.