Mr. Johnson was “the most important architect of the Electoral College objections” to Mr. Trump’s loss in 2020, as a New York Times investigation found last year.
Mr. Johnson now refuses to talk about his leading role in that shameful drama.
At the end of September, he voted against the stopgap spending measure negotiated by Mr. McCarthy that prevented a government shutdown.
Two other Republican speaker candidates, Tom Emmer and Steve Scalise, also voted for it — and were also vetoed by the extreme right.
Mr. Johnson now says he would support another temporary stopgap to give the House time to pass drastic spending cuts.
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