US House Speaker Mike Johnson (right) received the gavel representing power
Thanks to the support of President-elect Donald Trump, US House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson repelled the far-right faction to win his first full 2-year term in a vote early this morning (January 4, Vietnamese time). Male).
Reuters reported that Mr. Johnson, who identifies as a conservative following the MAGA movement (Make America Great Again), won the 218 votes needed to be re-elected. Meanwhile, Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries received 215 votes.
Previously, up to 3 Republican lawmakers did not vote to help Mr. Johnson be re-elected, possibly threatening to paralyze the House of Representatives because this body cannot operate without the chairman.
The above three congressmen are among the nine people who belong to the far-right wing of the Republican Party. Of these, two people initially voted for another candidate before switching to Mr. Johnson, and an additional 6 people refused to vote in the first ballot call.
The existence of the group of 9 people attracts attention because this is the number needed to submit a petition to remove the speaker of the House of Representatives according to the new regulations just passed on January 3.
At the last minute, only one Republican congressman, Mr. Thomas Massie (representing Kentucky), did not vote for Mr. Johnson.
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With Mr. Johnson’s victory, the Republican Party now officially controls both houses of the US Congress and can begin building the foundation for the agenda of the second term of Mr. Donald Trump’s administration.
Congress is also ready to enter the session to certify Mr. Trump’s victory in the election on November 5, 2024, held on January 6, which is also the fourth anniversary of the attack on the Capitol in the previous certification. there.
And Mr. Trump will be sworn in at the Capitol on January 20.
