Mike Johnson says GOP losses drove his decision to step away from House leadership
Verified: 2 outlets have reported this story since Nov 14, 1 of them from the United States.
Mike Johnson said he decided to leave his leadership role ‘pretty quickly after election night’.Photograph: Alex Wong/Getty Images In his first interview since the midterm elections, the US House speaker, Mike Johnson, said that the Republican party’s crushing losses during the 3 November elections prompted his decision to step away from party leadership. “Leaders have to take responsibility when things go wrong,” Johnson said on Fox News on Saturday. The Republican leader, who informed aides on 4 November that he would not seek re-election for House leadership, said on Saturday that he…
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