Thomas Massie, Mike Johnson and House Speaker

Thomas Massie ends as lone GOP opponent to reelecting House Speaker Mike Johnson
"I'd say there's a 70% chance Mike Johnson is going to be speaker ... because that's just the way the swamp works," Congressman Thomas Massie said.
'Mike Johnson is not equipped to be speaker.' Thomas Massie on his Friday vote
"Almost all of my colleagues know that Mike Johnson is not equipped to be speaker, but nobody wants to say the emperor has no clothes," Massie said.
Will Thomas Massie Get To Pick the Next Speaker of the House?
The libertarian-adjacent congressman says he "definitely has no Fs to give now" and promises to vote against Mike Johnson.
Kentucky Thomas Massie's vote for Speaker of the House remains unclear. What we know
"You can start cutting off my fingers," Kentucky U.S. Rep Thomas Massie said. "I am not voting for Mike Johnson.”
Rep. Thomas Massie only GOP holdout in vote for Mike Johnson as House speaker
Kentucky Republican Rep. Thomas Massie was vocally critical of Mike Johnson ahead of Friday's vote to reelect him House speaker.
Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie declines to support Mike Johnson for House Speaker
Kentucky Republican Rep. Thomas Massie became the lone GOP representative to withhold his vote for Mike Johnson in his bid to be reelected as House Speaker on Friday.
Dramatic speaker vote may be the start, not the end, of House GOP chaos
Mike Johnson won what should be a full term in one ballot, but his Republican antagonists are lying in wait for another ambush.
How 2 Arizona Republicans added suspense to the nail-biter House speaker vote
Their silence spelled trouble for Rep. Mike Johnson, who needed almost every single GOP vote in order to hold onto the gavel.
Johnson survives House Speaker’s vote. Now comes the hard part.
Despite faltering for a time during voting Friday, Mike Johnson won the House speakership again – thanks in good measure to Donald Trump’s support.
Johnson wins tight House speaker vote
Louisiana Republican Mike Johnson was reelected House speaker on Jan. 3, after two Republicans changed their votes.
GOP are ‘miles ahead’ of where we were before the House speaker vote, Texas rep says
Texas, breaks down the details of Mike Johnson’s battle of getting re-elected as House speaker.
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Thomas Massie Says He Won’t Vote for Mike Johnson No Matter What: ‘You Can Pull All My Fingernails Out’ and ‘Shove Bamboo Up in Them’
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) said he would not vote for House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) under any circumstances, even if his ...
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Politicians Won’t Solve Our Spending Problem Unless We Make Them
Mike Johnson promised drastic spending cuts in his House address last Friday. But, as Thomas Massie pointed out, Johnson's ...
Rep. Barr heads to Mar-a-Lago to huddle with Trump while Rep. Massie stays behind
The meeting with the Kentucky lawmaker comes ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration and will focus on ...
Thomas Massie Says Even Torture Wouldn’t Convince Him to Back Johnson
Rep. Thomas Massie (R., Ky.), the one Republican who has said he would definitely oppose Mike Johnson (R., La.) for speaker, ...
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A look at the right-wing lawmakers that could constrain pro-Israel legislation in the new Congress
Rep. Thomas Massie is the most notorious of the GOP’s right-wing rebels, emerging as the only Republican who refused to support House Speaker Mike Johnson in this last week’s leadership election ...
Massie and Boebert lay out tough path for Johnson on Gaetz’s new show
Johnson can't afford more than a single GOP defection in order to be elected speaker, assuming all Democrats are opposed.
Rep. Thomas Massie Votes Against Mike Johnson
Rep. Thomas Massie (R, Ky.) has cast the first Republican vote against Mike Johnson. Massie said ahead of the session Friday ...