Live Updates: Johnson wins the battle for House speaker as holdouts relent

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

88% : "I respect and support President Trump, but his endorsement of Mike Johnson is going to work out about as well as his endorsement of Speaker Paul Ryan," Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., wrote on X Monday.
84% : Trump advocates for Speaker Mike Johnson as Congress convenesPresident-elect Trump expressed his support for House Speaker Mike Johnson on Friday, as the new Congress convenes and stands poised to pick a new speaker.
61% : Trump was unequivocal in his support in a post on Truth Social.
48% : Johnson was elected to Congress in 2016, and before he served as speaker he was the No. 5 ranking House Republican as the conference's vice chair.
38% : President-elect Donald Trump endorsed Johnson for speaker in a Truth Social post Monday, calling the Louisiana Republican "a good, hard working, religious man.""He will do the right thing, and we will continue to WIN," Trump wrote.
37% : Trump has made public statements and is privately lobbying lawmakers, Johnson said.
31% : "You can pull all my fingernails out," Massie said.
25% : "Scott Perry of Pennsylvania said he would hold Johnson responsible for accomplishing the Republican agenda on issues such as security along the southern border, cutting federal spending, eliminating costly regulations and implementing a ban on lawmakers trading individual stocks.

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