Speaker Johnson Stares Down Potential Ouster amid Foreign-Aid Push

Earlier this week, Representative Thomas Massie (R., Ky.) told reporters that he didn’t have any candidates in mind to replace Speaker Mike Johnson should the low-profile Louisianan soon be ousted from his post.

How quickly things can change on Capitol Hill. “I’ve got dozens of candidates in mind, dozens,” the libertarian-leaning Kentuckian told National Review on Thursday afternoon. Any names he’d like to share with the press? “No.”