Don Bacon on Mike Johnson Losing His Speakership: It’s Possible, I’m Not Going to Deny It

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BACON: "It’s possible, I'm not going to deny it. We have one or two people that are not team players. They'd rather enjoy the limelight, the social media. And the fact is, with a one-seat majority — and we'll end up with a three- or four-seat majority after some special elections — but that's out of 435 people, it's a very narrow majority. And one or two people can make this a minority. I'm of the view you work with the team. I don't have to get 100%. 80 percent is the Ronald Reagan rule. But we have some people that if they don't get 100%, they want to bring the House down and it makes us dysfunctional. And so, that's a possibility. I do think there will be Democrats, though, who do not want to see this dysfunction, and I think they'll probably vote present or maybe not be there for a vote. But it is very likely that after this Ukraine bill, we may have a standoff with the speaker. I hope the speaker prevails. He's doing the right thing. It's in our national security interest that Ukraine remain independent."