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Trump Endorses Mike Johnson for Speaker in Meeting with House Republicans

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A triumphant President-elect Donald Trump huddled with House Republicans ahead of their leadership elections on Wednesday and threw his support behind Speaker Mike Johnson, a key ally, as the GOP prepares for unified control of government next year.

Endorsing the Louisiana Republican for two more years as speaker, Trump said he is “with him all the way,” using such words as “tremendous” and “terrific” to describe Johnson, according to Republican sources in the closed-door meeting at the Hyatt Regency hotel near the Capitol.

The 45th and future 47th president received multiple standing ovations from rank-and-file Republicans during the meeting. Introducing Trump on stage, Johnson called Trump the “Comeback King.”

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