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McConnell Expresses Relief Over Expected Defeat of Bid to Oust Speaker Johnson

‘I’m relieved, as I think all of America is, that the chaos in the House will be discontinued,’ McConnell tells reporters.
McConnell Expresses Relief Over Expected Defeat of Bid to Oust Speaker Johnson
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) speaks to reporters after a closed-door lunch meeting with Senate Republicans at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Oct. 24, 2023. Drew Angerer/Getty Images
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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) expressed relief over the upcoming attempt to strip House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) of the gavel as it is expected to fail.

“I’m relieved, as I think all of America is, that the chaos in the House will be discontinued,” Mr. McConnell told reporters on May 1.

Jackson Richman is a Washington correspondent for The Epoch Times. In addition to Washington politics, he covers the intersection of politics and sports/sports and culture. He previously was a writer at Mediaite and Washington correspondent at Jewish News Syndicate. His writing has also appeared in The Washington Examiner. He is an alum of George Washington University.
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