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.
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
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.
