The Missing Context Behind Speaker Johnson’s Staff Departures

New faces are joining Mike Johnson’s team of assistants as he navigates choppy political waters in Congress.

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) speaks during a press conference urging the Senate to take up the Israel Security Assistance Support Act outside the U.S. Capitol House of Representatives steps in Washington on May 16, 2024. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

WASHINGTON—When three top aides to Speaker of the House Mike Johnson confirmed last week they are leaving his staff, prominent in the media coverage were descriptions of their departures as signs the Louisiana Republican was “reeling” from an “office exodus.”

An influential congressional newsletter even opened one of its stories with the question: “Will the last one left turn off the lights?”