“Speaker Mike Johnson is fighting for his job this week. Today’s setback gives him a sense for how difficult — and lonely — it will be if he wins,” Axios reports.
“Johnson’s rank-and-file aren’t taking his Plan A seriously … his top members are pointing fingers over who’s to blame … worst of all, the former president reserves the right to blindside him.
”“Those dynamics will only increase if Donald Trump wins back the presidency and Republicans maintain their House majority.”