House Republicans unanimously back Speaker Mike Johnson after Trump endorsement: With him all the way

House Republicans backed Speaker Mike Johnson as their leader in the next Congress to a man and woman Wednesday after President-elect Donald Trump warmly endorsed the Louisiana lawmaker at a meeting on Capitol Hill.The 56th House speaker was re-nominated in a voice vote without any objections during a closed-door session at the Hyatt Regency steps from the Capitol, a source told The Post.Even far-right Rep.Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), who led an ill-fated effort to oust Johnson (R-La.) earlier this year, said his position was secure.“Most of the leadership positions are uncontested,” Greene (R-Ga.) told reporters before the vote.Some hardline members had floated a challenge to Johnson’s speakership Tuesday evening, but backed off at the last moment — with no member willing to challenge the popular incumbent.Trump, 78, had also popped in hours earlier to tell lawmakers he was with Johnson “all the way.”Johnson is projected to carry a narrow majority when the House convenes Jan.

3 of next year.Typically, speaker elections proceed along party lines, but Rep.Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) told reporters that Johnson’s automatic re-election would depend on negotiations with some members.That could forecast a looming challenge from a member of the conservative Freedom Caucus.Johnson needs 218 votes — a majority of the House’s 435 seats — to keep the speaker’s gavel.House Republican conference chairwoman Elise Stefanik (R-NY) is one of three GOP members in line to depart Congress for the executive branch after Trump tapped her as his US ambassador to the United Nations on Sunday.Rep.

Mike Waltz (R-Fla.) was selected Tuesday as the soon-to-be 47th president’s national security adviser.Trump had pledged not to nominate many more House Republicans for administration posts — hours before announcing far-right Rep.Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) as his next attorney general.“He kind of jokingly said, you know, ‘I’d appoint 15 of you, but I can’t, because...