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“He certainly wouldn’t have the votes to be speaker if there was a roll-call vote tomorrow,” the New York lawmaker, who is running for governor, said in an interview with The Wall Street Journal. “I believe that the majority of Republicans would vote for new leadership. It’s that widespread.”“In the Journal interview, Stefanik painted Johnson’s standing with Republicans as in a state of collapse. She cited matters ranging from members criticizing his decision to keep lawmakers in their home districts during the recent government shutdown, to weak showings in special elections and to what she casts as his failure to address the expected jump in healthcare costs if the party doesn’t reach an agreement with Democrats soon.”https://www.wsj.com/politics/elise-stefanik-mike-johnson-house-speaker-c41659cb?st=NSG2UE&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalinkhttps://x.com/olivia_beavers/status/1996269752344359212?s=46