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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
John Bowden

Under-pressure Mike Johnson reveals relentless stress of being Speaker in podcast interview: ‘You’re sort of like a firefighter’

Mike Johnson described his speakership as a constant battle in a recent interview that offered a revealing look into the internal dynamics of the unruly House Republican caucus, which recently gave the president headaches over a vote to release the Jeffrey Epstein files.

The GOP speaker was interviewed by Katie Miller, wife of the architect of Donald Trump’s mass deportation strategy, Stephen Miller, who herself was formerly a close adviser to Elon Musk. Now a podcast host, Johnson and his wife, Kelly, were Miller’s guests on an episode that dropped Saturday.

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