Trump will ‘stay out’ of race to succeed Mike Johnson as House GOP leader

President Donald Trump refused to weigh in on the House GOP leadership race to replace Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) in the top Republican spot next Congress. “We’ll stay out of it,” Trump told reporters Wednesday afternoon.
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