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Republican congressman says party should drop ‘food fight’ over leadership

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Republican congressman says party should drop ‘food fight’ over leadership



Mike Lawler says Mike Johnson should remain speaker as cracks appear between Trump’s team and far rightThe US House member Mike Lawler attempted on Sunday to tease out two pressing issues facing the new Congress beginning in 2025, telling an American political talkshow that this was not the moment for his fellow Republicans to have a “food fight” over leadership in Capitol Hill and that the country “needs an immigration system that works”.Both issues have dominated political headlines in recent days, as potential policy splits become apparent between far-right congressional Republicans and the executive team being assembled for their party leader Donald Trump’s second presidency beginning in January. Continue reading…



Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/29/mike-lawler-congress-republicans-fight

Author : Edward Helmore

Publish date : 2024-12-29 18:10:00

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