Mike Johnson won what should be a full term in one ballot, but his Republican antagonists are lying in wait for another ambush.

There only needs to be a small number of Republican defectors to derail GOP House Speaker Mike Johnson’s bid to keep his position as the new Congress convenes Friday for the first time. Johnson is backed by President-elect Donald Trump, who will be sworn into later this month.

Mich., joins ‘Fox News Live’ to discuss the high-stakes House speaker vote and the challenges posed by the GOP’s slim majority.

In some high-stakes political drama, the House of Representatives on Friday voted to reelect House Speaker Mike Johnson to lead the 119th Congress by a razor-thin margin. Johnson, a Louisiana Republican who ascended to the leadership post in 2023 after the historic ouster of Kevin McCarthy,