1 outlets · filed 12 October 2026
Johnson says he intends to stay on as GOP leader if party loses majority
House Speaker Mike Johnson said last week that he could start a lawn business if the GOP loses the House majority, which he told CBS News' Robert Costa was "tongue in cheek."
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CBS News and The Hill both focus on Johnson signaling that he would keep leading Republicans if the House majority changes hands. CBS foregrounds his earlier “lawn business” remark and notes he called it “tongue in cheek,” while The Hill frames the prospect as an “unlikely scenario” and adds his quote about being of “highest and best use to God and my country.”
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