Lawmakers Who Ousted McCarthy Say Speaker Johnson’s Safe

Several of the eight Republicans who voted to oust former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) say that House Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) job is safe. On the surface, there are striking resemblances between the results of the leadership of the two men. In a move that cost him his job, Mr. McCarthy opted to work with Democrats to keep the government open, prompting Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) to put forward a motion to vacate the speakership that ended in Mr. McCarthy’s ouster. Since then, however, Mr. Johnson has passed several such stopgap funding bills, but has faced no substantial challenge to his position from within his conference....