@dailymail: House Republicans came together around Mike Johnson Friday to re-elect him as House speaker after a tumultuous vote. The speedy re-election of Johnson, 52, to the speakership means that Republicans avoided the embarrassing pitfall of taking days to elect a leader - as was the case two years ago when they burned through 15 ballots over five days before finally settling on former Speaker Kevin McCarthy. Republicans ultimately sided with Johnson despite some GOP discontents dramatically voting against the speaker at the outset. #news #breakingnews #politics #congress #republicans #mikejohnson