Friday will be a big day in Washington as House lawmakers vote on a new Speaker. White House Correspondent JON DECKER will have the story.

Friday will be a big day in Washington as House lawmakers vote on a new Speaker. White House Correspondent JON DECKER will have the story. 

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Previously on Your Morning Show with Michael dol Choonho.

Speaker 2 (00:04):
Republicans have control of the House, but who gets the gavel?
On that note, we turned to the Only Man who
wears yoga pants while playing tennis. White House correspondent and
Supreme Court bar attorney John Decker.

Speaker 3 (00:16):
Good morning, Hey, good morning to you. Hope you're doing well.
Happy Friday. Friday. Big vote today as it relates to
the speakership. We know that one House Republican is a
definitive no. That's Thomas Massey of Kentucky. Nothing can change
his mind on that front. And because of the very
narrow majority that Republicans will have in the beginning part

(00:38):
of the one hundred nineteen Congress, if Mike Johnson wants
to be the next speaker, he can only afford to
lose one additional vote. And that's the reason why it's
going to be really interesting when that vote takes place
at noon today.

Speaker 2 (00:51):
It's one of those that you ever been in the
like at the Kroger or whatever your grocery store is.
You know, a couple of guys, a couple of a
wide vehicle and they parked the little too clay to say,
it looks like it's gonna be tight, but I think
I can squeeze in. That's how he's got to park
this today. There is no room for air. I think
what he has going for him though, is that Donald
Trump won. So if there's gonna be any grand standing
from the far right of the party, there's no space

(01:14):
between Mike Johnson and Donald Trump throughout the campaign and
sense so that would tend to favor him. But all right,
so this is a tight parking place. What do you
see happening?

Speaker 3 (01:25):
Well, I don't know. I think that's the reason why
I'm going to be in the House Chamber today when
that vote takes place. I was in the House Chamber
for all fifteen rounds of voting when Republicans ultimately chose
Kevin McCarthy. I can't tell you whether it's going to
be on the first round. I can't tell you whether
Mike Johnson's going to make it. They're eight House Republicans
to keep your eye on, and I'm going to give

(01:46):
you their names alphabetically because that's how they do the vote,
and so if you know they're going to be a
vote against Mike Johnson, you'll know as the vote takes place.
Whether he's made it, whether he's secured enough votes to
be the next House Speaker, Andy bi of Arizona, Tim
Burchett from Tennessee, Eric Berlison from Missouri, Andy Harris from Maryland,

(02:07):
Ralph Norman from South Carolina, Scott Perry from Pennsylvania, Chip
Roy from Texas, and Victoria Sparts from Indiana. Those are
the Republicans to pay the most attention to today when that
vote takes place.

Speaker 2 (02:21):
John Decker, White House Correspondent, joining us. All right, so,
and if not, I can't imagine the Republicans would want
to open up this can of worms again. It hasn't
been a can of worms that has played well for them.
If he can't secure it, where would we go? What
other names are being kicked around? That's the part that

(02:42):
makes me think he's probably going to secure it. I
don't hear anybody really in the wind that they would prefer.

Speaker 3 (02:48):
Yeah, there's no plan B. Having said that, they didn't
have one the last time either. They didn't have one
the last time. That's exactly right, Michael. And that's the
reason why some you know, someone can come up, you know,
on the side rail essentially and become the next House speaker.
We saw that happen with Mike Johnson. No one could

(03:09):
have foreseen that he would be the House speaker after
Kevin McCarthy was ousted. And you know, Jim Jordan, he's
a possibility, you know, if for whatever reason Republicans decide
to throw Mike Johnson over the side of the rails.
But you know, look, I think that the focus is
on trying to get him through this process. You know,

(03:31):
the certification process of the presidential election January sixth, that's Monday.
You can't do that certification process in the House unless
you have a House speaker. We'll keep an eye on it.

Speaker 2 (03:41):
Have a great weekend, John and look forward to talking
to you next week.

Speaker 1 (03:44):
Thanks Michael, miss a little, miss a lot, and we'll
miss you. It's your morning show with Michael del Chno.