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Ryan Zinke says a speaker fight would be a ‘distraction’ - Washington Examiner

Rep. Ryan Zinke (R-MT) discouraged another election for speaker of the House because it would distract from President-elect Donald Trump‘s first days in office. Zinke voiced his support for Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) on Fox Business’s Mornings with Maria Bartiromo on Thursday. This comes after rumblings that Johnson may lose his leadership position after nearly coming to a government shutdown with his latest stopgap spending bill. “We’re going …