As RedState reported earlier, House Republicans voted for Donald Trump-backed Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) to retain the speakership role on the first ballot after there were some initial doubts (due to a few holdouts) about whether he would be able to do so.
After two of the holdouts, Reps. Keith Self (R-TX) and Ralph Norman (R-SC), flipped, the final vote was 218-215-1. Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) was the lone dissenter on the Republican side, voting instead for Rep. Tom Emmer (R-MN).
Though the GOP process was not without a few hiccups and a bit of intrigue sprinkled in for good measure after the President-Elect got involved, the Democrat side of the aisle had its dramatic moments as well, namely when House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) uttered what was probably the first instance of the use of the word “fart” on the floor of the U.S. House in American…
