BREAKING: Mike Johnson won't run for minority leader in House after GOP midterm losses

After Tuesday's bruising defeat for Republicans, House Speaker Mike Johnson will not stay on as minority leader come January.

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said on a staff call Wednesday that he will not run for minority leader, according to two GOP staffers, heading off what will likely be a bitter fight over the party’s future in the next Congress as Republicans reel from a seismic election defeat.

Mike Johnson to Step Down as Top House Republican in Wake of Election Loss The Epoch Times

'Instead of standing firm on our principles, you have governed out of fear,' Rep. Steube told Republican leadership.