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Mike Johnson: “I'm following right now the Pelosi precedent.”

Featuring: Mike Johnson, Republican | Speaker of the United States House of Representatives | National

Speaker Johnson Joins Squawk Box on CNBC

Published October 16, 2025 | Video Starts at 09:25

If Gallegos and Kelly would vote to reopen the government, we'll get this thing done quickly. I'm following right now the Pelosi precedent. When my dear friend and colleague from Louisiana, Julia Letlow, in very similar circumstances was elected to fill in a special election to fill the seat of her late husband who passed died because of COVID Nancy Pelosi took 25 days to administer the oath. (09:25–09:28)

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Asserts that he is following a precedent set by Nancy Pelosi regarding the timing of administering oaths.

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