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\nIn came Rep. Rick Crawford (R-Ark.), a more MAGA-friendly, America First type who, crucially, had better relationships with the House GOP\u2019s hard right \u2014 the fractious bloc that Johnson needs to keep happy as he tries to pass Trump\u2019s agenda with a razor-thin majority in the coming months.<\/p>\n
In, too, came a new crop of rank-and-file Intel members \u2014 each of whom helped Johnson with parochial political problems in the House. He rewarded Rep. Pat Fallon (R-Texas), who helped run his speaker vote whip operation, and found a consolation prize for Rep. Ann Wagner (R-Mo.), who lost out on the Foreign Affairs Committee gavel.<\/p>\n
Problems solved. But, also, problems created.<\/p>\n
The easygoing, always smiling Johnson is quickly learning that wielding power means making enemies \u2014 especially when you bungle the execution.<\/p>\n
Johnson entered his private meeting with Turner armed with a host of internal conference reasons for firing him, but the speaker\u2019s decision to briefly cite \u201cconcerns from Mar-a-Lago\u201d as a justification for his decision vexed Trump\u2019s inner circle, who said that the president-elect had nothing to do with the matter and accused Johnson of trying to paper over his own political considerations.<\/p>\n
Perhaps more importantly, he has made a new enemy in Turner, who declined to comment.”<\/p>\n
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