Biden congratulates new House speaker while his campaign criticizes Johnson

President Biden placed a cordial phone call to the new House speaker, while his campaign unloaded Mike Johnson. The White House says Mr. Biden called Speaker of the House Mike Johnson “to congratulate him on his election, and expressed that he looks forward to working together to find common ground on behalf of the American people.” However, a separate statement from the Biden-Harris campaign had a much less conciliatory tone. It described Johnson as a “Trump lackey,” “one of Congress’s most extreme anti-abortion politicians,” and “one of the most forceful election deniers in the House.”