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House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) opened up in a revealing Wednesday interview alongside his wife Kelly, sharing some of the challenges he has faced since taking the reins of the lower chamber amid Republicans\u2019 razor-thin majority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Johnson in an interview on The Katie Miller Podcast said his life was a daily \u201ctriage\u201d packed with constant phone calls that gave him and his wife little down time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe try to have order and schedule, but it gets blown up because there\u2019s an emergency every 10 minutes,\u201d he said during the podcast, which is hosted by the wife of White House adviser Stephen Miller.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd so we\u2019re kind of in survival mode right now,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The House Speaker said he\u2019s given up comfort for the call of duty, noting that his outings are \u201cseldom\u201d as they require a \u201cthree Suburban motorcade right now, with a tactical unit and a police car in front.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said his son is \u201cembarrassed\u201d by the security detail, which results in him being dropped off a block away from school to avoid drawing attention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Johnson said one of the biggest struggles is trying to maintain the influx of calls which occur year round.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cI think literally 100,000 people have my cell phone number,\u201d Johnson told Miller. \u201cThe greatest challenge of my day is trying to keep up. Because I miss literally hundreds of calls and text messages in a day. The peril is, I don\u2019t know how important it was, what I missed,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The House Speaker said he hasn\u2019t had a break in a long time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI haven\u2019t had a vacation day in two years. I haven\u2019t been off in two years, literally,\u201d he said. \u201cLast Christmas, I was taking calls from members with their drama. It takes everything out of whomever serves in the position \u2014 and by extension, their family,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He noted that the job has come with some perks. However, Johnson has also faced criticism from members of his own party, such as retiring Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.). Other Republicans have also taken aim at the Speaker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But Johnson says being a father of four has prepared him for the role, teaching him how to navigate controversy with patience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe have this joke that I\u2019m not really a Speaker of the House,\u201d he said, sitting next to his wife. \u201cI\u2019m really like a mental health counselor, and so when the pressure gets turned up really high and then the stakes are so high and the votes are so tight, I just try to sit down and listen to everybody and figure out what their primary need is and how we can meet that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd sometimes those are long counseling sessions, but we get that done, it\u2019s not unlike, I mean, it\u2019s the same skills you use as a parent,\u201d Johnson continued.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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