Shortly after filing to make another run for speaker, Rep. Kevin Hern, R-Okla., dropped out and instead endorsed Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La.
Hern told reporters of his plans shortly after Republicans began meeting behind closed doors Tuesday evening for yet another candidate forum, where GOP conference members get a chance to ask questions of each of the candidates.
“It’s gotten to a point where it’s gotten crazy. This is more about people right now, and it should be about America, America’s greatness,” Hern said. “For that, I stepped aside and threw all my support behind Mike Johnson, I think he’d make a great speaker. He’s a great human being, he’d be a person that everybody can trust.”
