Scott Wong is a senior congressional reporter for NBC News.
WASHINGTON — One of the most unassuming and unrecognizable lawmakers in Congress, Rep. Mike Johnson was thrust into the eye of the storm when he won the speaker’s gavel last week. Suddenly, the low-key Louisiana Republican who was elected in 2016 found himself being trailed by a large security detail, holding one-on-one meetings with world leaders and dealing with two wars and another potential government shutdown. Tourists in the Capitol asked to take photos with the once-obscure backbencher.
“He’s very level-headed, not one to get emotional. He’s a great communicator and he’s focused,” Palmer said Friday. Johnson's elevation from relative unknown to speaker is unusual. Paul Ryan had been the GOP’s vice presidential nominee and chairman of two House committees, Budget and Ways and Means, before his elevation to speaker in 2015.
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