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Ezra Klein predicts Mike Johnson will not be Speaker of the House at the next State of the Union.

Ezra Klein · The Ezra Klein Show · Feb 25, 2026

“There's a very, very good chance, and I think it went up last night, that at the next State of the Union, Mike Johnson is not sitting behind him.”

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Mike Johnson is or is not the Speaker of the House at the next State of the Union address (scheduled for early 2027).

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