President Joe Biden has weighed in on the election of Rep. Mike Johnson as the new GOP House Speaker, brushing aside concerns that Johnson would try to overturn the 2024 election as he did in 2020. Biden stated that any attempt to overturn the next presidential election would be as unsuccessful as Donald Trump's effort in 2020. Johnson played a role in trying to overturn the 2020 election, encouraging House Republicans to sign onto a legal brief supporting an unsuccessful attempt to challenge the election results in battleground states.

Biden expressed confidence that Johnson would not try to repeat these actions in the future, stating that he was not worried about the possibility. In a statement released after the news conference, Biden congratulated Johnson on his election and expressed his commitment to work with him in good faith on behalf of the American people.

The election of Johnson as the new Speaker of the House came after weeks of infighting among House Republicans. While the Biden administration had concerns about the chaos that could ensue after the removal of former Speaker Kevin McCarthy, it largely stayed out of the process, believing it didn't have a role to play.

The Biden campaign, however, wasted no time in criticizing Johnson's election, arguing that it would cement the "extreme MAGA takeover" of the House Republican Conference. They highlighted Johnson's support for overturning the 2020 election results and his alignment with former President Trump's agenda. The campaign emphasized the importance of the upcoming government funding deadline and urged MAGA Republicans to be held accountable at the ballot box in November.