Speaker Mike Johnson compared leading the slim Republican majority in the House Tuesday to being an overworked “mental health counselor” and “firefighter” constantly grappling with emergencies and lawmaker drama.

Johnson , who his wife, Kelly, divulged is a “really remarkable” portrait artist, painted an unglamorous picture of being the most important man in the House – marked by constant phone calls, a lot of take-out food and his teenage son being “embarrassed” to be dropped off at school by his dad.

“I don’t think any of us fully realized how much life was going to change in making the transition from the sort of rank-and-file member to Speaker,” Johnson (R-La.) said of his family, during an interview on the “The Katie Miller Podcast.”

“It’s an all-encompassing, literal 24-hour, 7

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