2026年10月12日 / 美国东部时间早上7:12 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻
众议院议长迈克·约翰逊表示，如果共和党在11月的选举中失去众议院多数席位，他仍打算继续担任共和党领袖，但尽管面临诸多不利因素，他仍对本党的参选前景持乐观态度。
“在我们失去多数席位这种不太可能出现的情况下，我预计我的同事们会要求我继续领导党团会议，即便届时出现分裂政府，”约翰逊在路易斯安那州什里夫波特（他的家乡附近）接受哥伦比亚广播公司新闻记者罗伯特·科斯塔采访时说道。
自2023年起担任众议院共和党议长的约翰逊，此前多次回避外界有关若共和党11月失去众议院多数席位后其个人计划的提问。这位以乐观态度著称的议长此前曾表态，相信共和党将守住众议院席位，甚至可能扩大目前的微弱多数优势。但传统上中期选举会令在野党受益，加上不得人心的伊朗战争、高企的汽油和柴油价格，以及特朗普政府其他有争议的政策，都给共和党增添了参选阻力。
上周，约翰逊接受福克斯新闻采访时谈及自己的未来计划，引发外界猜测他可能退出政坛，因为他当时暗示，如果共和党失去众议院多数席位，他可以回到家乡什里夫波特，开办一家草坪养护公司。
“这太可笑了，”约翰逊在谈及外界对这番言论的关注时告诉科斯塔，并称当时的说法是“开玩笑的”。
“我当时想告诉他们的是，我一生的首要目标都是尽我所能为上帝和国家服务，这一直是我的想法，”约翰逊说。“我当时想表达的是，如果上帝另有安排，我们会遵从。但我相信，我至少还会担任两年众议院议长。”
但约翰逊补充道：“如果——但愿不会如此——我们失去了多数席位，我预计我的同事们会呼吁我继续在分裂政府的格局下领导党团会议。”
“我的打算是留下来继续服务，这也是我一直在尽己所能做的事，”他说。
近几周来，约翰逊一直在大力开展竞选活动，计划在选举日投票前走访22个州的40个选区。他为自己继续担任领袖的合理性进行了辩护，无论届时共和党是处于多数还是少数地位，并列举了本届选举周期中他为共和党筹集的数百万美元竞选资金、紧凑的出行日程，以及他在本届国会中团结有时意见不一的共和党多数派的工作成果。
“我不确定任何替代人选能有什么优势，”他说。“我打算留下来继续领导。”
当科斯塔追问约翰逊，在当前的政治环境下，他是否有能力成为一名强硬善战的少数党领袖时，约翰逊提及了自己在众议院司法委员会的任职经历，以及在特朗普的两次弹劾审判中为总统进行的辩护。
“我过去是一名诉讼律师——宪法法律师。我们可以很强硬，但也可以成为快乐的斗士，”他说。“罗纳德·里根就是这样的人。我也是以他为榜样的。”
但约翰逊明确表示：“除了赢得多数席位并继续担任议长之外，我没有其他打算。”
“这就是即将发生的事，”约翰逊说。“我可以告诉你们，我会全力以赴争取胜利。”
“Heaven forbid”: Mike Johnson says he intends to remain GOP leader if Republicans lose House majority
October 12, 2026 / 7:12 AM EDT / CBS News
House Speaker Mike Johnson said he intends to serve as GOP leader if Republicans lose their House majority in November — but he remains bullish about the party’s chances despite significant headwinds.
“In the unlikely scenario where we lost the majority, I would expect my colleagues would ask me to continue leading this conference, even if we have divided government,” Johnson told CBS News’ Robert Costa in an interview near Johnson’s hometown of Shreveport, Louisiana.
Johnson, who has led House Republicans as speaker since 2023, has repeatedly pushed back on questions about his plans if the GOP loses the majority in the lower chamber in November. Known for his optimistic outlook, the speaker has expressed confidence that Republicans will hold on to the chamber, or even grow their narrow majority. But midterm dynamics traditionally boost the party opposing the party in control of the White House, and the unpopular war in Iran, high gas and diesel prices and other controversial Trump administration policies have added to those challenges for the GOP.
Last week, a comment Johnson made to Fox News on his plans for his future fueled speculation that he could retire from politics, as he suggested that he could go back to his hometown of Shreveport and start a lawn business if the GOP loses the House majority.
“It’s just hilarious,” Johnson said of the interest the comment spurred, telling Costa that the remark was “tongue in cheek.”
“What I was trying to say to them is that throughout my whole life, my number one objective is to be of my highest and best use to God and to my country, and that’s always what I’ve thought,” Johnson said. “And I was trying to make the point that if God has a different design, then we’ll follow that. But what I believe is, I’m going to be the speaker of the House for at least two more years.”
But Johnson added, “If, heaven forbid, we lost the majority, I would expect my colleagues would call upon me to continue to lead the conference in divided government.”
“My intention is to stay and serve, and that’s what I’ve been doing, as best I can,” he said.
Johnson has been campaigning heavily in recent weeks,with plans to hit 40 districts in 22 states before polls close on Election Day. He made a case for his continued leadership — whether in the majority or the minority — pointing to the millions of dollars he’s brought in for Republicans this cycle, his busy travel schedule, and his work to corral a sometimes volatile GOP majority in this Congress.
“I’m not sure what the case would be for any alternative,” he said. “I intend to stay and lead.”
When pressed by Costa on whether he has it in him to be a tough, combative minority leader in the current political environment, Johnson pointed to his time on the House Judiciary Committee and his defense of President Trump during his two impeachment trials.
“I was a litigator in my past life — constitutional law attorney. We can be tough, but we can be happy warriors,” he said. “That’s what Ronald Reagan was. That’s what I fashioned myself as.”
But Johnson was clear: he has “no intention other than winning this majority and serving as speaker.”
“That is what’s going to happen,” Johnson said. “And I’m telling you, I’m leaving it all in the field to do it.”
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