He said the room felt different last night after Johnson’s selection. Of course, that selection came after several weeks of infighting and turmoil.
Whether people agree or disagree with him, Johnson has a lot of trust on both sides of the aisle, said Cole, one of the House’s longest-serving members. (It’s far from clear if Democrats agree with his assessment of Johnson’s trustworthiness.)
”That’s a big part of this stuff, can you trust what somebody tells you? And he’s got the kind of personal integrity to take to the bank,” Cole said.
HuffPost asked if that separated him from McCarthy, who was accused of double-dealing by members of both parties.
”I would not put it that way,” Cole said. “I would say that, again, Mike is somebody people on both sides of the aisle trust and that was a big part of this.”