Rep. Scott Perry (Pa.), a former chair of the House Freedom Caucus, is the latest Republican to decline to commit to supporting Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) as the House prepares to formally elect a Speaker on Jan. 3, adding uncertainty to the GOP leader’s prospects of retaining his gavel.

“Right now, I think that Mike has done an admirable job under tough conditions, but I'm going to keep my options open. I want to have a conversation with Mike,” Perry said Friday on “Mornings with Maria” on Fox Business.

While Johnson was unanimously renominated by House Republicans to be Speaker again in November, Republican frustration with how he handled an end-of-year short-term funding deal last week has put the GOP leader on thin ice ahead of the Jan.........

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