Former Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) is predicting that Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) will remain in the top job for six years.

The forecast from Gingrich — who wielded the gavel from 1995 to 1999 — comes days after Johnson was re-elected Speaker on the first ballot, and months after he beat back an ouster effort that was brought by a small group of hardline Republicans.

“Six years. That's a guess. I mean I just think he'll get tired after about six years,” Gingrich told The Hill during an interview on Wednesday.

“We have a group of contrarians who wake up every morning saying, 'I'm voting no. What's the issue?' And so managing that, and I have to say having done this job, my admiration for Johnson is unending,” Gingrich added. “To have a one vote or two vote majority, to have the patience of Job, to listen to every single person, to endure people who basically say to you, 'You know, I'd like to help you,........

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