Norman had just voted against Mike Johnson when Nancy Mace handed him the phone and said that Trump wanted to speak with him.

President-elect Trump appears to have helped Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., avoid a messy, drawn-out fight to lead the House of Representatives. Trump spoke by phone with both Reps. Ralph Norman ...

Louisiana Congressman Mike Johnson of Shreveport was re-elected ... but then two of the three Republicans who voted against him - Ralph Norman of South Carolina and Keith Self of Texas - changed ...

There were six additional Republican holdouts who declined to vote the first time around, including Representatives Andy Biggs, Michael Cloud, Andrew Clyde, Paul Gosar, and House Freedom Caucus Chair ...