Chaos in Tennessee: Speaker Johnson Puts Trump on Speakerphone as GOP Scrambles to Save ‘Safe’ Seat

FRANKLIN, Tenn. — What should have been a sleepy December special election has turned into one of the most aggressively nationalized House races of the year. Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District — historically a GOP stronghold — is suddenly competitive, prompting Speaker Mike Johnson and President Donald Trump to intervene directly in the campaign’s f…