DAVENPORT, Iowa — House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) praised Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA) as a key peacemaker in the House Republican Conference during a stump speech for her tight Iowa reelection campaign.

“Mariannette is one of the handful of people who can walk into a room when it’s very contentious, calm everybody down, get them together,” Johnson said. “It is an essential skill set in this historic moment we’re in, OK? I got to have her.”