House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., just held onto the hand in a nail-biter voting on Friday evening. Republicans hoping to oust Trump’s replacement in the coming months avoided the same death as the two drawn-out speech elections. After some fighting by both Trump and Johnson, finally Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., was the hapless Republican to defy authority and voting against Johnson. Here’s a look at the top events of the first ballot of the 119th Congress: 1. When five Republicans sat silently as their secretary called their brands for a vote, three of whom refused to cast a ballot said they were on the verge of defeat. Three people — Republican Reps. Thomas Massie of Kentucky, Ralph Norman of South Carolina and Keith Self of Texas — voted against Johnson. Massie voted for House Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., Norman voted for Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, and Self voted for Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla. At the end of the vote, the titles of those who refused to vote on first notice were called afterwards. Repetitions. Andy Harris, R-Md., Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., Andrew Clyde, R-Ga., Michael Cloud, R-Texas, and Chip Roy, R-Texas, finally voted for Johnson. GOP REBELS SWITCH VOTE TO JOHNSON AFTER TRUMP’S 11TH HOUR CALLS, PUSHING HIM OVER THE FINISH LINE2. Trump calls two GOP sympathizers, calls them, then calls both Norman and Self to ask them to move to Johnson, both lawmakers ‘ confirmed to Fox News Digital. Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S. C., was reportedly in contact with Trump via mobile after they voted against Johnson, according to two people who spoke with Fox News Digital. Although Mace declined to comment, Fox News Digital saw her and Johnson stumbling over her and the holdouts in the area area. Prior to that time, Mace and Norman had heated exchanges off the House surface. Massie and Johnson were inseparable because he had much had his mind made up that Johnson was not the ideal candidate for the position. However, Johnson could only manage to rescind the election’s grant and keep the baton. Johnson, also, huddled with Self and Norman. While determining a course to take, house leaders did not officially close the vote. 3. Self and Norman change their votes About an hour after casting their ballots for others, the piece of defectors re-vote, giving Johnson his desire. Self claimed that he changed his vote to support” the Trump agenda.” MIKE JOHNSON RE-ELECTED HOUSE SPEAKER AS GOP MUTINY THREAT DISSOLVES” The Trump plan is most important. We need to strengthen the House processes to ensure we have the strongest communicating team for the coming peace deal because the Trump agenda is the most crucial factor. But again, this was all about making the Trump agenda more successful”, said Self. Norman claimed to have spoken with Trump, but was eventually persuaded to do so because of the assurances he received from Johnson that “real shift” would occur. Trump” really made his point about how Mike is the only one who may win elected,” Norman said. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP. He claimed that Johnson had given him a” devotion that things are going to change” rather than a quid pro quo. Liz Elkind of Fox News contributed to this statement.