Rep. Thomas Massie (R, Ky.) has cast the first Republican vote against Mike Johnson. Massie said ahead of the session Friday that he planned to vote against the Louisiana Republican, instead voting for Rep.

Three Republicans have held out on voting for Mike Johnson as speaker of the House. Kentucky's Rep. Thomas Massie, who openly said he'd vote against Johnson over the past few days, voted for Rep. Tom Emmer of Minnesota.

"You can start cutting off my fingers," Kentucky U.S. Rep Thomas Massie said. "I am not voting for Mike Johnson.”