U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson was in Vancouver on Thursday at Trap Door Brewing, speaking at a gathering for Republican congressional candidate John Braun. Photo courtesy Paul Valencia🎧 Speaker Johnson Endorses Braun for WA’s 3rd District Your browser does not support the audio element. Less than 48 hours after the polls closed on Washington state’s primary, the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives was in Vancouver, giving his endorsement to John Braun for Congress. “You could not find a better candidate than John Braun.” U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson listens as John Braun answers a question on Thursday morning in Vancouver.