Vice President-elect Mike Pence made it clear to House Republicans that the incoming president wanted Paul Ryan as Speaker.
Mulvaney said that in a phone conversation earlier in the day with Pence, the Indiana governor told him to explicitly state that Donald Trump and Pence wanted Ryan to be speaker — which Mulvaney said he did during his speech.
Some hard-right GOP lawmakers say Ryan has not been a sufficiently aggressive champion of conservative causes.
House Democratic leaders say a delay in leadership elections is not a repudiation after last week's Democratic rout.
Democrats decided Tuesday morning to delay a vote for Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi's re-election bid after several members said they needed more time.
House Democrats have decided to delay their leadership elections and the decision on whether to keep Nancy Pelosi as their leader.
More than two dozen House Democrats wrote Pelosi this week asking her to delay the elections, saying it is "vital that our caucus take the time to listen to the American people and learn the lessons of this difficult election."
