President Biden said Wednesday he isn’t worried that newly elected House Speaker Mike Johnson will try to thwart his second term if he wins reelection in November of next year.

Minutes after House Republicans elected Mr. Johnson as speaker, a reporter asked Mr. Biden whether he was worried about the 2024 contest, given the Louisiana Republican’s support for election challenges after Donald Trump’s defeat in 2020.

“No,” Mr. Biden said during a joint press conference with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.

Mr. Biden said the American democratic system and its courts worked last time, and will again.

“Every time they lost,” he said of GOP rivals. “I understand the Constitution.”

Mr. Johnson won the gavel in one round of voting, and his election unlocked the House floor for business for the first time since October 3, when a group of conservative hardliners pushed out Speaker Kevin McCarthy, California Republican.

Mr. Johnson, 51, who took office in 2017, was serving as the vice chairman of the conference, a relatively obscure and low-level leadership position when he became the last, best nominee for House Republicans who have been fighting for weeks over who should lead them.

• Susan Ferrechio, Kerry Picket and Alex Miller contributed to this story.

• Tom Howell Jr. can be reached at thowell@washingtontimes.com.

• Jeff Mordock can be reached at jmordock@washingtontimes.com.