Who is Mike Johnson? Five things to know about the new Republican House speaker
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The little-known Louisianan, who won on the first ballot, rallied objections to 2020 election certification, won Trump’s hedged support and has a solidly conservative voting record.
He’s a fucking traitor.
He doesn't deserve to be in government at all after his treason. Here he is 3rd from the presidency. Fuck this Christofascist.
Well, he said that he was put there by Gawd, so checkmate.
Important thing to remember is he is an insurrectionist
dude believes the earth is flat
Honestly? I don't give too much of a shit. Push the budget through, the rest is just... squabbling until the Dems retake the House in 2024. One hopes.
I'm troubled by an explicitly antidemocratic speaker of the house, but at this point now that Republicans have embraced fascism rather than adopting popular platforms I can't say I'm surprised.
idk, like, I get where you're coming from, but they're all antidemocratic at this point. It's marginally worse than McCarthy, but only marginally, y'know?
IIRC, 2 of the 9 Republican candidates for speaker did not endorse the big lie. Acknowledging reality made them unpopular.
Reality is woke.
Why is Mike Johnson?
Because there is no god.
He's a turd.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
WASHINGTON — Republicans elected a new speaker of the House on Wednesday in Rep. Mike Johnson, ending 22 days of a paralyzed chamber after a group of rebels overthrew Rep. Kevin McCarthy.
“But when you have it on a broad scale, when you have a software system that is used all around the country that is suspect because it came from Hugo Chávez in Venezuela, when you have testimonials of people that like this, but in large numbers, it begs to be litigated and investigated.”
In an Oct. 23 letter shared by Rep. Harriet Hageman, R-Wyo., Johnson proposed another short-term funding bill through Jan. 15 or April 15, "based on what can obtain Conference consensus," he wrote, "to ensure the Senate cannot jam the House with a Christmas omnibus."
In a statement promoting the bill, Johnson accused Democrats of waging “a misguided crusade to immerse young children in sexual imagery and radical gender ideology.”
Johnson has also co-sponsored legislation by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., called the Protect Children’s Innocence Act, that would make it a crime to provide gender-affirming care to people under 18 years of age.
On Wednesday morning, hours before an expected vote, Donald Trump, the de facto leader of the Republican Party, said he wasn't technically endorsing Johnson but suggesting the House elect him.
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