Johnson's victory ends three weeks of squabbling among the House GOP — and cements its pro-Trump, hard-line faction as the face of the national party.
Rep. Mike Johnson, a relatively inexperienced Louisiana Republican congressman who questioned the results of the 2020 presidential election, was elected speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday, ending weeks of leaderless chaos that followed the Oct. 3 ouster of California Rep. Kevin McCarthy. Johnson's ascension to the speaker's chair cements a fiercely pro-Trump, hard-line faction as the face of the national GOP.
' Ahead of the vote, a handful of Democrats shook Johnson's hand while Republicans stood in line to take selfies with the soon-to-be speaker. Though Johnson is not a prolific fundraiser, his short time in national politics and lack of a national profile mean that he doesn't carry the same political baggage that weighed down several previous candidates for the speakership. An impending HBO documentary on a major sex abuse scandal at Ohio State University could have haunted Ohio Rep.
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