House Republicans elected far-right extremist Mike Johnson as the new House Speaker following weeks of dysfunction following Kevin McCarthy's ouster.
is the new Speaker of the House. The Louisiana Republican won the gavel Wednesday, three chaos-filled weeks after the partySpeaker elected to the position since the 1870s. Three other candidates, Reps. Steve Scalise , Jim Jordan , and Tom Emmer failed to convert their nominations into a successful floor vote, paving the way for Johnson.
Johnson may lack seniority, but he has a hardline, fundamentalist, and Trump-friendly record — which garnered a nod of approval from the former president hours before the vote. Johnson served on Trump’s defense team in both of his Senate impeachment trials. He was also a key figure behind efforts into a Texas lawsuit that sought to invalidate millions of votes from four key battleground states won by Joe Biden in 2020. The lawsuit was ultimately rejected by the Supreme Court. that if the right to abortion did not exist, there would be more able-bodied workers in the economy and Republicans would not be forced to cut benefit programs.
The most conservative members of the Republican Caucus are celebrating Johnson’s rise to the most powerful position in the House. Matt Gaetz ,that “if you don’t think that moving from Kevin McCarthy to MAGA Mike Johnson shows the ascendance of this movement and where the power in the Republican Party truly lies, then you’re not paying attention.
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