North Texas legislators react to the election of Johnson, who worked in 2011 and 2012 for the religious liberty law firm First Liberty Institute in Plano.
Speaker Mike Johnson is a conservative Republican who was first elected to Congress in 2016 after serving two years in the Louisiana legislature.In 2011 and 2012, Johnson worked as a constitutional law attorney arguing religious freedom cases with what is now called First Liberty Institute in Plano.
“We know those are his roots, and he’ll stay true to those roots as Speaker of the House,” Berry said.“The first and only thing he asked for was prayer,” Berry said.“I think what America is getting, and what the House of Representatives is getting, is someone who is a reconciler,” Berry said. “He’s able to cross bridges that sometimes people in government are not able to cross. Mike has a unique ability to do that.
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