Meet Mike Johnson, Republicansā€™ new House speaker.

Republicans have at long last elected a House speaker: Representative Mike Johnson, a fundamentalist Christian who was also once called a key ā€œarchitectā€ in Congressā€™s efforts to overthrow the 2020 election.

Johnson finally secured the speakerā€™s gavel after Republican infighting left the House without a speaker for 22 days. He secured 220 votes.

Johnson is a four-term congressman representing Louisiana. His win also represents the rise of the MAGA front in the Republican Party. Earlier Wednesday morning, Donald Trump endorsed Johnson as House speakerā€”after quickly killing Mike Emmerā€™s nomination the day before.

  • YoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.worldEnglish
    28Ā·
    10 months ago

    Colorado already did and it has stated itā€™s Consitutional and allows a 2/3 vote in the U.S. Congress to overturn. We wonā€™t back down from that, the law is the law.

    • DarthBueller@lemmy.world
      21Ā·
      10 months ago

      I AM a lawyer, and from what I can see, youā€™re close but (perhaps unintentionally) misrepresenting the facts, unless you are referring to some other previous action. A judge this week decided to allow a case to proceed that will determine, amongst other things, whether the events of January 6 ā€œconstituted an insurrectionā€ and whether Trump ā€œengagedā€ in insurrection.

      • YoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.worldEnglish
        21Ā·
        10 months ago

        Iā€™m referring to what our State Legislators are saying that they will ignore the Supreme Court if they donā€™t follow the Consitution in favor or partisan politics. The law is the law and the Supreme Court cannot rewrite what the Consitution says.