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.

  • Conyak@lemmy.tfEnglish
    911Ā·
    10 months ago

    Is this a surprise to anyone? Itā€™s not like the pool of candidates had anyone worth a damn anyway.

    • UnspecificGravity@lemmings.world
      472Ā·
      10 months ago

      Right? It was ALWAYS going to be someone like this because it was always going to be a Republican. This is what voting for Republicanā€™s means. You get whacko assholes in charge.

      • frezik@midwest.social
        62Ā·
        10 months ago

        Pretty much. Author could have wrote this two weeks ago, and then tweaked a few details before sending it to the editor.

    • KreekyBonez@lemm.ee
      191Ā·
      10 months ago

      and the pool of potential candidates is even more shallow when considering that the insurrection caucus has enough votes to make a would-be speaker sink or swim