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Republicans have at long last elected a House speaker: Representative Mike Johnson, a fundamentalist Christian who was also once called a key āarchitectā in Congressās efforts to overthrow the 2020 election.
Johnson finally secured the speakerās 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 speakerāafter quickly killing Mike Emmerās nomination the day before.
Iāve run in largely Christian circles for most of my life, and thatās how the conservative Christians I know have been talking about communism as long as I can remember, that its most important feature is that itās atheistic. I donāt think itās actually indicative of any change or advancement of their position. Also, Iām pretty sure the GOP is technically less Christian now than itās ever been.
Thatās not what heās focused on imo. I think he emphasized the religiousness of the US.