Meet Mike Johnson, Republicans’ 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 “architect” in Congress’s efforts to overthrow the 2020 election.

Johnson finally secured the speaker’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 speaker—after quickly killing Mike Emmer’s nomination the day before.

  • Conyak@lemmy.tfEnglish
    911·
    1 year ago

    Is this a surprise to anyone? It’s not like the pool of candidates had anyone worth a damn anyway.

    • UnspecificGravity@lemmings.world
      472·
      1 year 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 Republican’s means. You get whacko assholes in charge.

      • frezik@midwest.social
        62·
        1 year 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
      191·
      1 year 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