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.

  • Uriel238 [all pronouns]English
    72•1 year ago

    For those who are concerned, no, he’s not going to be able to run a far-right agenda (but he might try! 🍿) Anything that he could get through the house is likely to die in the Senate, and even then Biden wouldn’t sign it.

    That said, there is some scary bi-partisan shit that might get passed. There are at least two keep internet porn from kids laws that are really about don’t say “gay” on the internet But both parties really don’t like the public being able to freely deliberate and opine about how our government officials conduct themselves.

    What we can expect is more of the Greatest Show on Earth. Republican infighting and stupid shenanigans should continue unabated. Republican representatives will provide plenty of campaigning content for their Democratic rivals running against them in 2024.

    • @[email protected]
      10•1 year ago

      that are really about don’t say “gay” on the internet

      I’ve seen claims that banning saying gay is what makes lgbt people happy. Like Putin.

    • @[email protected]English
      2•1 year ago

      I don’t think the problem lies in the ability to push far right agendas. They are not smart enough anyway to have ideas. The problem is that tea party religious zealots are really good at breaking down the government from doing what’s supposed to do. They will probably freeze any meaningful change till the next election, so that they can later cry that the public sector is inefficient and useless. And their base will drink it like coolaid

    • @[email protected]
      -24•1 year ago

      “Hey its not a good idea to let children have unfettered access to pornography on the internet” “YOU JUST DONT WANT KIDS TO BE GAY!”

      • Blue
        7•1 year ago

        Where are the parents? Or daddy state has to take care of your children also?

      • TheSaneWriterEnglish
        5•1 year ago

        Why is censorship the answer? Can’t parents and the educational system teach children to avoid it themselves and be responsible with their internet usage? That seems like a much more holistic answer to this problem.

        • @[email protected]
          -2•1 year ago

          are you anti censorship? seems people on this site are very happy censoring things they believe to be problematic.

          and yes, telling kids about something that they will enjoy but telling them to stay away from it has worked many times before. There is way too much pornographic content on social media sites that children use, and its almost a guarantee they will encounter it. The web didn’t used to be like that.

      • @[email protected]
        4•1 year ago

        Maybe parents shouldn’t let their kids have unrestricted access to the internet? I’m not sure why so many folks think it’s alright to just hand a small child an iPad and never check what they’re doing.

      • @[email protected]
        3•1 year ago

        “Hey censorship isn’t a good idea.” “YOU’RE JUST TRYING TO MAKE MY KIDS GAY!” Two can play the strawman game. Parents should do anything with their children or just not have them.

        • @[email protected]
          -2•1 year ago

          Are you anti censorship? Seems a lot of people are okay censoring things they find problematic i.e. transphobia, racism, etc