Originally published at: Mike Johnson wins House Speaker
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So they got an election denier in there.
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And a creationist
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At least he’s not Gym Jordan.
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He’s probably worse.
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Anybody up for starting a pool on how long he will last?
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With more chaos to come. That’s what happens when “responsible Republicans” vote for a right-wing extremist.
He just didn’t make as many personal enemies amongst the other GOP Reps as Jordan did. He’s still dangerous and nasty.
As long as he follows the MAGAt/Gilead line, he’ll be allowed to stay by all the Republicans, including the cowards and opportunists who voted for him today alongside the fascists.
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So, around Easter?
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I hope he breaks Theodore Pomeroy’s record.
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Here’s hoping the lettuce wins again.
but i’ll not put down anything more substantive than ‘hope’ (no extant political body can out-disappoint like the u.s. republican party) @#$!!!
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So a trump finger puppet.
This will not be fun.
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Finally, the national nightmare is over, so a new one can begin.
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Well this will do nothing to stave off a shutdown in just a few short weeks. The MAGAts will do performative budget writing that will never pass the Senate (to say anything of being signed by President Biden) and then refuse to go to reconcilliation at all, claiming it’s a take-it-or-leave-it situation, and crash the government…which is, we all know, what they want anyway.
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Johnson is best known for being the least experienced House speaker since 1883, "with just four terms in the House and no senior leadership roles or full committee chairmanships under his belt
So - they brought in someone that everybody else believes can be manipulated. In other words- a useful idiot.
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Maybe it should have it’s own thread?
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i just saw someone describe him as “Jim Jordan in a jacket.” – best, succinct description of him that i’ve seen.
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I guess he’s not quite as terrible an option as Trump himself would have been, but that’s not saying much (especially since Trump clearly never wanted the job anyway).
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Johnson previously served as a senior attorney and national spokesman for the anti-LGBTQ+ hate group Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), filing lawsuits against same-sex marriage, same-sex adoption, and same-sex marital benefits. ADF also led a campaign against GLSEN’s annual anti-bullying Day of Silence. Johnson said the day’s anti-bullying message “cloaked” the “real message… that that homosexuality is good for society.”
While serving in the Louisiana state legislature from 2015 to 2017, Johnson introduced a so-called “religious freedom” bill to legalize discrimination against married same-sex couples. He told the Baptist Message that he was “on the front lines of the ‘culture war’ defending religious freedom, the sanctity of human life, and biblical values, including the defense of traditional marriage.”
Last December, Johnson introduced a federal version of Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” law called the “Stop the Sexualization of Children Act.” The bill threatens to cut federal funding to libraries, school districts, hospitals, government entities, or other organizations for “hosting or promoting any program, event, or literature involving sexually-oriented material,” including “any topic involving gender identity, gender dysphoria, transgenderism, sexual orientation, or related topics.”
In a July hearing, Johnson — who serves as the chair of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government, said that parents don’t have the right to provide their children with access to gender-affirming healthcare, something he falsely called a form of “abuse and physical harm,” even though every major American medical association has endorsed it as safe, effective, and essential to the well-being of trans youth.
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