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.

  • @kWazt
    22•1 year ago

    “Half” makes it sound like 50% of the US population are cowards. I’m European, so I’ll make fun all day for shits and giggles, but even I know there’s not that many cowards in the US.

    • @Serpardum
      -12•1 year ago

      You would be surprised. The Gangs claim that 2/3 of people are in gangs, and gang members are gang members because they are cowards.

      • proleEnglish
        16•1 year ago

        Lol what in the fuck are you even saying? “The gangs”? What gangs??

        Gang members are a lot of things, but I’m not sure I would include “cowardly.”

        The psychology and sociology behind gangs, gang members, etc. is incredibly complex and reasons people join can vary wildly. Gangs don’t exist in a vacuum, they’re created by the terrible conditions that we allow (force) millions of people to live under.

        Why you’re even talking about gangs in the first place, I’m not really sure. But, that said, you clearly know very little about the subject, so maybe don’t bring it up randomly? Just a suggestion.