The new House Speaker is trying to rebuild the Republican's slim majority. But he's running into the same hard-right factions and divisions that his predecessor was unable to tame.

By most accounts, Speaker Mike Johnson inherited a House Republican majority in disarray after the sudden ouster of his predecessor last month.

But as Johnson, R-La., tries to rebuild that slim majority, he’s fast running into the same hard-right factions and divisions that Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., was unable to tame. That’s disrupting the party’s agenda, shelving priorities and leaving gnawing questions about any leader’s ability to govern.

  • @Fades
    7•1 year ago

    Seems to me this is simply God punishing Johnson because he isn’t doing well enough with his porn struggles.

    What I don’t get is why god isn’t taking it out on his son instead? It’s the kids responsibility, the whole nation knows it so why doesn’t the big man upstairs?