Louisiana congressman known as ‘Maga Mike’, elected House speaker Wednesday, is staunch Trump supporter and election denier
Mike Johnson takes the oath of office after being elected House speaker at the US Capitol in Washington DC, on 25 October 2023.Mike Johnson takes the oath of office after being elected House speaker at the US Capitol in Washington DC, on 25 October 2023.elected as their speaker
Johnson amassed enough support to win the speakership because of his allegiance to Trumpian ideals, earning him the nickname on the far right of “Maga Mike”. A litmus test of sorts for the speakership was alignment with rightwing views, including believing in a stolen election, though the firebrand approach of failed speaker candidate Jim Jordan soured moderate members, despite his election-denying bonafides.
Johnson’s ascension shows the state of the mainstream Republican party today – their firm denial of the 2020 election and allegiance to Trump, said Gunner Ramer, the political director for the Republican Accountability Project. A more moderate Republican speaker nominee, the congressman Tom Emmer,Johnson’s win “speaks to the total disregard that the Republican party has had and still has for democratic institutions and the rule of law”, Ramer said.
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