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.
The Secret Service needs to keep President Biden and VP Harris far apart from each other. We can’t afford to have this man become President.
Alternatively, if they must be together, bring the Speaker as well.
That is actually routine, especially when they’re traveling or making public appearances.
But when McCarthy had the gavel, it was just as nightmarish imagining he could be POTUS.
I wonder if there’s be conversations around that topic during the whole fiasco. Like, sure McCarthy wouldn’t have been good either, but this is much more dangerous.