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analyzed Johnson’s political track record. Johnson previously opposed additional aid to Ukraine, arguing the funds should be allocated to addressing domestic issues. He supported former President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election. He votedaverting a government shutdown.
The new speaker, Rep. Mike Johnson , might be more dangerous than the firebrand Ohio Republican. For Jordan’s shirt sleeves demeanor and wrestler’s pugnacity, substitute a bespectacled, low-key presentation, a law degree and an unswerving commitment to conservative dogma and former president Donald Trump.
This is not an upgrade. It is Jordan in a more palatable package — evidently smoother, seemingly smarter and, therefore, potentially more effective.All eyes are on Rep. Mike Johnson , the 51-year-old whose election to be the 56th Speaker on Wednesday put an end to the over three weeks of turmoil and GOP infighting in the lower chamber.
Johnson, who was serving his second term as vice chair of the House Republican Conference, won the Speaker’s gavel in a 220-209 party-line vote over Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries on Wednesday, more than three weeks after former Speaker Kevin McCarthy was booted from the top spot.
The Goldilocks candidate even surprised Donald Trump. Trump predicted Monday, “There’s only one person” who could unite the party: Jesus Christ. “If Jesus came down and said, ‘I want to be speaker,’ he would do it. Other than that, I haven’t seen anybody that can guarantee it.”
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