House elects Mike Johnson as Speaker, ending GOP chaos

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The House elected Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.) to be the 56th Speaker on Wednesday, capping off a chaotic three weeks that paralyzed the lower chamber in stunning fashion.

 

In finally coalescing around a new leader, House Republicans hope that Johnson can steer them around a series of legislative and political landmines in the weeks and months to come — an objective that is poised to be a heavy lift in the fractured GOP conference.

Johnson, who was in his second term as vice chair of the House Republican Conference, won the Speaker’s gavel in a 220-209 vote over Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), officially cementing himself as successor to former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) following McCarthy’s unprecedented removal earlier this month.

Republicans unanimously supported his election on the House floor.

Johnson’s ascension marks the end of a nasty and tumultuous period for the House GOP conference, which witnessed McCarthy’s ouster, cycled through four Speaker nominees and saw tensions reach a boiling point before settling on Johnson as its next leader.

“We’re in the majority right now,” Johnson said in a news conference on the House steps following his swearing-in as Speaker. “We’ve gone through a little bit of character building, and you know what it’s produced, more strength, more perseverance, and a lot of hope.”

“And that’s what we’re about to deliver to the American people,” he added.

 

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[Tug]

Another election denier trump tody hopefully we can limp along until the next election and get someone else when the house flips.I’d be utterly delighted to be wrong about this guy ,oh and they can still do the keven McCarthy gig on this guy as well so he’s basically neutered out the gate 

[Chomper Higgot]

It’s rather fitting that a rightwing extremist should be handed the tail of the rabid GOP tiger.

 

A Republican mess that will not be resolved by a guy with zero political capital in the party.

 

He’s going to be eaten alive.

[JonnyF]

6 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

It’s rather fitting that a rightwing extremist should be handed the tail of the rabid GOP tiger.

 

A Republican mess that will not be resolved by a guy with zero political capital in the party.

 

He’s going to be eaten alive.

 

Right wing extremist??  😃

 

The hyperbole is coming thick and fast this morning. 😄

 

Johnson is a solid choice for most who are not left wing extremists Antifa types.

[Chomper Higgot]

16 minutes ago, JonnyF said:

 

Right wing extremist??  😃

 

The hyperbole is coming thick and fast this morning. 😄

 

Johnson is a solid choice for most who are not left wing extremists Antifa types.

I’d be surprised if you had even heard of Mike Johnson before today, I suspect you’ve a bit of catching up to do.

 

Oh and what triggered your totally off topic Antifa nonsense?

 

 

 

[bendejo]

I've lost track, are they going to keep that 'a single rep can toss the Speaker' rule that got Kevin dumped?

They got another young zealot who will do what they are told, like Jenna Ellis.  DC draws a certain type of person, just like Hollywood does.

 

[Chomper Higgot]

Just now, bendejo said:

I've lost track, are they going to keep that 'a single rep can toss the Speaker' rule that got Kevin dumped?

They got another young zealot who will do what they are told, like Jenna Ellis.  DC draws a certain type of person, just like Hollywood does.

 

Well the current GOP certainly does.

 

 

[retarius]

So long as he cuts military and monetary aid to Ukraine and Israel I don't much care who he is, what his political views are, whether he supports Trump or not, or whether he's a right wing extremist. I am not optimistic however. The US Capital is a sewer. 

[JonnyF]

7 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

I’d be surprised if you had even heard of Mike Johnson before today, I suspect you’ve a bit of catching up to do.

 

I suspect an awful lot of things surprise you daily.

 

7 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

 

Oh and what triggered your totally off topic Antifa nonsense?

 

 

 

 

Only someone from such an extremist group would consider him far right. 

[Bkk Brian]

44 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

It’s rather fitting that a rightwing extremist should be handed the tail of the rabid GOP tiger.

 

A Republican mess that will not be resolved by a guy with zero political capital in the party.

 

He’s going to be eaten alive.

Indeed, a right wing loon, election denier, climate skeptic and anti abortion

[Tug]

17 minutes ago, bendejo said:

I've lost track, are they going to keep that 'a single rep can toss the Speaker' rule that got Kevin dumped?

They got another young zealot who will do what they are told, like Jenna Ellis.  DC draws a certain type of person, just like Hollywood does.

 

Yes the rule still stands any one member can call for a no confidence vote he’s totally neutered 

[Chomper Higgot]

2 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

Indeed, a right wing loon, election denier, climate skeptic and anti abortion

Very pro Government controlling citizens life choices.

[bendejo]

1 minute ago, Tug said:

Yes the rule still stands any one member can call for a no confidence vote he’s totally neutered 

Betcha he gets rid of it as first order of business. 

 

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44 minutes ago, JonnyF said:

 

Right wing extremist??  😃

 

The hyperbole is coming thick and fast this morning. 😄

 

Johnson is a solid choice for most who are not left wing extremists Antifa types.

From the article:

"In 2020, Johnson emerged as a key player in Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of the presidential election. Johnson, then the vice chair of the House GOP conference, led an amicus brief backing a Texas lawsuit that sought to reverse the outcomes of the vote in Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin."

Is the US Supreme court composed of "extremist Antifa types"? It summarily tossed out that ridiculous lawsuit.

U.S. Supreme Court throws out Texas lawsuit contesting 2020 election results in four battleground states
The lawsuit challenged election results in Georgia, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin. The high court said Texas did not have standing to bring the case.

https://www.texastribune.org/2020/12/11/texas-lawsuit-supreme-court-election-results

[novacova]

47 minutes ago, JonnyF said:

 

I suspect an awful lot of things surprise you daily.

 

 

Only someone from such an extremist group would consider him far right. 

Though keep in mind, from the extremest left perspective, anything towards the center is extremest right. Their delusion even cuts into RFK Jr

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2 minutes ago, novacova said:

Though keep in mind, from the extremest left perspective, anything towards the center is extremest right. Their delusion even cuts into RFK Jr

Not only was he a leader of the Trump teams self-evidently ludicrous attempt to overturn the election, but he also is an anti-abortion extremist. He supports a nationwide abortion ban. Before entering politics he worked for the Alliance Defending Freedom.

"One of ADF's goals is for Christianity to be incorporated into the US legal system, based on the organization leaders' interpretation of the U.S. Constitution. According to materials for its donors, ADF seeks to spread a belief in "the framers' original intent for the US Constitution and the Bill of Rights as it reflects God's natural law and God's higher law."^[7]..

In 2003, ADF unsuccessfully called for the recriminalization of homosexual acts in the U.S. (prior to 1962, sodomy had been a felony in every U.S. state), filing a Supreme Court brief supporting Texas' sodomy law in the landmark Lawrence v. Texas case which declared sodomy laws unconstitutional; it opposed laws that would protect people from discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity; and it falsely linked homosexuality to pedophilia.^[11]

^{https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alliance_Defending_Freedom}

[JonnyF]

1 hour ago, Bkk Brian said:

Indeed, a right wing loon, election denier, climate skeptic and anti abortion

 

As opposed to a left wing loon, doomsday cultist and anti Semite?

[JonnyF]

20 minutes ago, placeholder said:

Not only was he a leader of the Trump teams self-evidently ludicrous attempt to overturn the election, but he also is an anti-abortion extremist. He supports a nationwide abortion ban. Before entering politics he worked for the Alliance Defending Freedom.

"One of ADF's goals is for Christianity to be incorporated into the US legal system, based on the organization leaders' interpretation of the U.S. Constitution. According to materials for its donors, ADF seeks to spread a belief in "the framers' original intent for the US Constitution and the Bill of Rights as it reflects God's natural law and God's higher law."^[7]..

In 2003, ADF unsuccessfully called for the recriminalization of homosexual acts in the U.S. (prior to 1962, sodomy had been a felony in every U.S. state), filing a Supreme Court brief supporting Texas' sodomy law in the landmark Lawrence v. Texas case which declared sodomy laws unconstitutional; it opposed laws that would protect people from discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity; and it falsely linked homosexuality to pedophilia.^[11]

^{https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alliance_Defending_Freedom}

 

Christianophobia is such an ugly trait.

[Chomper Higgot]

4 minutes ago, JonnyF said:

 

Christianophobia is such an ugly trait.

Let’s add it to the list of self stroked grievances.

[Chomper Higgot]

6 minutes ago, JonnyF said:

 

As opposed to a left wing loon, doomsday cultist and anti Semite?

Anyone in mind our did you just assemble a sentence from your usual keyboard short-cuts?

[Chomper Higgot]

38 minutes ago, novacova said:

Though keep in mind, from the extremest left perspective, anything towards the center is extremest right. Their delusion even cuts into RFK Jr

I don’t know anyone who calls JFK Jr an extremist.

 

’Opportunist conspiracy crack-pot and useful idiot to rightwing extremists’ yes, but not actually an extremist himself.

 

 

[GarryP]

I love how being against a right-wing zealot automatically gets you labelled as a left wing extremist.  Seems some people are lacking in logic. 

Edited October 26, 2023 by GarryP

[Bkk Brian]

29 minutes ago, JonnyF said:

 

As opposed to a left wing loon, doomsday cultist and anti Semite?

 

No idea start a topic on that imaginary speaker of yours

[Tug]

1 hour ago, bendejo said:

Betcha he gets rid of it as first order of business. 

 

I’m not sure that he can,unfortunately it holds the house hostage to the magga nutters not a good thing best we can do is limp along till the election,that being said I would be utterly delighted to be 100% wrong 

[JonnyF]

36 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

Anyone in mind our did you just assemble a sentence from your usual keyboard short-cuts?

 

Plenty in mind that I could name if I chose to do so.

[gargamon]

ending GOP chaos

Now that's pretty much impossible. 

[thaibeachlovers]

 

2 hours ago, retarius said:

So long as he cuts military and monetary aid to Ukraine and Israel I don't much care who he is, what his political views are, whether he supports Trump or not, or whether he's a right wing extremist. I am not optimistic however. The US Capital is a sewer. 

You lose already. His stated first order of business is giving israel lots more US$ and support. Sad, really.

Ukraine seems to be sidelined for the moment, and the US may not have much left to give them anyway, after giving israel lots of munitions, which may include bombs and definitely includes missiles.

 

I agree about the US capital.

[thaibeachlovers]

1 hour ago, JonnyF said:

 

Christianophobia is such an ugly trait.

???????????? I don't see him as hating Christianity at all, though I don't agree with his strange interpretation of it.

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1 hour ago, JonnyF said:

 

Christianophobia is such an ugly trait.

What's really ugly is Christian nationalism. The claim that the constitution is a basically a Judeo Christian document. and what it ordains should not contradict Christianity as understood by Evangelical fundamentalists and right wing Catholics. The kind of thing that Johnson supports. To be opposed to Christian nationalism and the disrepute it brings the church into, is not Christianophobia.

 

[Emdog]

50 minutes ago, gargamon said:

ending GOP chaos

Now that's pretty much impossible. 

My take is that it is not an "end" but more like hitting the "pause" button.... take a breath for a minute or two and then go on with agenda of Saying the government doesn't work and then proving it by Republican actions. They really have no agenda other than demolish government. Really.