Who is Mike Johnson, the newly elected House speaker?
Republican Rep. Mike Johnson of Louisiana won a vote Wednesday to become House speaker, ending a three-week vacancy.
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25 Oct 2023 ~~ By Caroline Linton
Johnson, who represents a district in western Louisiana, was first elected to the House in 2016. He is a close ally of former President Donald Trump who had led many of the 2020 election challenges.
What is Johnson's connection to 2020 election challenges?
After the 2020 election, Johnson led an amicus brief signed by more than 100 House Republicans in support of a lawsuit brought by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to overturn the election results in four swing states won by President Biden.
The brief claimed that the officials and courts in each of the battleground states unconstitutionally usurped the power granted to state legislators by changing election rules in 2020. The Supreme Court rejected the request, saying it lacked legal standing.
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Ahead of the Jan. 6, 2021, joint session of Congress to count the Electoral College votes, Johnson urged lawmakers to follow a "third option," saying the way the states had changed voting rules during the pandemic had been unconstitutional, according to The New York Times.
Commentary:
How quickly the the political knives come out for Speaker Johnson less than an hour after being elected Speaker of the House.
That does sound like a RINO to me.
Actually, i have the impression that Trump now has an ally in the Speakers chair. Re-elect him, flip a couple of Senate seats and go to work in 2025
There is still hope for the USA..
Meanwhile Democrat Socialists of America cheer for Hamas, Hezbollah and Iran while undermining our Constitution. Bill of Rights and above all order in the Congress of America.
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