Republicans chose Rep. Mike Johnson as their latest nominee for House speaker desperate to unite their fractious majority and end the chaos.
in a full vote of the House on Wednesday, bringing to an end one of the most chaotic periods of political gridlock and infighting in modern U.S. history.
Since then, various factions of the Republican Party had been jockeying for control of the process, blocking nominees they didn’t like and demanding concessions from other nominees. Hardline conservatives scuttled the party’s first consensus pick, Majority Leader Rep. Steve Scalise, while moderates ensured those hardliners’ choice, Rep. Jim Jordan, failed in three full votes in the House last week.It took Johnson, a lower-profile member from Louisiana, to finally achieve consensus.
U.S. President Joe Biden — whose election Johnson led efforts to overturn — congratulated the new speaker and pledged to work with him “in good faith on behalf of the American people.” By the time Johnson emerged as the nominee Tuesday night, Republicans appeared to fall in line at last. Rep. Matt Gaetz, who led the small band of hardliners to engineer McCarthy’s ouster at the start of the month, posted on social media that “Mike Johnson won’t be the Speaker the Swamp wants but, he is the Speaker America needs.
Asked on Wednesday if he was concerned about Johnson again attempting to overturn an election in 20204 if Biden wins reelection, Biden told reporters at the White House: “No.”
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