You Were Expecting Hakeem Jeffries?

Meidas Touch:

House Republicans finally put an end to two weeks of humiliating dysfunction and chaos by electing Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) Speaker of the House. 

The election came less than 24 hours after the House GOP nominated Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-MN) to be Speaker. Emmer was then almost immediately stabbed in the back by Donald Trump in a Truth Social post, with Trump calling him a RINO who "never respected the power of a Trump endorsement," after Emmer had sought that endorsement earlier this week. 

Emmer subsequently dropped out of the race, paving the way for Johnson, a MAGA dark horse whose biggest qualification apparently is his loyalty to Trump and his belief in election denial conspiracy theories.

Quelle Surprise!

Mike Johnson's victory is another example how autocratic forces win — they wear down the opposition until they appease. That is what they just did here.

Did  someone think autocrats were a minority of the GOP House?

This will be showing up in Biden-Harris tweets any minute now:

According to this Times story [Speaker] Johnson cohosts a podcast with his wife where they frequently talk about universal abortion bans. so i'd imagine quite a few oppo researchers are cranking up their Apple podcast and Spotify apps atm.

I understand Johndon wants a short term debt ceiling extension, to January or so, and to return to regular order and get the spending bills passed.. IOW, the same things that got McCarthy fired.

That’s when we’ll know the House has returned to normal brokenness, from this period of extreme brokenness.

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And a reminder, that while Johnson wrote an amicus brief that joined Ken Paxton’s plea to the Supremes to save Donald Trump: he lost.

No," President Biden says when asked if he is worried that newly-elected House Speaker Mike Johnson would attempt to overturn the 2024 election results if he's reelected, similar to Johnson's efforts in 2020. 

"I understand the Constitution," Biden adds.

Victory in 2024 is all but assured:

At least Republicans finally have a party platform. Force women to give birth to save Social Security. Christian nationalism personified.

Just not for Republicans.