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Its The Quiet Ones You Have To Watch Out For: Mike Johnson Edition
Mike Johnson not only herded the cats but got unanimous consent from a group that was yelling and cursing at each other only a day before.
After much ado and several weeks of nothing but drama, the House of Representatives once again has a Speaker of the House. Representative Mike Johnson of Louisiana received the unanimous consent of the majority Republican Party and now takes the gavel in the People’s House.
After the predictable deposing of Kevin McCarthy, the House GOP conference saw Steve Scalise falling short, Jim Jordan not taking no for an answer a few times, Tom Emmer’s public emasculation by Donald Trump and allies without even getting a floor vote, and various other machinations before elevating Speaker Johnson. In what had become a weekly tradition of Rep. Elise Stefanik nominating a Speaker candidate, the New York Republican invoked the Biblical David in showering Johnson with praise, changing it up a bit from breaking out the Biblical Esther for Jim Jordan’s nominating speech the week prior.
What a journey it has been.
While the made-for-TV news bombast of Jim Jordan was on full display in his failed bid, Mike Johnson strikes an altogether different…
