MAGA Mike XXL
With Trump's blessing, every Republican member of the House voted to elect an election denying, White Christian Nationalist culture warrior as Speaker of the House.
Mike Johnson's election as Speaker of the House is a victory for Trump and his MAGA warriors who threw the House in chaos and dysfunction for 3 weeks by blocking any nominee who voted to certify the 2020 election. When candidate Johnson first ran for the House in 2016 he bragged, "I was called to the legal ministry and I’ve been out on the front lines of the culture war.” As an elected member of the House, Johnson led House efforts to overturn the 2020 election, criminalize abortion, deny climate change, demonize immigrants, and attack the LGBTQ+ community.
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) wields the gavel after he's elected at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday. (Elizabeth Frantz/Reuters)
By Amy Gardner and Michael Kranish
Johnson worked behind the scenes to boost Donald Trump’s efforts to stay in office through a long-shot court challenge. His role could matter after the next election.
Video: Raskin: Don't be fooled by ‘good manners' of MAGA speaker Mike Johnson, MSNBC | 10/25/2023
"He opposed democracy, we know that from his giving a legal gloss and finish to all of Donald Trump’s arguments about electoral fraud.”