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Republicans have elected an obscure and extreme Trumpist, Mike Johnson, as speaker of the House

Far-right Florida congressman who triggered ousting of former speaker Kevin McCarthy says ‘the swamp is on the run’

The newly elected speaker, Mike Johnson of Louisiana, had a leading role in trying to overturn the 2020 election

New Speaker Mike Johnson is a hard-right Christian conservative opposed to LGBT+ and reproductive rights

At a minimum, a three-week fight over House speaker was a distraction from Republican efforts to focus attention on President Joe Biden.

Johnson's win marks the first time the GOP has unanimously elected a speaker since elevating John Boehner in 2011

The previously little-known rightwinger from Louisiana shows all the hallmarks of the ex-president’s voice

Mike Johnson is a hardliner on abortion and LGBT+ rights and led an amicus brief to overturn the 2020 election results in swing states

Republicans hope electing Johnson will unite their fractious majority and end weeks of chaos by elevating a little-known conservative to one of the highest seats of U.S. power.

All Texas Republicans in the U.S. House voted for Louisiana’s Mike Johnson to be speaker, ending a stalemate that has left the chamber leaderless for three weeks. Johnson is a deeply religious conservative who won the support of the party’s disparate factions.

Almost every aspect of current Republican Party politics defies historical precedent and obvious logic. Even in the House of Representatives, where, traditionally, a save-our-jobs mentality has always maintained a relative stability, Congressional Republicans, over the past several weeks, have publicly broken down in comic and operatic ways.