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You really don't want someone as speaker who voted against certifying Biden's 2020 election win?!! Any senator or congressman who voted against certifying Biden's 2020 election win, should not be in office and has no creditability?!! The democrat's in the house will not vote for Johnson for speaker either?!!
Twenty-two days. Fourteen candidates. Four nominees. Three floor votes (and counting).
Could House Republicans finally be on the cusp of a breakthrough in their search for a speaker?
It sure feels that way: Late Tuesday night, Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.) became the latest GOP conference nominee, and this time there was no backbiting, no ultimatums, no snarky comments to reporters — just cheers and an overwhelming sense of relief.
It’s not over yet. Three lawmakers voted “present” during a roll-call poll of the conference, and 22 GOP lawmakers were absent, so it’s possible there might be a decisive handful of “Never Mikes” hiding out there.
But the lack of vocal opposition and surfeit of genuine enthusiasm that was aired last night on opposing sides of the House GOP marked a significant shift after three weeks of chaos.
“Mike is … a straightforward leader who can unite us as Republicans!” (R-Fla.), one of a handful of centrists who engaged in hard-line tactics as the search played out.
Johnson is “the right guy at the right time,” said Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas), a conservative firebrand who pushed hard in the other direction, per CBS. “He's got his pulse, I think on where the American people are.”
Johnson wasn’t anyone’s first choice — far from it. On the first ballot Tuesday morning, he garnered only 34 votes.
But it turns out Johnson doesn’t have nearly as many enemies as some of his higher-profile colleagues. And, much to his benefit, Republicans decided — after the sudden, Donald Trump-assisted termination of Majority Whip Tom Emmer’s speaker candidacy yesterday — that they’re sick and tired of looking like total fools.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/four-mike-johnson-217-105145739.html
Twenty-two days. Fourteen candidates. Four nominees. Three floor votes (and counting).
Could House Republicans finally be on the cusp of a breakthrough in their search for a speaker?
It sure feels that way: Late Tuesday night, Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.) became the latest GOP conference nominee, and this time there was no backbiting, no ultimatums, no snarky comments to reporters — just cheers and an overwhelming sense of relief.
It’s not over yet. Three lawmakers voted “present” during a roll-call poll of the conference, and 22 GOP lawmakers were absent, so it’s possible there might be a decisive handful of “Never Mikes” hiding out there.
But the lack of vocal opposition and surfeit of genuine enthusiasm that was aired last night on opposing sides of the House GOP marked a significant shift after three weeks of chaos.
“Mike is … a straightforward leader who can unite us as Republicans!” (R-Fla.), one of a handful of centrists who engaged in hard-line tactics as the search played out.
Johnson is “the right guy at the right time,” said Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas), a conservative firebrand who pushed hard in the other direction, per CBS. “He's got his pulse, I think on where the American people are.”
Johnson wasn’t anyone’s first choice — far from it. On the first ballot Tuesday morning, he garnered only 34 votes.
But it turns out Johnson doesn’t have nearly as many enemies as some of his higher-profile colleagues. And, much to his benefit, Republicans decided — after the sudden, Donald Trump-assisted termination of Majority Whip Tom Emmer’s speaker candidacy yesterday — that they’re sick and tired of looking like total fools.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/four-mike-johnson-217-105145739.html
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