EMILY’s List added new House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) to a list of Republicans it is targeting for their views on abortion ahead of the 2024 election. “MAGA Mike Johnson and his supporters have made their plan to ban abortion crystal clear. Every single one of the Republicans EMILYs List has already put ‘On Notice’… […]
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‘I refuse to put people over politics’: Speaker Johnson fundraises with apparent typo
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) appeared to get his words mixed up in one of his first fundraising emails since taking the top House job last week. Johnson capped a standard fundraising message Friday with a new turn on a familiar phrase: “I refuse to put people over politics.” That apparent mix-up garnered jeers from House… […]
New GOP House Speaker Rep. Mike Johnson, an Israel-first Republican, made “getting vaccines into arms” one of his top priorities during COVID, records show
(NaturalNews) In another episode of “Meet the New Boss, Same as the Old Boss,” newly installed Republican Speaker of the House Mike Johnson of Louisiana is a… Source Views: 0
Ready for another DRAFT? New GOP House Speaker Mike Johnson says U.S. “boots on the ground” may be necessary for America to “stand with Israel”
(NaturalNews) Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.), the newest puppet of Israel, has been installed as America’s new Speaker of the House. And his fake-polished, syrupy-sweet… Source Views: 0
What It Means That the New House Speaker Is an Acolyte of Christian Nationalist Pseudo-Historian David Barton
When Rep. Mike Johnson was elected Speaker of the House earlier this week, Christian nationalist religious-right activist Rick Green was “literally in tears” because, he said, Johnson “is one of our guys.” Johnson himself confirmed as much back in 2021 when he spoke at a WallBuilders Pro-Family Legislators conference where he heaped praise on Christian […]
Speaker Johnson on same-sex marriage: ‘I am a rule of law guy’
After receiving criticism for his previous comments on same-sex marriage, new Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-La.) said he wanted to be clear on his stance: he is “a rule of law guy.” “I made a career defending the rule of law, I respect the rule of law,” Johnson said on Sean Hannity’s show… […]
Glenn Greenwald: First Amendment Advocate Speaker Johnson a ‘Gigantic Advancement’ over McCarthy
Journalist Glenn Greenwald said Thursday on Rumble’s “System Update” that newly elected House Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-LA) commitment to First Amendment issues is a “gigantic advancement over Kevin McCarthy.” Source Views: 0
Newly Elected GOP House Speaker Mike Johnson Announces First Priority Will Be Israel
By Chris Menahan Newly elected GOP House Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday announced his first priority will be Source Views: 0
No Labels’ call: Speaker Mike Johnson is ‘not a Trump Republican’
Members associated with No Labels, the centrist political organization plotting a third-party presidential bid, are singing the praises of newly minted House Speaker Mike Johnson — casting him as, at least temperamentally, a moderate. “He’s a Reagan Republican, not a Trump Republican,” said Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) in a Zoom call organized by No Labels […]
Right Wing Round-Up: The New Speaker
Nikki McCann Ramirez @ Rolling Stone: The New House Speaker Is a Far-Right Extremist Who Helped Plot 2020 Coup. Jo Becker @ The New York Times: Justice Thomas’s R.V. Loan Was Forgiven, Senate Inquiry Finds. Dan Kois @ Slate: I Watched All of the Daily Wire’s New Children’s Shows So You Don’t Have To. Kiera […]
Christie on who should be Speaker: ‘I don’t care, just pick someone’
GOP presidential candidate Chris Christie encouraged House Republicans to forget about internal divisions and focus on necessary legislative priorities amid struggles to elect a new Speaker. “They asked me on TV on Thursday, ‘Who do you want to be Speaker?’ I said I don’t care. Just pick someone!” Christie said at a campaign stop in… […]
GOP lawmaker urges Republicans to sign unity pledge to back eventual Speaker nominee
Rep. Mike Flood (R-Neb.) is urging his caucus to vote together as chaos over the House Speakership continues, launching a unity pledge for lawmakers to commit to a single candidate. The House has been without a Speaker for nearly three weeks after nominees, Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) and Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), failed to… […]
What to know about Speaker candidate Kevin Hern
The House GOP is in chaos amid attempts to elect a Speaker after Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) lost his third attempt at securing the gavel in a floor vote Friday. Nine congressmen have stepped up for the job, or have signaled they may. The new nominee will be the third in as many weeks after… […]
Jordan Out As Speaker Candidate After 3rd Loss
Update (1402ET): House GOP members have voted by secret ballot to remove Jim Jordan as candidate for speaker, according to Punchbowl News’ Jake Sherman, who added that House Republicans are headed home for the weekend and will hold a candidate forum Monday night. Margin was large, sources tell me. — Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) October 20, 2023 According to Politico‘s […]
House Republicans look for reset after Jordan loses Speaker fight: recap
House Republicans are looking for a reset after Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) once again fell short of the Speakership Friday, continuing the two-week-long stalemate that has plunged the chamber into chaos. Following Jordan’s third failed attempt at the gavel, the GOP conference voted to no longer back the Ohio Republican for Speaker in a secret… […]
What to know about potential Speaker hopeful Tom Emmer
After Republicans voted Friday to no longer back House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) as its Speaker nominee, the House is scrambling to find a new candidate. That decision came after Jordan failed for a third time to garner the 217 votes needed to secure the gavel. Several GOP members have since announced that they… […]
Biden: Jordan ‘got his rear end kicked’ in Speaker bid
President Biden on Friday took a swipe at House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), after the congressman failed to secure the speakership following three separate votes. “He just got his rear end kicked,” Biden said at a fundraiser in Washington, D.C. The president recounted to supporters how Jordan failed to bring in the majority of… […]
GOP lawmaker equates Speaker drama with ‘peeing on the electric fence’
Rep. Steve Womack (R-Ark.) likened the ongoing drama between House Republicans trying to choose a Speaker to “peeing on the electric fence” during a Friday CNN interview. Womack joined CNN’s Jake Tapper where he was asked why amid two major foreign policy crises and a pending government shutdown, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), who had three… […]
Rep. Jim Jordan loses second speaker vote as more Republicans defect
(NaturalNews) Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio, the House Republican Conference’s nominee to be the next speaker of the House of Representatives, has once again failed to… Source Views: 0
Jim Jordan to hold press conference amid Speaker vote chaos
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) is holding a press conference Friday morning after two failed attempts to become the new Speaker of the House. “Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) will hold a press conference tomorrow morning, Friday, October 20, 2023, at 8:00 a.m. ET in the Rayburn Room of the U.S. Capitol,” a post by House Judiciary… […]