Mike Who? The New Speaker of the House

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🗓️ 26 October 2023

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Just a few days ago, Rep. Mike Johnson of Louisiana was so unknown that fellow Republicans had to google his name. Now he’s Speaker of the House. WSJ’s Siobhan Hughes explains his meteoric rise. Further Reading: -Mike Johnson Elected House Speaker, Ending Three Weeks of GOP Feuding -New Speaker Mike Johnson Made His Name as Cultural Conservative Further Listening: -Why the House Still Doesn’t Have a Speaker -The Fight Over Speaker of the House Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	For the last three weeks, Republicans have been scrambling to find a speaker for the
0:09.9	House of Representatives.
0:11.7	They cycled through multiple nominees and several floor votes.
0:15.7	Tensions were high.
0:17.1	One Republican lawmaker went so far as to call the situation a dumpster fire.
0:21.7	But yesterday...
0:22.7	The honorable Mike Johnson of the state of Louisiana, having received a majority of the
0:26.3	votes cast as duly elected speaker of the House of Representatives for the 118th Congress.
0:34.2	So the House of Representatives got a new speaker and it's Mike Johnson.
0:40.0	I've never heard of this guy.
0:41.8	Neither have many other lawmakers.
0:44.8	The Senators spent the other day googling who is Mike Johnson and one of Mike Johnson's
0:50.8	own colleagues even since at a press release congratulating Jim Johnson for his victory.
0:56.2	So he is a relative unknown.
0:59.2	That's our colleague, Shavon Hughes.
1:01.9	Even though Mike Johnson might not be that well known, Shavon says his speakership could
1:05.9	be a game changer for the GOP.
1:09.0	Mike Johnson is going to be one of the most conservative speakers this country has seen
1:15.5	in decades.
1:17.3	The right wing of the party, what was previously considered the fringe of the party, has
1:23.2	barged into the inner sanctum and now it's got one of its own people sitting on the throne.
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