Rep. Mike Johnson elected new House speaker

Anderson Cooper 360

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🗓️ 26 October 2023

⏱️ 49 minutes

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After weeks of party infighting, Rep. Mike Johnson was voted the new House speaker. The Louisiana Republican secured the speaker’s gavel without losing any GOP votes. Johnson has been a supporter of former President Trump and was a key congressional figure in the failed attempt to overturn the 2020 election results. CNN Chief Political Correspondent Dana Bash joins AC360 to discuss where Speaker Johnson stands on some important issues. Plus, the main United Nations agency working in Gaza says vital fuel supplies are on the verge of running out. CNN Chief International Correspondent Clarissa Ward gives Anderson Cooper an update on what’s going on inside Gaza’s hospitals that need fuel to run. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	It is 3 a.m. in Tel Aviv and tonight we have a rare look inside the Hamas tunnel system
0:06.4	that Israeli troops could face if and when they go into Gaza.
0:09.6	Also have the latest in efforts to get more hostages out before that happens and an update
0:14.1	on deteriorating conditions inside Gaza itself.
0:17.6	We begin though tonight with what happened today back in Washington, and it certainly
0:20.5	matters when it comes to American military assistance for Israel's war effort here.
0:25.2	Today three weeks after Alison Kevin McCarthy from the Speaker's Chair House Republicans finally
0:29.4	agreed on someone to replace him.
0:31.8	He is Congressman Mike Johnson of Louisiana, a staunch social conservative with less than
0:36.1	seven years experience in the chamber.
0:38.5	He's also a 2020 election denier who actively worked to overturn the outcome.
0:43.6	That said he managed to win unanimous support from fellow Republicans today, even those
0:47.8	on record as saying they would not vote for an election denier.
0:51.0	They did.
0:52.0	There's a lot to get to seeing as Melanie Zanonda starts us off on Capitol Hill with
0:56.0	more.
0:57.0	So how would Speaker Johnson able to do what all those others could not?
1:01.1	Well, Anderson Johnson really benefited from the pure exhaustion inside the GOP.
1:06.7	After 22 days of chaos and bitter in-finding Republicans, we're just really desperate
1:11.6	to unify and put this really ugly chapter behind them.
1:15.1	And look, Johnson is well liked in the conference.
1:17.4	He's also very conservative and very closely aligned with former President Donald Trump,
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