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Here’s a bit about this guy:

An ideological member of the Christian right faction of the Republican Party, Johnson is known for his strong opposition to legal abortion access, medical marijuana, and same-sex marriage. In December 2020, Johnson signed an amicus brief in support of Texas v. Pennsylvania, a lawsuit filed at the Supreme Court contesting the results of the 2020 presidential election. In January 2021, Johnson voted to overturn the election results in Pennsylvania. Johnson has cultivated close ties to Christian right groups Louisiana Family Forum, Alliance Defending Freedom, and Focus on the Family. Prior to his career as a politician, he worked with them to "represent churches, pastors and congregants whose vision of religious freedom conflicted with government regulations". Johnson supports ending American military aid to Ukraine in its war against Russia.

And here is his wiki page if you want to look into him more.

TL;DR: he’s a Nationalist Christian.

I hope his nomination fails.

Edit: world is a fuck

This asshole voted to overturn the election.

They're in a bind, but sadly, this works out very well for the MAGA wing of the party.

The MAGA wing has come out and said that they will not vote for anybody who certified the 2020 election, and there are enough of them that are willing to sit back forever and let the world burn to get their way.

The "moderate" (read: at least somewhat less crazy) wing of the party doesn't want to reward the MAGA extremeists who caused this mess in the first place, and wants someone who at the very least isn't going to turn every single issue into a toxic fireball in order to score extra likes on Twitter.

Both groups consider even thinking about working with Democrats to be political suicide, leaving that option off the table.

Which means one of three things is going to happen:

1. The MAGA wing caves and votes for a moderate Republican as speaker. Given their refusal to listen to anything resembling reason, I have a better chance of showing up to the next Chiefs game with Taylor Swift than them doing something rational.

2. At least half a dozen republicans put their own political careers on the line and work with Democrats, which will lead to an almost immediate negative reaction from their voting base and most likely the start of the end of their careers.

3. Rather than commit political suicide working with Democrats, the moderates cave to pressure and just vote for whoever the MAGA wing puts forward just so a warm body is holding the gavel, consequences be damned, considering it the least shitty option available.

My guess is #3. This happens not just in politics, but everywhere. When it comes down to a staredown between stubborn hardliners and moderates on any given subject, the moderates tend to blink first. I expect the same to happen here. The longer the MAGA wing is willing to vote down anyone by default without regard for the consequences and without even trying to negotiate, the more likely the moderates cave either out of exhaustion, frustration, or simply a lack of other viable options.

If there is a silver lining to this, the Speaker is also largely responsible for much of the party's fundraising. Given that we're in the "Who the hell is that?" stage of trying to figure out who that will be, I think it's safe to say that fundraising for the GOP is going to take a noticeable hit. And given the fact that opponents of some of these candidates (Boebert, for example) are outraising them by as much as 4:1, this little stunt by the GOP is going to make the uphill battle of keeping the House in 2024 a lot steeper than it needed to be. Not that I'm complaining, mind you......:D

House Republicans are what the French call "les incompétents".

nominate deez nuts.

Can't wait for Julia Louis-Dreyfus to play this guy on SNL.

This is the best summary I could come up with:

Cheers rang out and members chanted "Mike" as reporters raised questions about Johnson's viability on the House floor.

However, roughly 20 members were missing from the meeting, leaving Johnson to shore up his support in the 13 hours that remained before the floor vote.

The late-night vote came after another long, chaotic day on Capitol Hill that saw Republicans repeating their nominating process for the fifth time this year.

The past three weeks have left many House GOP members frustrated, angry and unable to see a solution.

Members have not moved closer together — some began reverting to votes for McCarthy, whose ouster three weeks ago started this crisis.

Jordan dropped out of the race last week when Republicans voted for him to step aside after losing three rounds of balloting on the House floor.

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