What you need to know about the new House Speaker

The House of Representatives finally has a speaker in Rep. Mike Johnson, a relatively little-known conservative from Louisiana. The 51 year-old congressman was elected unanimously by his colleagues, ending weeks of chaos in the Republican caucus. NBC News' @Ali Vitali tells us what we need to know about this new speaker.

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[Gemini]

They took an oath to protect the Constitution. Those that break that oath should be removed from office on grounds of violating that oath.

[vickialway]

A GQP lawyer who knows Constitutional law.
He knows it so much, that he wants to rewrite the Constitution.
What a patriot. 🤔🤔🤬

[Tiago-]

A reporter asks a valid and serious question to a person JUST put into a position of power and the republican response is to laugh and boo it down. Tells you everything you need to know about the republican party

[Lilpat]

GOP 101: Don't speak of our criminal records, but we have the right to accuse you of our crimes & speak about it forever.

[eddiemus]

Congratulations to Ali Vitalli for having the balls to always ask these hard confronting questions and se how cowardly these republicans try to avoid answering them.

[HeavenEarthFloral]

I invoke the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and request he be removed from Congress.

[susanb]

When are good Republican voters going to speak out like Liz Cheney did? Are there any outside of the Lincoln Project?

[bluejay]

Sad day when an election denier can become speaker. The GOP have slid into an abyss that reeks of orange

[Mark-flkx]

He continues to support Trump and the big lie. What more do I need to know?

[sqnkusf]

"The 3 things in the world that deserve no mercy, hypocrisy, fraud, and tyranny. Hypocrisy is the homage vice pays to virtue". Quite a challenge for the GOP.

[margerythompson]

He should be one of the co-conspirators arrested in georgia.

[lyndanicolas]

How can a person be a constitutional lawyer & engage in a coup?!?!

[normastone]

We have a seditious Speaker of the House. This will not end well.

[Tangnamo-qt]

This guy should be indicted with Trump..

[barrymantelli]

Here's proof that just because you have a degree does not mean you understood the curriculum

[jd]

One step closer to Christo-fascism in the United States.

[marty]

I’d like to hear he and Congressman Raskin have an argument.

[valdagadsden]

Republicans only exchanged one Snake for another Snake. Either way you still get bit.

[cherylbarrett]

I haven't heard a single good thing about him. Some say he is polite, which might be good, but we saw him say nothing while the cretin beside him yelled, "shut up, shut up" at a reporter asking a legitimate question. So, not polite even.

[JacksonHoulihan]

That reporter was exercising her freedom of speech and republicans shouted her down, how dare they.