Rep. Mike Johnson wins election to become next House speaker | full coverage

The House of Representatives elected Louisiana Rep. Mike Johnson as the next speaker on Wednesday, finally filling the seat that was left vacant three weeks ago when Rep. Kevin McCarthy was ousted from the leadership role.

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[TheStampi]

Doesn’t matter what clown drives the car, they are still trying to drive us all off a cliff

[markbishop]

Watch he might be worse than what you think.

[thrash]

We have a House Speaker who will not support the US Constitution.

[andrewcraig]

Everyone get on the train and get your tickets, this GOP train going downhill and over the cliff, we go!

[bbintheclouds]

WTF!!! How does an election denier get elected for HS.

[rogerbernard]

We are phucked! Going back to my wine bottle for the rest of the day! How incredibly sad…..

[AndyM_YYY]

Looks like Putin has something to celebrate.

[christopherdollbaum]

Wow. They must really like this guy.
Funny his name hadn't come up earlier...
Popular indeed!

[kevinhoffman]

Oh great a frickin election denier Vote blue next yr America !

[ernestb]

Well voters time to make sure you vote come 2024 to get the Republicans out majority come 2024.

[flxuqmm]

Great, an election denier as Speaker of the house....how low and the GOP go!

[Shouten]

I wonder if he will deny his own election 🤔

[dustinalonzo]

Absolutely disgusting. Election deniers should NOT be allowed to even serve let alone be granted power.

[katsmith]

the only way this could have been worse is had they chose stripper bobo

[patjohnson]

Can't wait to see how this latest 🤡 lasts as speaker

[krislokki]

Low rubbish gets the house speaker title due to unethical GOP gangs’ chaos.

[jlopeza]

Great move having a representative from one of the lowest ranked states in every category!

[trumptrashends]

almost entire gop just voted for speaker a man that assisted in attempting to over through the usa government !!

[intheshellify]

This is my fault. I yelled into the ether, "Anybody but jim freakin jordan." That is exactly what we got.

[artsveiman]

Of course, any one person could still go up and ask for his removal and we would be back here all over again and, personally I would not mind it considering they chose a deplorable.