WASHINGTON ― Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) filed a resolution calling for the ouster of House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Friday, but Greene stopped short of forcing a vote. “It’s more of a warning than a pink slip,” Greene told reporters. Greene and other far-right Republicans said they were furious with Johnson for avoiding […]
The congresswoman’s actions on Friday toward Rep. Mike Johnson brought out the popular #marjorietraitorgreene hashtag. Source link
Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) predicted the nation will “come to see the measure of” House Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) character. “Mike is somebody that I knew well,” Cheney said this week on “Politics Is Everything,” a podcast by the University of Virginia. “We were elected together. Our offices were next to each other, and […]
WASHINGTON ― House Republicans are set to vote this week on an emergency aid package for Israel that leaves out funding for other U.S. allies facing critical threats, including Ukraine and Taiwan. But there’s a big problem for newly minted House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.): His first major piece of legislation faces significant bipartisan opposition […]
WASHINGTON ― If House Speaker Mike Johnson’s decision to pair Israel aid with IRS cuts foreshadows his future legislative strategy, then the odds of another government shutdown showdown next month are rising. By pairing the aid with a targeted cut of IRS funding, Johnson may win support from Republicans but likely ensured the package is […]
This article is part of HuffPost’s biweekly politics newsletter. Click here to subscribe. Mike Johnson’s rise to speaker of the House over the past week was so quick and so improbable that it’s only now his record is starting to get attention. Hoo boy, is there a lot to consider. The Louisiana Republican now in […]
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) immediately reverted to conservative platitudes on gun control ― and his Democratic colleagues stepped in with a fact-check. “It’s actually the fucking weapons,” he wrote. Other Democratic lawmakers also fired back: Johnson also said Republicans will defend “the right of the citizens to protect themselves,” presumably by not allowing for […]
Before arriving in Washington less than a decade ago, House Speaker Mike Johnson, a deeply religious Christian, was a legal crusader associated with a fringe evangelical movement called “young Earth creationism,” based on a literal reading of the Bible’s Book of Genesis that posits the Earth is only several thousand years old. In the mere […]
A new ad shines a stinging light on Congressman Mike Johnson, a previously little-known Republican from Louisiana who’s become the newest speaker of the House. Non-profit group Courage for America’s 44-second spot starts with footage of GOP lawmakers this week booing a reporter who asked about Johnson’s backing of former President Donald Trump’s efforts to […]
Newly elected House Speaker Mike Johnson’s path in Republican politics began with a yearslong role as the senior attorney and national spokesperson for a group on the religious right dedicated to dismantling LGBTQ+ freedoms and outlawing abortion. Johnson worked for that organization, Alliance Defending Freedom, for eight years, from 2002 to 2010, before serving a […]