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Johnson cements "extreme MAGA takeover"

Johnson's win marks the first time the GOP has unanimously elected a speaker since elevating John Boehner in 2011

Salon

New House Speaker Mike Johnson leads a GOP majority weakened by decades of declining party authority

After the House of Representatives took the unprecedented step on Oct. 3, 2023, of removing its own speaker, Kevin McCarthy of California, with eight Republicans joining all 208 voting Democrats to “vacate the chair,” what followed was weeks of uncertainty. Until conservative Louisiana Rep. Mike Johnson was elected speaker of…

The Conversation

House finally has a speaker as Mike Johnson wins after weeks of chaos

Mike Johnson is a hardliner on abortion and LGBT+ rights and led an amicus brief to overturn the 2020 election results in swing states

The Independent UK

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Texas Republicans unite to elect Mike Johnson as U.S. House Speaker

All Texas Republicans in the U.S. House voted for Louisiana’s Mike Johnson to be speaker, ending a stalemate that has left the chamber leaderless for three weeks. Johnson is a deeply religious conservative who won the support of the party’s disparate factions.

The Texas Tribune

OPINION - Open revenge, payback and blood hatred in the race for Speaker of the House: this is Republican politics

Almost every aspect of current Republican Party politics defies historical precedent and obvious logic. Even in the House of Representatives, where, traditionally, a save-our-jobs mentality has always maintained a relative stability, Congressional Republicans, over the past several weeks, have publicly broken down in comic and operatic ways.

Evening Standard

In a raucous vote, House GOP picks a mild-mannered speaker

The boos and cheers said it all during the vote for Mike Johnson, whose first speech as speaker was much more restrained.

Roll Call

MSNBC host can’t contain laughter as McCarthy mulls new speaker bid

‘As your laughter suggests, this is probably not going to happen, but it’s being floated and we just report the news here,’ Ali Vitali says

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Republicans heckle reporter for asking about efforts to overturn 2020 election

Republicans boo Rachel Scott of ABC News for asking the latest speaker pick, Mike Johnson, question

The Guardian - US

Johnson elected speaker for remainder of 118th Congress - Roll Call

Weeks of infighting among House Republicans opened a lane for their fourth-round draft pick to claim the gavel Wednesday.

Roll Call

Republicans nominate Mike Johnson as latest US House Speaker candidate

Johnson, from Louisiana, is the fourth hopeful for the job amid continued in-fighting among Republicans.

Al Jazeera

Louisiana Republican Mike Johnson elected speaker of the House

House Republicans have elected Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., to be the next speaker. He will take office with just over three weeks before government funding expires on Nov. 17.

WEKU

‘Bandaid on an open chest wound’: Democrats mock latest speaker chaos

Republicans told their failure to pick a speaker is ‘a national security issue’ and a ‘circular back-stabbing match’

The Independent UK

Another one bites the dust: Emmer is out

Former President Donald Trump derided the Minnesota Republican as a "RINO" om Truth Social after his nomination

Salon

Tom Emmer withdraws US House speaker bid hours after nomination

House majority whip becomes third Republican to withdraw after Louisiana’s Steve Scalise and Ohio’s Jim Jordan

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Salon

GOP has third speaker nominee in 3 weeks

The Minnesota Republican received fewer votes for speaker than Rep. Jim Jordan got in his failed bid

Roll Call

Hern out of speaker race, endorses Johnson - Roll Call

Shortly after filing to make another run for speaker, Rep. Kevin Hern, R-Okla., dropped out and instead endorsed Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La.

The Guardian - US

Stephen Colbert on Jim Jordan’s failed speaker bid: ‘An historic humiliation’

Late-night hosts discuss Jim Jordan’s failed bid for speaker of the House, Trump’s lawyers turning on him and Taylor Swift’s romance with Travis Kelce

The Independent UK

Wrestling abuse dogged Jim Jordan’s House speaker run. A new film could be a ‘game changer’

A staffer at George Clooney’s production house Smokehouse Pictures told The Independent they were ‘still thick in production on’ blockbuster documentary

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The Texas Tribune

Texans Pete Sessions, Roger Williams both out in whirlwind day to pick U.S. speaker

Sessions dropped out of the race after a first round of voting within the Republican conference. Williams entered the race after the apparent front-runner, Tom Emmer of Minnesota, failed to reach the 217-vote threshold, but later on Tuesday evening and the Texas lawmaker was also out.

Al Jazeera

Will US Republicans finally elect a House speaker nominee?

The 221-member Republican majority in the House have gathered in a closed-door session to vote on a nominee.

The Guardian - US

Tom Emmer drops out of House speaker race amid significant Republican opposition and Trump attacks- US politics live

House whip withdrew as party’s speaker nominee after being attacked by Trump and lack of support from dozens of Republicans

The Independent UK

House speaker vote live updates: Tom Emmer bid hit with surprise GOP attack

Majority whip and former NRCC chair ends bid to become speaker hours after winning nomination

The Guardian - US

Jim Jordan’s dizzying fall bodes an even more broken Republican party to come

While Trump hurtles to the Republican nomination, his party’s representatives in Congress feud and backstab

The Guardian - US

House still without speaker as Republicans fail yet again to unify

Tom Emmer – the third nominee in three weeks – drops out of race just hours after winning nomination

WEKU

Minnesota Rep. Tom Emmer has dropped out of House speaker race

Rep. Tom Emmer, R-Minn., who earlier Tuesday was chosen by House Republicans to be the third speaker nominee in as many weeks, has dropped out.

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