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Louisiana Republican Mike Johnson Elected House Speaker
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The Spin
Republican narrative
A hard-working principled conservative who is admired across the Republican Party, Mike Johnson will certainly do a great job for the nation as House speaker — as he has already done on the Judiciary Committee and on the House Republican Conference. His leadership and honesty will help get the country back on track for the benefit of American families.
Democratic narrative
The newly elected Speaker Johnson is a leading election denier who, as chairman of the House Republican Conference, played a key role in congressional efforts to subvert the 2020 presidential election as well as one of the most hardline conservatives in the House. That the GOP has only been able to rally around such a figure is worrisome, yet not surprising.