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Republicans have at long last elected a House speaker: Representative Mike Johnson, a fundamentalist Christian who was also once called a key “architect” in Congress’s efforts to overthrow the 2020 election.

Johnson finally secured the speaker’s gavel after Republican infighting left the House without a speaker for 22 days. He secured 220 votes.

Johnson is a four-term congressman representing Louisiana. His win also represents the rise of the MAGA front in the Republican Party. Earlier Wednesday morning, Donald Trump endorsed Johnson as House speaker—after quickly killing Mike Emmer’s nomination the day before.

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[–] orclev@lemmy.world 334 points 2 years ago (24 children)

This next election is going to be an absolute shitshow. I guarantee they'll refuse to certify the election, and they'll try to hijack the electoral college (again).

[–] Atom@lemmy.world 92 points 2 years ago (3 children)

The 119th Congress will be seated on January 3rd 2025 and the presidential election certification will be January 6th. So if the Dems win the majority in 2024, they won't have the power to deny certificatation outright. Though, I'm sure a minority will still object to every swing state like they did in 2020, just to draw it out.

[–] TwoGems@lemmy.world 58 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Fascism just keeps coming back and we gotta stave it off again

[–] holiday@lemmy.world 31 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Weeds needs trimming. Or in this case punching, stomping, and and a good old dick twist

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[–] Countess425@lemmy.world 89 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm betting on this guy not lasting until November 2024 (not sure what the over/under is on November 17, 2023).

[–] orclev@lemmy.world 47 points 2 years ago (4 children)

How do you think he'll get removed? It took them this long to agree on someone to elect, it seems unlikely enough of them would agree to remove him. They could maybe get the Democrats along with a small subset of Republicans to vote him out like the last time, but I'm not sure the Democrats would be up for that. Maybe if they wait until right before the election, but I can't imagine the GOP being dumb enough to oust the speaker right before elections happen (although that does raise the question of who certifies the election if there's no speaker. I'm assuming the speaker pro tem?).

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 38 points 2 years ago

Yeah, this is the guy the MAGAs could support. The little rebellion is over, and they got what they wanted.

[–] ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.world 32 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)
[–] candybrie@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

They can oust any and every speaker at will, keeping Congress at a standstill and the government in chaos as long as they can get a simple GOP majority vote.

They don't need a GOP majority vote. They need a house majority vote. And unless dems have some compelling reason to keep the republican speaker (unlikely), it only takes a handful from the GOP to oust the speaker. I think McCarthy only lost 8 republican votes.

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[–] masquenox@lemmy.world 232 points 2 years ago (2 children)

a fundamentalist Christian

Yeah... we just call them christofascists these days.

[–] argo_yamato@lemm.ee 84 points 2 years ago (7 children)

I just call them Republicans means the same thing now

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[–] thorbot@lemmy.world 132 points 2 years ago (11 children)

“Breaking: Giant piece of shit selected by a bunch of other pieces of shit. Nation shocked”

[–] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago

"I'm shocked... SHOCKED... well, not really... not even a little." — Nation

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[–] agitatedpotato@lemmy.dbzer0.com 86 points 2 years ago (2 children)

What do we call 200 people who sit together with 20 Fascists?

[–] Reptorian@lemmy.zip 45 points 2 years ago (1 children)
  1. Nazis
  2. Republicans

They're the same.

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[–] Oyml@lemm.ee 20 points 2 years ago (1 children)
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[–] Conyak@lemmy.tf 83 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Is this a surprise to anyone? It’s not like the pool of candidates had anyone worth a damn anyway.

[–] UnspecificGravity@lemmings.world 43 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Right? It was ALWAYS going to be someone like this because it was always going to be a Republican. This is what voting for Republican's means. You get whacko assholes in charge.

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[–] KreekyBonez@lemm.ee 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)

and the pool of potential candidates is even more shallow when considering that the insurrection caucus has enough votes to make a would-be speaker sink or swim

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[–] uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 67 points 2 years ago (13 children)

For those who are concerned, no, he's not going to be able to run a far-right agenda (but he might try! 🍿) Anything that he could get through the house is likely to die in the Senate, and even then Biden wouldn't sign it.

That said, there is some scary bi-partisan shit that might get passed. There are at least two keep internet porn from kids laws that are really about don't say "gay" on the internet But both parties really don't like the public being able to freely deliberate and opine about how our government officials conduct themselves.

What we can expect is more of the Greatest Show on Earth. Republican infighting and stupid shenanigans should continue unabated. Republican representatives will provide plenty of campaigning content for their Democratic rivals running against them in 2024.

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[–] raynethackery@lemmy.world 66 points 2 years ago (3 children)

The Secret Service needs to keep President Biden and VP Harris far apart from each other. We can't afford to have this man become President.

[–] EvacuateSoul@lemmy.world 30 points 2 years ago

Alternatively, if they must be together, bring the Speaker as well.

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[–] Nougat@kbin.social 64 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

His opening statement as Speaker explicitly denigrates atheists.

Edit: So glad to see that the Speaker of the "People's House" as he so much likes to call it decided it would be a good idea to use his first speech as that Speaker to shit on some of those People.

Fucking fascists.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What did he say? I can't find it.

[–] Nougat@kbin.social 48 points 2 years ago (12 children)

https://youtu.be/GCTScJ5twWI

~9:00 in he starts talking about the national motto, in opposition to Marxism and Communism, "which begins with the premise that there is no god."

[–] someguy3@lemmy.ca 54 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

I think that was way worse than denigrating atheism. Sounds like he's on the warpath to define the US as a Christian nation with Christian laws.

[–] Nougat@kbin.social 23 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (8 children)

Perhaps I shouldn't have been so generous. I've been dying on a couple of stupid hills today, and I don't have the energy left to do it again, so I was choosing my words in order to be less likely to be challenged.

When I heard that, I thought, "Well, atheists are going to be the next boogeyman."

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[–] dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 54 points 2 years ago

He's a fundamentalist is he? I'm sure there are no tenets of Christianity, not a one, that he violates.

[–] TheTimeKnife@lemmy.world 46 points 2 years ago

Not remotely surprising the Republicans compromised on the lowest common denominator.

[–] Daft_ish@lemmy.world 40 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (7 children)

Makes you wonder what their problem with Gym Jorden was. Must be behind on his cock sucking duties.

[–] AdamHenry@discuss.tchncs.de 22 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Seriously. This is like how when Donald Trump was able to turn a war criminal into a kitty painting artiste that the country now has nostalgia for. It's absolutely insane that now Gym looks good on oaper.

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[–] shiroininja@lemmy.world 38 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Evangelicals are sleeping with the devil to do the lords work

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[–] badelf@lemmy.ml 38 points 2 years ago (1 children)

He said "Guns don't shoot people; teaching evolution shoots people."

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[–] UnspecificGravity@lemmings.world 36 points 2 years ago

It is a Republican majority, it was never NOT going to be that. This is the person that that they are, even marginally reasonable humans are VASTLY in the minority of the GOP.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 32 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Let’s get this gummit shutdown underway.

[–] Chetzemoka@startrek.website 19 points 2 years ago

Except it's threatening to delay my union vote at work. Our hospital corporation is deliberately stalling in hopes the government will shut down and the NLRB won't be available to oversee our vote. Our union is busy pushing NLRB to get it done already.

[–] cogman@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago

Yup. Dude is a crackpot that wants to defund everything.

[–] hurricane@lemmy.world 30 points 2 years ago

The worst of the worst, exactly what the GOP were holding out for.

[–] Pratai@lemmy.ca 30 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I’d expect no less from those that represent the coward half of our country.

[–] kWazt@lemmy.world 22 points 2 years ago (2 children)

"Half" makes it sound like 50% of the US population are cowards. I'm European, so I'll make fun all day for shits and giggles, but even I know there's not that many cowards in the US.

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[–] TheJims@lemmy.world 27 points 2 years ago

Republicans will always elect the worst possible candidate

[–] thesprongler@lemmy.world 22 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I give him 26 Emmers before he drops out.

[–] ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one 17 points 2 years ago (5 children)

I'm pessimistic on this. Johnson isn't going to be removed from the Speakership, when Johnson is sucking on Trump's dick.

I hope that the Democrats hit every swing district saying that their Republican member voted for this shit bag and they lacked "patriotism" to stand up to Trump.

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[–] ThrowawayInTheYear23@lemmy.world 22 points 2 years ago

To butcher Trump quote - "When Louisiana sends its people, they’re not sending their best. They’re not sending you. They’re not sending you. They’re sending people that have lots of problems, and they’re bringing those problems with us. They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists. And some, I assume, are good people.”

[–] mateomaui@reddthat.com 20 points 2 years ago (4 children)

May his faith in his abilities be soundly broken by Senate Dems sinking every piece of bullshit legislation he helps pass in the House.

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