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Mike Johnson
October 25, 2023
Pablo Manríquez
New House Speaker Thinks It’s Christian to Call Gay Love Sinful
Speaker Mike Johnson has a long history of homophobia. Here is a small sampling.
October 25, 2023
Grace Segers
Don’t Know Who Mike Johnson Is? Neither Do Senate Republicans
The upper chamber’s GOP members greeted the new speaker in the House with bemusement—and the need to google him.
October 25, 2023
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
New House Speaker Once Blamed Abortions for Social Security, Medicare Cuts
Mike Johnson tried to justify Republican cuts to the social safety net in the most inane way.
October 25, 2023
Adrienne Mahsa Varkiani
Well, We Have a Speaker. He’s an Election Denier and an Extreme Christian Fundamentalist.
Meet Mike Johnson, Republicans’ new House speaker.
October 25, 2023
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
House Republicans Lose Their Mind After Reporter’s Question About 2020
A reporter tried to ask the newest House speaker candidate a tough question. Chaos ensued.
October 25, 2023
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Republicans’ New Speaker Pick Led Effort to Overturn 2020 Election
Representative Mike Johnson, who may be the next House speaker, played a key role in the attempt to overthrow the 2020 election results.
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