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New Speaker Mike Johnson is a hard-right Christian conservative opposed to LGBT+ and reproductive rights

At a minimum, a three-week fight over House speaker was a distraction from Republican efforts to focus attention on President Joe Biden.

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.

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.

‘Santos for Speaker?’ the New York Republican asked and provided only one possible response

Louisiana congressman – and the party’s fourth nominee – wins support of all 220 Republicans who cast a ballot

Late-night hosts discuss Tom Emmer’s short-lived bid for the House of Representatives speakership and Trump’s mounting legal woes

The Louisiana conservative won US House speakership after unanimous support from Republicans, ending weeks of infighting

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