The Maga-fication of congressional Republicans is now complete | Lloyd Green

Republicans have elected an obscure and extreme Trumpist, Mike Johnson, as speaker of the House

On Wednesday, House Republicans rallied around Mike Johnson, a little-known Trump-loving congressman, and propelled him into the speakership. The Magafication of the congressional Republican delegation is complete.

After three weeks of infighting and internal bloodletting, so-called Republican moderates waved the white flag of surrender. The line between Republican and neo-Confederate grows dimmer by the day.

Lloyd Green is an attorney in New York and served in the US Department of Justice from 1990 to 1992