Who is Mike Johnson, the new Republican House speaker?
by Sam Levine in New York from on (#6FVV5)
Louisiana congressman is solid part of party's right wing and played role assisting Trump's efforts to overturn 2020 election
The rightwing Louisiana congressman Mike Johnson won a floor vote to be speaker of the House on Wednesday, elevating him to a top position in US politics and capping an unlikely and sudden rise to power.
Johnson was elected to Congress in 2016 and has kept a relatively low profile since then, though he is socially conservative and a solid part of the Trumpist right wing of the party.
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