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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 357 points 1 year ago

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 103 points 1 year ago

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 65 points 1 year ago

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

[-] holiday@lemmy.world 32 points 1 year ago

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

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[-] Countess425@lemmy.world 94 points 1 year ago

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 50 points 1 year ago

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 41 points 1 year ago

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

[-] ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.world 38 points 1 year ago* (last edited 7 months ago)
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[-] masquenox@lemmy.world 242 points 1 year ago

a fundamentalist Christian

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

[-] argo_yamato@lemm.ee 84 points 1 year ago

I just call them Republicans means the same thing now

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[-] thorbot@lemmy.world 141 points 1 year ago

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

[-] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago

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

[-] TheMightyCanuck@sh.itjust.works 108 points 1 year ago

This mf is third in line for the US presidency?

Please tell me I'm wrong. I hope I'm fucking wrong. Wtf America

[-] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 87 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Please tell me I’m wrong. I hope I’m fucking wrong. Wtf America

Do you want the good news or the bad news first?

I'll start with the good news first

You're wrong. He's not third in line for the US presidency.

The bad news is

He's second. VP -> Speaker

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[-] agitatedpotato@lemmy.dbzer0.com 89 points 1 year ago

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

[-] Reptorian@lemmy.zip 46 points 1 year ago
  1. Nazis
  2. Republicans

They're the same.

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[-] Oyml@lemm.ee 21 points 1 year ago
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[-] Conyak@lemmy.tf 86 points 1 year ago

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

[-] UnspecificGravity 43 points 1 year ago

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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[-] Nougat@kbin.social 68 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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.

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[-] uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 68 points 1 year ago

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 67 points 1 year ago

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 32 points 1 year ago

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

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[-] dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 53 points 1 year 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 48 points 1 year ago

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

[-] Daft_ish@lemmy.world 41 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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

[-] AdamHenry@discuss.tchncs.de 23 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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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[-] badelf@lemmy.ml 39 points 1 year ago

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

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[-] shiroininja@lemmy.world 37 points 1 year ago

Evangelicals are sleeping with the devil to do the lords work

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[-] UnspecificGravity 37 points 1 year 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.

[-] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 33 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

When McCarthy was removed, I thought it was a mistake for Democrats not to support him. Now this new guy does seem worse. I guess we'll know soon enough, when it's time to avert a shutdown again.

[-] Donjuanme@lemmy.world 38 points 1 year ago

Why would the Democrats support someone who went back on almost everything he told them he'd stand for? "But the new guy will be worse" when someone shows you who they are, Believe them.

[-] AWistfulNihilist@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The guy who was elected has shown us he's a dedicated election denier tho! It was never going to be someone more trustworthy in that shit show of a caucus.

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[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 33 points 1 year ago

Let’s get this gummit shutdown underway.

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[-] hurricane@lemmy.world 31 points 1 year ago

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

[-] Pratai@lemmy.ca 30 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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

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[-] TheJims@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago

Republicans will always elect the worst possible candidate

[-] thesprongler@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year ago

I give him 26 Emmers before he drops out.

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