Louisiana Republican Mike Johnson won the vote and has become Speaker of the House of Representatives. This is a huge shift in momentum for the MAGA base, for common sense pragmatic voters, and for the overall direction of our national body politic.
Speaker Johnson delivered a humble, gracious and fantastic speech after the vote. WATCH:
WASHINGTON DC – The fourth-term Louisianan sailed to victory with 220 votes, more than the 215 he needed to be elected speaker on the House floor. The final vote on the first ballot was 220-209.
Johnson’s win marked a stunning turnaround after more than three weeks of chaotic limbo in the House following the ouster of former Speaker Kevin McCarthy and the demise of three other failed speaker candidates. He did not lose a single GOP vote from lawmakers who were present; Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-Wis.) is in Israel and did not attend the balloting.
Before his election as speaker, Johnson served as vice chair of the GOP conference — but was seen by hard-line conservatives as somewhat outside the mainstream party leadership mentality that some of them faulted McCarthy for embodying. He was first elected in 2016 after practicing constitutional law for two decades.
“You know, sometimes new is better,” House Rules Committee Chair Tom Cole (R-Okla.) said Wednesday. “I think he starts off with trust. And he starts off with an understanding that he’s going to have to move quickly and we don’t have time for a lot of fun and games here.” (read more)
God’s Hand was definitely in this. What looked like chaos was really His gracious mercy for the American people.
Amen!
Amen, Amen, Amen.
Thank you, Lord for your great mercy!!🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻
Divine intervention???
🙏🇺🇲💕
We’ll see
I do not know how Mike Johnson will act as Speaker but for this I am most definitely grateful
Time will tell the true story.
Yeah lets see if they do all the things… release the j6 video AND everything the Pelosi house kept hidden. Her j6 hearings with Cheney buried a lot of exculpatory evidence that could free j6 prisoners and overturn most of the convictions. And blow up the narrative but lets get those people out first thing.
AMEN !!!!!
Some hope is restored in reading those headlines.
Well, those headlines are a pretty good indication that Mike Johnson is a fair minded, honest, upstanding and intelligent American. You would not see these headlines about McCarthy for sure.
Great job with that summary Mass Psychosis. As you say, time will tell, but from this and the earlier information on him from other sources, he looks like a decent choice. Not that “Republicans” can be counted on for much anymore, but leadership can make a BIG difference. Gaetz was absolutely right to deep six McCarthy, who if you watched his feet, was more of a flunky than a leader. Maybe the process is working.
You would know better how to do this from what I have seen of your posts, but my take is that we should just drop Republicans and democrats and replace them with Trumpers, Non- Trumpers and Communists. Pretty distinct lines there. Call them Americans, Deep Staters and, well….communists. But that’s where we seem to be.
Thanks, great posts, it is always great to see progressive tears flow. It is great to have a win.
The left-wing rags are back to their tired old playbook, calling Mike Johnson an “election denier”, and, gasp, a Christian.
I call the Demo-communists “election fraud deniers”.
Demo-communists: “There was no “Widespread” election fraud,… all “Common Sense” voters know that! /s
So nice to hear them Screaming at the Sky again now.
Are we to believe Biden received more votes than Obama? That would be a stretch.
Great montage of endorsements!
I hope we’ll soon get to see all of the J6 videos and maybe an indictment of the J6 Mastermind…. Nancy Pelosi!
Well, the Democrats have only themselves to blame, don’t they?
If they had wanted to they could have voted for McCarthy and kept their favored Speaker in place.
Their chickens, so to speak, have come home to roost, one might say…….
Can’t wait for the new brood to hatch!
That is a superb take on this entire process. Good thinking Jack.
“Extreme Christian Fundamentalist”
I take that any day over the the millions of dollars and media and academic support for the Extreme Islamic Fundamentalists.
God Bless Gaetz !!!!! That man has stones !!!!
My favorite thing about him is his relatively short time in Congress…..less time to be corrupted. As Malone said in the movie The Untouchables “if you want an apple you can trust, you don’t go to the barrel, you pick it off the tree”………or something like that HA
Levin needs to have Gaetz on the radio tonight and apologize to him and his buddies. Something like this:
“Matt Gaetz, it is very gracious of you to come on the show, thank you. I owe you, and your group of congressmen, an apology. I was wrong. You were right. Something needed to be done because the ship is headed toward an iceberg. You shoved the captain aside who would not turn the wheel. I lost my temper and called for you all to be primaried. I said you, Matt Gaetz, were, quote, a ‘flash in the pan’. Well, Matt, I’m very sorry. That was a stupid thing to say. Please accept my apology and my congratulations on this win.”
Do it, Mark.
Levin needs to eat crow for sure. I listen to him but he isn’t always right. He was wrong about Getz gor sure.
Time to fess up mark. Fess up.👀🦨
Time to part ways with Sam Kinison.
Levin wasn’t wrong. Levin is corrupt. Levin was Lying.
Mark is in his ⚰️ coffin
— dead to me.
Defending McCarthy is indefensible.
So right DS. He showed his true colors a few years ago with his support of the con-con. He has walked it back since but some of us have long memories.
His ego is too large for contrite.
Great idea. The whole damn network should do it, actually. Fox is just SO bad. Great idea.
Levin is a RINO book salesman.
Old Yeller still has some people fooled.
💯 💯
A narcissist is never wrong. Good luck with getting him to admit he was wrong. I’d rather be locked in a cell with Hannity than listen to Levin.
Boy !!!! That would be a tough decision.
GAAAAAACCCCKKKKK
Now that’s funny. 💯 locked in a cell with either 🤣🤣🤣🤣 I would confess to being a serial killer and beg for electric chair…
Time goes slow enough in a cell.
You don’t want tic toc Hannity in there to make it worse.
Yikes.
History may be written in glowing terms when describing the equally brash and heroic efforts of the Gaetz 8 initializing and prevailing in breaking the GOPe’s strangle hold on the HoR.
Moreover, Levin, Newt, Hannity, Ingraham, et al. deserve the gut punch they are getting. Newsmax anchors/commentators deserve a victory lap for their unwavering support of Gaetz and his cohorts.
Levin should invite Matt onto his show, but Matt should under no circumstances go. Levin is part of the Fox “managed Republican” apparatus. Let them die in peace…
I’m just gonna’ leave this here for someone, who said something. They know who they are.
Hmmmm. Is that a crow ready to be served up?
Needs to be on Ice,.. then eaten Cold.
I believe “Blackberry preserves on a toasted English muffin….” was agreed upon. LOL…
You are very funny, Puddy!
Please excuse my doubting! Now, ask SD to explain how every Republican suddenly voted for someone who no one knew about…
poor thing…George Floyd?
Thank you
Who?? What did I miss??
I’m happy for the huge ray of Sunshine that gave us some hope today. The swamp had to take a back seat and wisdom tells us that they WILL pit a revenge. Speaker Johnson will be on the top of my prayer list for heavenly protection as he walks his way thru the processes of keeping his word. God Bless Speaker Johnson!!! 🙏🙏🙏
just like with everything
I am “from Missouri”
and will take a wait and see attitude
Waiting with you, but a little more hopeful
…and the first item- the single most pressing issue- is yet more money for another nation-state. Same old, same old. Three to four billion per annum is not enough, apparently. Back to the salt mines!!
Let’s not take a victory lap yet. The political machine is working so hard to destroy us, my first thoughts are smoke and mirror’s but we have to start somewhere.
Please prove me wrong.
The Battered Conservative in me tends to agrees with you. I’m taking a wait and see attitude here. Been lied to and disappointed too many times.
At least we are collectively aware — and praying!
No more “Gullibles’ Travels.”
Praise God!🙏 Also thanks to CTH and Real America’s Voice. Y’all’s reporting showed me how fervently I had to pray. Continuing to pray as the deep state will be coming after SOH Johnson.
Huge hope with this! I love his demeanor so far!!
Benny Johnson on X tweeted a great picture and these words “Last night after being elected candidate for Speaker, Congressman Mike Johnson asked the Republican conference to bow their heads and join him in prayer.
We need more leaders like this in DC 🙏🏻”
Glad to hear it. Does anyone have a link to that video? I’ve looked at a number of videos of that, but can’t find the prayer anywhere… would love to see it if anyone knows where it is…
Very Impressive.
Feeling good about this. Let’s address the border now.
Don’t know too much about him but after listening to his speech I’m all in.
Results. We need results, not a superhero. Just results. It’s OK to be happy, but wait for the results. That’s really the only thing that means anything. Its why most of us love Trump. Results. Some ofthe speeches were painful, comments bizarre. But Results…. The man brought results.
Is there any possibility of actual appropriations bills and an actual budget?
That would be nice.
the now Speaker Mike Johnson sent a letter to his Republican colleagues yesterday outlining what he will work to achieve as Speaker – and it outlines actual appropriations bills getting passed. Found this link to his 2-page letter in a Hill article:
How could that letter have just gone out if the date on the Tweet is 10-21?
Date on the letter is the 21st. He wrote it when he threw his hat into the ring.
Defund Jack Smith!!
I noticed that the cameras only show the left side if the House when the conmunist racist demoncrats stand and applaud.
Optics is everything
I stand corrected, they did show them all sitting with their hands in their laps.
Not much of them….
Finally something positive
I kinda liked the Government not operating for the past few weeks.
I expect McCarthy and crew to be big time mad over this.
I was hoping for either Mike Johnson or Byron Donalds. I don’t think Donalds would’ve gotten enough votes.
Johnson is very articulate and speaks well. I really like his acceptance speech. I’m glad he got the job.
Hope he’s a great speaker of the house. McCarthy was never going to do the right things.
This is petty but…
it is nice to listen to a Speaker who uses good cadence and does not stop to gasp for breath.
Yes, I know. Shame on me.
Now put Biden Inc. in prison.
Let us pray that they actually set budgetary limits – if not, back to the well.
This could not have worked out better. Grateful to Matt Geitz for turning the House upside down to eventually get where we are now.
This speech from Mike Johnson actually warmed my heart and I have never felt that way about anybody besides Donald Trump. God our Father and the very foundation of this nation is revered; while, our own importance as citizens of this Nation is emphasized.
We still have a long way to go, but at least I feel a little better about it today.
It sounds good, but call me skeptical. Nothing I’ve heard tells me WHY swamp creatures in republican skinsuits would give up power and vote for him. I’m glad it happened. He seems to have some good credentials. But the proof is in the pudding, as they say. And actions will speak louder than words. J6 tapes? 12 appropriation bills? Stop funding terrorists? Stop funding Ukraine? I’m okay if the first thing he does is give some funding to Israel—but what will he get for it in return? Can’t have an open checkbook anymore. Any shakeups in committee chairs? In the rules committee? Which bills will see the light of day? Action… not words. I’m still wondering what Lindsey has ever gotten to the bottom of… master of words and no action.
I’m sure the Progressive Left D’s are kicking themselves in the ass when they helped remove McCarthy 🙂
Yup, they did not know mccarthy had made a secret deal with their leadership to make the demonic agenda the House’s priority. They pooped in their punch bowl on that one.
Going to stand down and refrain from any criticism or applause of Johnson for about a month. We should know by then if he controls the Uniparty or if the Uniparty controls him. Releasing the J6 stuff would be a nice start. Whatever, it was great to see Wicked Witch of the West McCarthy melt away, slowly.
His acceptance speach sounds just great but let’s see the actions because I’m tired of their words (lies). His reference to the House being “law makers” is a fundamental flaw in his/their thinking. We need Statesmen represnting us not restricting us with more laws. We have enough laws on the book to find every american citizen guilty of something, including themselves.
More of this, please.
Ted Cruz has been calling for the House to impeach Mayorkas. Now, maybe Cruz will get his wish.
Johnson is my new Hero! He speaks with clarity and purpose. What a Mensch!!!
I believe he meant that K-Street would no longer write laws. That job was intended by our Founding Fathers. Means YUGE corporations just lost lost of leverage.
With all the negatives in the world today, this gives me hope
hope.
Whoops. Mr President, please look more carefully at what you post.
You want gay sex criminalized? Like Muslims? That’s what one of those headlines says. You spoke openly once of your father explaining to you that “some people like spaghetti and some people like steak” and “there’s nothing you can do about it.”
Come on, read what you post!
Whoops. Too late to delete this post. The edit button is now missing.
Please just disregard it. I misunderstood a post from Mass Psychosis.
I thought he had posted what Trump posted.
Sorry.
Here’s to hoping he will lead smash mouth politics now.
Okay…okay… okay…
We get screwed over all the time.
Having listened to this humble, articulate, constitutional lawyer countless times — if he ain’t the real deal – then I don’t know what to believe!
I have been praying so hard.
Please, God, deliver us from these global charlatans that YOU would have tossed out of the temple on their collective asses.
🙏🇺🇲💕
Best Republican Speaker of the House since Thomas (Czar) Reed…
Gaetz!
I am hopeful that today is the day that the right wing finally came off the uniparty bird and that the American people will finally have a choice between an authentic party – the reformed “MAGA” Republican Party – and the Deep State Democratic Party.
What a refreshing change (relief) to hear someone in Congress who appears to have integrity and COMMON SENSE! I hope that it is not a calculated deception!
There is 1-year plus until the new congress elects a speaker in 2025.
We are talking the same republican house that helped throw elections in 2018, 2020 and 2022. Then fought President Trump tooth and nail 2017-2018 … when they had the majority and he actually proposed everything theses same republicans claimed they wanted. Then suddenly poof … flash … their is unity in the land.
OK … I will give them the benefit of the doubt and that the RNC finally realizes that the DNC will shiv them in the back no matter deals have been signed for 2024.
The proof will be in quality legislative efforts and results. Plus, if there actually is a real focus on those quality legislative efforts vs large numbers of endless useless committee hearings.
Also, it would actually be somewhat of a good sign if there was a “shift in the MAGA direction”, with committee leads.
Johnson already failed to put America first on day one. He said the first thing he will do as speaker will be to support Isreal.
The very first thing Mike Johnson should be doing is addressing the open border here in the United States and releasing every single January 6th tape. Why is it so difficult to have a politician who is focused on our country over others? Is that really so much to ask?
The Homeland Security budget bill passed in the House before Gaetz et al removed Kevin McCarthy. The Senate needs to figure out how to pass it and get it onto Biden’s desk.
One week later, Hamas attacked Israel. There has been no opportunity for a bill to assist Israel (and our MIC) until this moment because we had no Speaker and spending bills could not be debated and passed.
This Israel resolution is a good place to start because it has bipartisan support.
Yes, I agree, how disappointing
“I think Adam Schiff made the case that put him over the top. Thank you Adam Schiff.”
Take a chill pill for craps sake!!!!
BTW MP, this current piece of legislation is a resolution, not a spending bill. The text of the resolution is not yet available on the congress.gov website. The title is H.Res.771 – Standing with Israel as it defends itself against the barbaric war launched by Hamas and other terrorists.
Thank You, Rep Gaetz for creating this chaos, exposing Kevin McCarthy for who and what he is and for helping to put the Best Conservative we could get as our new House Speaker,… Mike Johnson (LA-R).
Now help Mike clean up the House mess, create Regular Order, Balanced Budgets with suspended funding for the Marxist, Anti-American Fed Govt Agencies that are busy attacking America’s Citizens now.
Then Thank God and say a prayer for America.
Zerohedge has a good article about who this new Speaker is.
He spent 20 years practicing Constitutional Law..
After reading about how good he is, I’m shocked they all elected him- why on earth would they want someone that knows the Constitution so well?
It’s not like they make a habit of following it.
And according to the troll activity on the thread, he’s a big threat to our Democracy.. so Mike Johnson is looking better and better.
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/house-vote-republican-mike-johnson-speaker#comment-stream
Wasn’t Obama a constitutional guru
He was touted as a Constitutional Professor.
In actuality he was a rabble-rousing Community Agitator teaching Alinsky’s Rules For Radicals.
You know, typical Commie stuff.
Nope,…. pardon, but B. Hussein O. was a Constitutional Lecturer at Chicago Law, not a Prof,… and he taught that the US Constitution was a document of Negative Rights, cuz it restrains the Feddle Gubmint from the powah Obama wanted to Fundamentally Transform America into a Marxist 3rd World Chitole.
“When the ill winds blow” Hussein said he will “stand with the Muzzies”,… like he is now by telling Israel not to defend itself from the Hamas Muzzy Terrorists.
Worst POS Potus evah!
So no, not nope, he was a fraud, labeled Constitutional Lecturer but a full blown Alinskyite Communist.
Oh, I get it, no, I didn’t say he was a Professor, I said he was touted as, meaning that was what the Left sought to represent him as.
We all knew that was BS (Barry Soetoro)!
Yes, and those ill winds are a veritable typhoon in the ME and within our own country. Thanks for nothing, obbie!
True dat.
Apparently, Obama would make assignments then have students take positions and defend them. He mostly called on people in class. Not much teaching involved.
Yeah right.
I sure hope he’s the savior been waiting for. But with the RINOS all voting for him, a little worried. Hoping 100% I have nothing to worry about
From the web;
1. He is from a genuinely conservative district.
(Never trust a California Republican like McCarthy).
2. He wanted Pelosi arrested after her disgusting stunt at Trump’s State of the Union.
3. Bill Kristol gives him an “F-” on American involvement in Ukraine.
4. He thinks there was substantial voter fraud in the 2020 election.
This looks promising…he will be the best Speaker conservatives have ever had..
Rinos may be trying to save their necks from the next primary.
Johnson clearly delineates between good and evil.
I like.
Huge win, indeed; especially for those of us who’ve had enough McCarthyism.
Drink water, and drive on!
But, who will be the underlings? Put Gaetz in a powerful spot to put icing on the cake!!!!!!
Mike Johnson has been Jim Jordan’s wingman on the House Judiciary Committee. Now that Johnson is leaving the committee, maybe Gaetz can scoot over one chair to take Johnson’s position.
We shall soon see! 🤞
Will he release all of the J6 tapes?
Wow! Mike Johnson is the real deal for me. He is MAGA & he knows the 2020 election was indeed stolen & not afraid to say it. I will be praying for his success to get congress to prioritize America First agenda.
Agreed. I am full of HOPE for CHANGE at this moment … MAGA change
Yes! Let’s truly Make America Great Again!
He was very generous to McCarthy, especially after what we learned from Rep. Gaetz.
Prayers up for a MAGA/America First SOH!!
Since I was very recently reminded about what all of our mothers used to say (Actions speak louder than words), I am praying that his actions signify a return to a CONgress which will put WE THE PEOPLE at the forefront.
I don’t know him. His conservative score is approx 74% according to one rater. I have to go on the word of others while being skeptical.
Yada, yada. Yes, words. But I want to see action. No CR. Holding people accountable. Issuing subpoenas where the authority is permitted. Hold people in contempt when they lie to a committee and you know they are because you have the evidence.
Let’s see and stop giving accolades prior to action. His credentials say we should be happy but let’s put the praise in action not history.