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)
US lawmakers pass a resolution voicing solidarity with Israel in its war with Hamas terrorists, in their first act after electing a new speaker of the Republican-led House of Representatives.
The measure, entitled “Standing with Israel as it defends itself against the barbaric war launched by Hamas and other terrorists,” receives near-unanimous backing from Republicans and all but 10 Democrats.
Actually, 10 Democrats voted “nay” and another 6 Democrats voted (a cowardly) “present,” so I’d make that “all but 16 Democrats.” I can guess that most of those “nay” votes came from the PLO Squadista Terrorista.
There was one Republican “nay.” I haven’t been able to determine who that critter might have been, but I’d sure like to find out.
(Addendum: There were 2 R no-votes and 3 D no-votes.)
Update: According to the House Clerk site, that Republican “nay” vote on H Res. 771 was from Massie (KY).
Gotta wonder….
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Okay, I just found Massie’s X/tweet on this matter from 4:01 this afternoon:
I condemn the barbaric attack on Israel and I affirm Israel’s right to defend itself. However, I will not be voting for House Resolution 771 today because:
1) It calls for sanctions on a sovereign country. Sanctions are a prelude to war and hurt the citizens of the country more than the government of the country that’s being sanctioned. And ultimately, sanctions create laws that will be used to prosecute American citizens (who engage in trade), not citizens of the sanctioned country. In short, sanctions do not achieve their stated purposes but do breed resentment of our country abroad.
2) It asserts the necessity of foreign aid commitments which I have voted against. Our country is going bankrupt and we can’t afford to borrow money to send overseas, yet this resolution states that we should.
3) It contains an open-ended promise of military support that is so broad that it could be interpreted to commit US soldiers to the conflict. US troops should not be engaged in this conflict.
4) It tends to broaden the conflict to other countries when it would be better to keep the war contained geographically.
Here’s a link to the text of the resolution, which contains some statements I do support and some statements I cannot support.
https://docs.house.gov/billsthisweek/20231023/HRes%20771%20as%20introduced.pdf
What part of “Non-binding Spirit of the House” part of the Resolution is he unclear on?
…and the demons in DC are going to respect said “non-binding Spirit’?
Agreed
A reasonable explanation, not one sided. It is measured and puts the interests of Americans first, not those of a foreign country. It shows he is not a warmonger like the other 420 or so who are ready to cave in to the Israeli lobby and the military, industrial complex.
Massie is chairman of what committee??
According to his “About” page at House.gov, Massie “serves on three committees: the House Committee on Rules, the House Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure, and the House Judiciary Committee.”
In addition, Massie “is the Chairman of the Subcommittee on the Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust, and he serves as a member of the Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government.”
Thank you NOET for all of the info about Massie. It’s good to know his rationale.
NEW: 10 members of the House voted “nay” on a resolution to condemn Hamas attacks on Israel today. 6 voted “present”. Passed overwhelmingly 412-10.
Nay votes (10)
Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY)
Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO)
Rep. Andre Carson (D-IN)
Rep. Al Green (D-TX)
Rep. Summer Lee (D-PA)
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY)
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY)
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN)
Rep. Delia Ramirez (D-IL)
Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI)
Present votes (6):
Rep. Greg Casar (D-TX)
Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-TX)
Rep. Chuy Garcia (D-IL)
Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA)
Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA)
Rep. Nydia Velazquez (D-NY)
What’s up with Massie, R-KY. Did he make a mistake?
Perhaps, he learned that IDF learned about the up coming attacks but chose not to defend or tell those in harms way about the attack. Hard to believe the most sophisticated defense system IDF did not receive alerts about incursion. And, why were IDF commanders squirreled away for 7 hours. Who benefits from the attack? Nettie? Does this justify decimatimg Gaza?
Then he and more should be asking questions. Trumps comments about Bibi fall in line with that. But we are not hearing more doubt from others.
Correct. Open-ended funding and war for an action with numerous questions. Cui bono?
If you’re going to slander Israel that way, then you need to prove it. Show me your link!
Just because something is hard to believe doesn’t make it impossible!
Massie is a Libertarian
dangerous
Massie actually had legitimate concerns hence his no vote.
Reviewing these comments this morning, I wish to present the following better-late-than-never math correction to my first sentence above:
Actually, 9 [not 10] Democrats voted “nay” and another 6 Democrats voted (a cowardly) “present,” so I’d make that “all but 15 [not 16] Democrats.”
Breakdown of 10 nay votes on Hse resolution to stand by Israel. 9 of 10 are Dems:
Bowman, Bush, Carson, Green TX, Lee PA, Massie, Ocasio-Cortez, Omar, Ramirez, Tlaib.
6 mbrs voted present.
All dems: Casar, Castro, Garcia IL, Jayapal, Pressley, Velazquez
https://x.com/ChadPergram/status/1717307578592489492
I don’t think we have all the facts, yet. Hopefully, thesewill be revealed to Speaker Johnson and a resolution condemning bad acts against all innocent people will be passed.
WHAT’S THE CATCH !!!!! tooo easy; don’t trust those Republican folks
This guy speaking from the heart is one of the greatest things I’ve heard from that Speakers podium in years. The rinos, K Street, and Dims have to be in a full speed panic. It will be interesting to see the attacks coming from those anti-American leaches who fought so hard to keep Frank Luntz boyfriend Kevie as the grifter in chief
Dems are calling him ELECTION DENIER. I LOVE IT
Don’t forget all Democrats and I mean all Democrats are enemies and Trators to the country.
Most Republicans are undercover Dems, so there’s that, too.
Absolutely. Johnson stands head and shoulders above every single Democrat in the House.
While his Liberty score is a mediocre C 74%, 100% of the democrats have a Liberty Score of F, with the highest by Pramila Jayapal at F 22%.
You can bank on the Democrats voting 100% against America 100% of the time.
It would be interesting see the details behind his 74% score. We should be reminded that a lot of RINOs have high liberty scores.
Very easy. Go to Conservative Review Liberty Score. You can see his voting record for the last 50 votes.
You get it! Welcome aboard the Conservative Review Liberty Score movement!
RATS are evil.
RINOS are their evil enablers.
Our Guy Mike was one of the Geatz Eight!
So that is a vote he took for our side.
incorrect
Mike Johnson is not one of the Eight.
Here are the heroic Eight that voted to oust McCarthy.
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2023/10/04/republicans-voted-remove-kevin-mccarthy-list/71057240007/
No
Gaetz’s gamble paid off!
The boldest Bold Move ever.
getz is now the goat of the house. book it dano.
Okayyy!
the states of Louisiana and Arkansas have had pretty good conservative run these past few days.
indeed…and ITS SPREADING TO OTHER STATES…check it out. I’m not even going to spoil the fun…look at how many conservative legislatures are doing some remarkable work!
that’s leadership…
when we look back in time, we will honor those that took a stand and did not wilt in the face of what seemed to be a upstream battle against plain evil.
GOD BLESS AMERICA
thank you Lord, and
thank you Matt Gaetz
TRUMP/GAETZ 2024
Mike Johnson 2028!
I know it’s early in our “getting to know” Johnson phase, but I do see presidential material.
Two from Florida…or is NY considered Trump’s home?
Take this as more good news. The Machine functions on its own time-table. We’re free-thinking independent particles of it with a deep conscience which drive us to seek some actions which are actually taking place through all the other particles around us.
We just go about our business cheerfully and happily as wily as serpents and when the Machine starts changing you’ll recognize it.
We’re in a Culture War, and as we continue to win the battles on the ground thereby changing the character of the Machine our vote will reflect this. The voting outcome is a reflection not a determining element. Fortunately we have a much more crucial form of expression than our votes, THAT’S HOW WE CONDUCT OURSELVES. That’s how the democrats did it (in a negative way), it doesn’t happen overnight.
The conditioning effect of society at large is a force we’re not familiar with, we’re the impulse of that force – the ripple effect of a good person is awesome.
So “Bloom where you are and pull out the weeds.”
Equally important is how quickly the House Republicans got their act together after ONE TWEET from Pres Trump. That tweet nuked Emmers by basically saying “not a friend”.
Every one of those frauds on the eGOP side knows that if Trump so chooses, they are one tweet from seeing their career end.
As for Johnson, I wish him luck, and we will see if there are some much needed changes in the direction and priorities of the Congress.
You only get to play the team you rode over on the bus with.
I have to ponder- is Maganomics coming with Mike Johnson as SOH? Stay tuned
first order, should investigate that NYC judge destroying the court system and making it a jester court.
add defund jack smith and the fbi
Release the J6 footage!
No, Release the J6 political prisoners! All of them!
I am very impressed with Speaker Mike Johnson . His speech was extraordinary . My initial take is that he has the potential to be the greatest House Speaker in our lifetimes .
A sadly low bar, I too hope he far exceeds it.
ANOTHER (ISRAEL FIRST) TRAITOR – the second amendment is the remedy
Speak for yourself! I’m thrilled that he supports Israel.
A very MAGA speech.
I just wish he had started his excellent speech off with our border and fiscal issues and not Israel.
The Israel slaughter is front and center right now … and idiot Austin announced America is not ready for war yet – as Israel started its ground offensive … and now 2dozen + American military have already been injured by a drone attack in Syria !!!!!
He sounds sincere and humble. Qualities to like regardless of one’s station in life. And he seems to believe in the priorities that matter. A major improvement.
Next up: let’s see if any J6 material is made public, if any oversight on the out of control Biden White House actually happens, and whether COVID malfeasance from both our health regulatory bureaucracy and the big Pharma is brought to account. In addition to all those things mentioned in the speech.
I really liked his speech.😊
My gut says….he’s authentic.
Feeling hopeful here👏
Prayers for him and his family🙏
Johnson’s McCarthy talk is repulsive flattery…… w-a-a-a-y too much nice-nice
I thought so too.
When he said McCarthy was instrumental in achieving a Republican majority in the House, I could almost hear “by the slimmest margin”.
Johnson is a uniter.
Whether I like it or not, McCarthy did his job and raised the money to get RINOS elected aka Republicans. Johnson smartly extended the olive branch. No need to publicly shame and blame. That has been done. Love his story about his speaker pro temp story. Lots of nuggets there.
Doesn’t matter … McCarthy couldn’t undermine Johnson like he did the others.
This can only be described as a miracle! In my wildest dreams I would never have thought we would get a true conservative receive all of the Republican votes!
you couldn’t.
holding my breath that he is not another transformer like Paul Ryan et al
MAGA!! 👊👊🇺🇸🇺🇸🙏🏻🙏🏻❤️❤️THANK YOU, JESUS!! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Great speech, Can tell he is speaking his truth, I have high hopes for his success and Hope he can lead us out of the mess we are in. I was appalled by the glum faces and the obvious temper tantrums many of the members showed. Pretty despicable behavior but not surprised. I hope a lot of them will no longer occupy their seats after the next election.
SS Deep Swamp just took a MAGA torpedo below the waterline!
Mike Johnson is a reasonable, fair and GOD FEARING MAN.
I will support him.
It matters what he does with this power.
Let us not forget what the agenda IS:
no more continuing resolutution and OMNIPORK! Work out a balanced budget and solve the national debt which stands as THE BIGGEST SECURITY THREAT TO THIS COUNTRY. bar none..that debt coupled with just one large scale natural disaster, war, or “other” can doom this entire nation with no chances of recovery for more years than our young children will be alive./
no more pelosi rules in the house. The speakers must be MANAGED AND KEPT TO PROMISES made to seat him. This means that he may be removed for ANY REASON, just as mccarthy was deposed. Fully recognize the debate clause and that ANY member of the house may motion to the floor ANY issues and debate over those issues.
abolish the 702/usa freedom act….the weaponization of the secret police spy state has PROVEN beyond any doubts that these powers to spy on americans is unconstitutional and that there were no consequences for violating the standard laws prohibiting election inteference by unelected federal employees, directors, and their “contractors”. This must end. No more spying on US CITIZENS ON US SOIL. If the FBI and other agencies need to spy and collect ANY information, it must be approved by a normal federal court judge AND THAT IT MUST BE PROVEN ALL LESSOR INVASIVE MEANS TO COLLECT SAID INFORMATION WAS EXHAUSTED…AND MOREOVER, THAT THERE IS EYE WITNESS CORROBORATION THAT SHOWS THAT A CRIME HAS BEEN COMMITTED. Not allegations. Not wrap up smears in the press. None of that is acceptable. Make the violations so steep that any federal agent, agency and contractor who violates the revised AND TRUE USA FREEDOM ACT, that it strips them of all license, retirement, and prison time. PERIOD.
the rest of the agenda can be handled in regular committee.
THESE ARE THE AGENDA ITEMS FOR THE HOUSE.
THE SPEAKER HAS THE DUTY TO SEE THESE AGENDA ITEMS BECOME
WHAT OUGHT TO BE
WHAT IS!
God Bless America
He did say he was going to DE Channel the power in the house. There were alot of sad Dem faces. I’m so glad he pulled it off.
Reopen our crude oil valves! Make America Energy Independent Again!
The next test to watch for: those picked as part of Speaker Johnson’s leadership team.
Private spy agencies, such as Tech giants and Thiel’s Palantir and such, need to be illegal.
The Private/Public Partnership known as Fascism must end.
Wow. YOURS IS THE BEST REPLY.
I’m interested in results! Talk is cheap.
Sundance,
We run a feature thread of Letters to The Editor from Far North Queensland with a sub heading that Australia starts in FNQ.
Given the election to Louisiana Governorship of AG Mike Landry and now Louisiana Representative Mike Johnson as House Speaker I have created a thread,
America starts in Far South Louisiana
https://freedomaustralia.freeforums.net/thread/4291/america-starts-far-south-louisiana?page=1&scrollTo=17532
Shreveport is in far NW Louisiana.
And … Shreveport IS A MESS !!!
It is so crime & murder infested, that it is the #3 City in the Nation for lost population !!! 1. NYC and 2. Chicago … what is startling … Louisiana has a 4+million STATE population … 1&2 have city populations larger than that!!!
In fairness … the majority of the lost Shreveport population moved into surrounding parishes – but took their tax dollars with them … the majority of 1&2 populations moved to Texas & Florida.
It is bad enough in Shreveport that the majority black/democrat population, voted for a white/Republican/conservative … pray for mayor & good citizens, they are trying to fix Shreveport.
I said all along that McCarthy was screwing this up and I guess I was right. He is a Ryan clone.
A vast improvement over the pompous phony orator and backstabber Kevin McFailure so far, but let’s see what he can accomplish.
WOW – a human who gives me hope!
Being this tweet was 4 days after incident, benefit of the doubt could be offered. Any subsequent tweets after toxicology reports, etc?
I searched for 15 mins and that is all i can find…It does not look like he back tracked on that statement.
Irrelevant at this time … review ALL politicians for 100% accurate comments during any hotSpot event ramped up by MSM … they were immediately screaming for gun control after the Maine incident yesterday.
YIKES!
Danger, Will Robinson, Danger!
disappointing
its always there, just below the conservative veneer and if you wait…..it surfaces. or in this case, re-surfaces.
What a dumbmass
A pulmonology intensivist whom I respect has opined the same:
https://pierrekorymedicalmusings.com/p/george-floyd-did-not-die-of-a-fentanyl
Pierre Kory, MD and Paul Marik, MD are my medical heroes of the covid/jab democide operation.
Thank you for posting that link.
So let’s trash him over one tweet. Let’s not show the scores of tweets you agree with, but let’s focus on just one during his time in the House.
It’s no more than Rush hinself said at the time. Let it go.
That was before the autopsy was made public … by the way – who is your perfect candidate ??!!
Sad. I post something I saw elsewhere because I thought it interesting and y’all wanna trash me? As a matter of fact info was available almost instantly disproving the murder charge. There were picts from other angles showing otherwise but no let’s run with the herd.
IMO politicians should keep mouths shut during such events and not inflame matters.
Everyone “knew” Kyle Rittenhouse was a cold blooded killer….
To all the Nay sayers in here last night…
I TOLD YOU SO.
🥳😂🥳
MAGA now has a seat on the Gang of Eight.
Err expanded to the Gang of 9!
Maine shooting right after Johnson elected speaker. 100% he will naturally be on every Sunday TV show as new speaker. Lemme guess what every question will be about?
How close to 100% was this put in place to activate as needed?
Great speech!
That was a great speech. It was the right words for this time in our country.
He has said the right words for conservative America, but he is respectful to the others who are supposed to be serving the government. It was not confrontational.
He has set the bar high. I will be in prayer that he is able to effect the changes and do the the goals he had already set and clearly thought about.
His speech is confident. His words bear the mark of someone who spends time in humility with God. Yet he has the courage to unashamedly, declare the values and reasons for his goals and plans.
He shows humble yet powerful leadership, evidence of being a humble seeker of truth, and seasoned to be here for such a time as this.
He recognizes and declares the lack of public trust in government, the foundations and God centered motto of this government.
I am encouraged. I feel the presence and power of God in this man more than any other in the political arena today.
Could he be an imposter? A faker? Another stinkin’ lawyer from Harvard? Yes he could. But that is not what my spirit is telling me.
I can’t wait to see him in action. I can’t wait to see how he and Trump could work together.
God is good. All the time.
Just listened to his speech- it WAS very good. He seems very much in earnest however he strikes me as naive. I believe he will try to do everything he said but will, of course, be hobbled by nearly everyone. My faith is in God alone.
I am late tonight on listening to this beautiful speech and reading comments. Oh Happy Day for me. Sad for some, but I think he is going to do his best to cut up Amkerica’s credit cards.
I just ordered the book titled “Debt Free Living, ” by Mary Hunt (2014 edition). Website “Everyday Cheapskate.com.” She is very open about maxing out on credit cards. This book should be required reading for every member of our House, Senate, and Executive Branch.
Sad to say I feel like I need to apologize for thinking our great new Speaker was a Divine Intervention.
Mary Hunt is great. You might also enjoy an oldie but goodie, “The Best of the Cheapskate Monthly: Simple Tips for Living Lean,” from 1993.
He proclaimed the Name of the Lord, at the foundation of what we are about to do. In times of great crisis, we are either broken or made stronger by the trial.
Let the restoration of America begin!
Prayers for the Success of Speaker Johnson’s pledge to do all that can be done to restore our Constitutional Republic.
Our Constitution was forged in blood by Patriots who would never see or dream of the advances we’ve continuously made in all fields, be they social or scientific.
Yet this Constitution was written so as to allow for growth, to be as correct today as it was before the ink on this hallowed document dried.
It is unquestionably inspired by the guiding hands of God.
#DEATH-O-CRATS
LEGALIZE THEFT
LEGALIZE MURDER
LEGALIZE PAEDOFILIA
LEGALIZE DRUG USE AND LEGALIZE DRUG SALES
LEGALIZE PUBLIC UNIONS
WHY DO YOU VOTE FOR THIS?
Trump called each of those RINOS and said if they do not vote for this guy he will make sure they are primaried and they will lose
If true – proves RINOS are spineless cowards & traitors.
Quite literally one of the greatest examples of STATESMANSHIP in human history.
Johnson did not come from Harvard or Yale Law, has humble beginnings, and has endured personal family tragedy, staunch Christian and supports Trump. I really want to like him, but time will tell. Certainly better than any of the other clowns putting their faces out there.
I do wish I could get that Eric Cantor feel to him out of my brain, not saying he is anything like Cantor, probably just the glasses and polished feel he has. Cantor had it too. Nice American name, Mike Johnson. Seems like a likable man and I wish him all the best. He is going need our prayers. At least the left side of the aisle had some courtesy for him to applaud and stand, they don’t do that for anyone. And he made some decent jokes, humor is always a good thing.
I thought I heard him say he was a Harvard Grad.
Tom Cole your Lifetime Conservative Voting Record of 50% has exposed you, and hundreds of others, as the Uniparty Rinos. We will not forget as we now go to work to primary you in 2024. Watch closely what happens to Bacon in Nebraska and Grainger in Texas.
I am betting 208 Democrats are regretting voting to remove Democratic friend and ally McCarthy as speaker.
Nancy Pelosi betrayed McCarthy.
Wow. Let’s help him get the job done! MAGA
👊👊🇺🇸🇺🇸❤️❤️🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
He almost sounds human.
Release ALL of the J6 videos. Today.
Exactly…move fast and get those videos out there to we the people! This can and should be done without delay, without hearings without needing to be pressured! And and should be the very first thing he does! Watch the establishment go fricking nuts!
Don’t bet on Johnson to do anything like you suggested. He is still a Republican and the real enemy. Better than Gayboy but still a Republican and Uniparty member or he would not be Speaker. Most will not like hearing that but let’s see what he does , if anything before talking about him being the next POTUS????? Keep calm and just watch. He will present himself and values in a short period of time.
Don’t hold your breath