Republicans have at long last elected a House speaker: Representative Mike Johnson, a fundamentalist Christian who was also once called a key ā€œarchitectā€ in Congressā€™s efforts to overthrow the 2020 election.

Johnson finally secured the speakerā€™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 speakerā€”after quickly killing Mike Emmerā€™s nomination the day before.

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    1 year ago

    And, heā€™s 3rd in line to the presidency.

    Fucking fascists. This close to control. What a sad state.

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        1 year ago

        I think weā€™re saying the same thing, but just assigning numbers and using language with slight variations.

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          I agree that weā€™re trying to say the same thing but the other person who commented is trying to make it an indexing problem so I apologize:

          When youā€™re the president, you are the president. You are not in the line of succession. You are not 0th or 1st in line to be president because you arenā€™t in the queue.

          When you are riding a rollercoaster, you arenā€™t first in line to ride the rollercoaster. Youā€™re not in line. The person who didnā€™t make it on the ride is first in line

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          The President isnā€™t in line to be President. He IS the president. This isnā€™t an array indexing problem.

          When youā€™re on the roller coaster, you are not first in line to be on the roller coaster. The person who just barely didnā€™t make it on is first in line.