On Thursday morning, Melissa Mackenzie called me and suggested that we talk about Mike Johnson in one of the segments of next week’s Spectacle Podcast. My reaction was that I didn’t want to. Of course, I’m doing it anyway, here…
Our readers know that Mike Johnson, the House speaker, is a longtime friend of mine. And as such, you won’t get any criticism of Johnson from me — other than to recognize that it’s a waste of time to have…
The House of Representatives devolved into chaos after Kevin McCarthy was ousted as speaker on Oct. 3. During the frustrating three-week stalemate that followed, three Republican representatives failed to clinch the top position. The impasse finally broke on Oct. 25,…
In the last week or so, I’ve run into quite a few people who profess to be appalled by the supposed scientific ignorance of the new Speaker of the House, Mike Johnson, inasmuch as he “does not believe in evolution.” …
Hosts Aubrey Gulick and Luther Abel return to The Spectator P.M. Podcast’s booth to discuss the new House speaker, their mutual distaste for horror movies, and Aubrey’s deep dive into AI-generated disinformation coming out of Gaza. When they aren’t aiming…
It was inevitable that when the Republican Conference finally settled on a nominee for House Speaker who could garner enough floor votes to win the gavel, the corporate media would portray him as an extremist. Imagine, then, the sheer glee…
The first thing Mike Johnson did upon being elected speaker of the House was extend an olive branch to Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries. Johnson began his first speech to the House by looking Jeffries in the eye and uttering these…
It might have been embarrassing, and it might have given the enemies in the political class ample opportunities to snicker and hurl insults. But at the end of the day, the result reached when Mike Johnson won a 220–209 vote…
After 21 days of deliberation and hours of closed-door meetings and elections, the House of Representatives has finally chosen Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.) to be its next speaker. On Wednesday afternoon, Johnson, who served as a deputy whip and sits…
As the news emerges that Rep. Tom Emmer appears to have received the votes to be the GOP nominee for House Speaker, former President Donald Trump has issued the following statement. It is being published here verbatim: I have many…