Michael Johnson He is known as the new President of the US House of Representatives, close to Donald Trump, and for the Democrats he is one of the extremist Republicans.
The 51-year-old Louisiana lawmaker served in the state Legislature from 2015 to January 2017 and later moved to the federal Legislature, where he serves as vice chairman of the Republican Conference, the body responsible for electing of Republican leadership and approving committee responsibilities. development of the communication strategy.
An ultra-conservative evangelical Christian, married since 1999 and father of four children, he describes himself on his website as a lawyer “who dedicated his life and career to the fight for fundamental freedoms and traditional values.”
He came to power in the House of Commons to succeed fellow conservative Kevin McCarthy, who was dismissed on October 3 following a motion against him by radical Matt Gaetz, ending the parliamentary chaos that has existed since then and that Democrats described like a ‘circus’.
Calise and Jordan, first options
First, Steve Scalise was named the Republicans’ second nominee in the House of Representatives, and then Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan.
The first withdrew before even submitting his candidacy to the plenary, realizing he would not receive the necessary votes, and the second withdrew after three failed attempts.
The latest victim was Tom Emmer, elected on Tuesday, who withdrew from his candidacy four hours later due to the internal boycott, reinforced by Trump’s public criticism of him.
Trump congratulates Johnson
Although the former Republican president did not expressly support Johnson and stated that he would not run for any of them, he congratulated him on his nomination and after his election.
You will be a great speaker and we are happy to help you. I’ve known him for a long time. He’s a great leader. He will make us all proud.
“The architect of Trump’s big lie”
For the Democrats, the new ‘speaker’ was the ‘architect’ behind the scenes of what they call Trump’s ‘Big Lie’.
Johnson helped spread election conspiracy theories and led the effort to overturn the results of the 2020 election won by Democrat Joe Biden.
He was part of Trump’s legal team when he was indicted.
Johnson has been accused of being anti-abortion and anti-LGBTQ+
The Democratic National Committee accuses him of being an “anti-abortion extremist who has repeatedly supported and co-sponsored “national laws” against voluntary abortion and who “has spent his entire political career depriving women of reproductive freedom and imprisoning them of doctors because they provide them with medical care.”
Johnson worked for the Alliance Defending Liberty Anti-LGBTQ+ group.
For Marco Frieri, spokesman for the Democrats, he could be the most ‘MAGA’ leader the House of Commons has ever had.
It is the abbreviation for ‘Make America Great Again’, Trump’s presidential campaign and slogan.
He is part of the former president’s “inner circle” and, according to progressives, “has no problem using the power of his office to do his bidding.” This has led, among other things, to attempts to cut funding for programs such as Social Security.
We will promote a conservative agenda: Johnson
His first statement in his new role made his intentions clear: “We will advance a comprehensive conservative policy agenda, combat the Biden administration’s harmful policies, and support our allies abroad.” . Let’s get back to work,” he said on X (formerly Twitter). (EFE)
Source: La Neta Neta
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