Why Mike Johnson was the ‘consensus candidate’ for House Republicans



NBC News’ Ryan Nobles explains why Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., was the “least offensible” candidate for House Republicans. Johnson was officially elected House speaker after the position was left empty for three weeks.

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19 comments

  1. After the exhaustion, as energies are recouped, the real battle and betrayals among Republicans will commence anew. Republicans will give him a short honeymoon break so that they won't look more foolish than they already are. And then the attacks will begin—from his own party!

  2. People are attracted to indifference.

  3. More gridlock coming from where I see it.

  4. Look at this. Theyre all celebrating cleaning up a mess they themselves created. You cant make this stuff up.

  5. Still another Goniff-in-cheat politician.

  6. This time….we get a polite far right fringe MAGA leader. Wow….what a relief…..Uh huh.

  7. GIP record since 2023 began: they chose two speakers of the house.

  8. He looks like a crook and someone that has something to hide? The GO_Pee party picked their House mouth piece. 🥱

  9. Consensus? The far right has won, watch the United States begin to crumble ….

  10. Next time say election denier

  11. Speaker Mike Johnson is a Christan man! 
    The Dem-0-Rat F00LS will go much more crazier than they already are! lol

  12. Lets get the corrupt President Biden out of the way.Its now impossible to ignore the $200,000 payoff(bribe) via his brother.

  13. Jim Jordan 2.0 is now the house speaker this is exactly what trump wanted, what a disaster for the democratic party

  14. No one wants to handle the truth. We can all see that this is a key part of a plan for the US to save face as it disconnects from ukraine

  15. Johnson has inherited a poisoned chalice

  16. Mike Johnson 🇺🇸 👍

  17. Those "HUGE" issues are, in a word, The far left!

  18. START FIGHTING BACK…..Off year ELECTIONS are IN TWO WEEKS! Get registered and vote blue — spread the word. ELECTION'S 2023 –, JUST 2 to 3 WEEKS AWAY!! In this war against fascism there are NO low level govt positions!