House Republicans started over on the search for the next speaker of the House after Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) was ousted last week.
Rep. Mike Johnson , the GOP’s new House speaker designate, vowed after he won his conference’s nomination that people would soon see “a new form of government,” but also said he did not want to get into policy questions Tuesday night. Johnson, 51, an attorney and former radio host, is a close ally of Donald Trump, having served in the former president’s legal defense team during his two impeachment trials in the Senate.
Johnson introduced legislation last year — modeled after what critics call the “don’t say gay” law in Florida — that would have prohibited discussion of sexual orientation and gender identity, as well as related subjects, at any institution that received federal funds. The Human Rights Campaign, a pro-LGBTQ civil rights organization, gave Johnson a score of “0″ in its latest congressional scorecard. Johnson, who opposes abortion, cheered the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v.
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