Democrats Eager to Use New Speaker as a Weapon

“Rep. Mike Johnson’s relative anonymity inside the Republican conference helped him make the unlikely jump from three-term congressman to speaker of the House,” The Messenger reports.

“But that lack of a public profile is also exactly what excites Democrats as they begin their efforts to publicize the Louisiana Republican’s conservative positions on abortion, same-sex marriage, and the falsehood that the 2020 election was stolen ahead of the 2024 campaign.”