The new House Speaker is trying to rebuild the Republican's slim majority. But he's running into the same hard-right factions and divisions that his predecessor was unable to tame.

By most accounts, Speaker Mike Johnson inherited a House Republican majority in disarray after the sudden ouster of his predecessor last month.

But as Johnson, R-La., tries to rebuild that slim majority, he’s fast running into the same hard-right factions and divisions that Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., was unable to tame. That’s disrupting the party’s agenda, shelving priorities and leaving gnawing questions about any leader’s ability to govern.

  • Telorand@reddthat.com
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    8 months ago

    TBH, I think Johnson wants to rule. He has a divine mandate from his god to create Christendom 2.0. It’s the rest of the GOP that doesn’t give a shit, because they do their little culture war song and dance, and their followers think they’ve done something constructive.