The Louisiana congressman has been called 'the most important architect' of a scheme inside the House to provide cover for Republicans trying to overturn the election results in 2020.
After three failed nominees in as many weeks, Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday elected Louisiana Congressman Mike Johnson as speaker—a signal of the far-right's hold on the party. The 220-209 vote along party lines came after Reps. Tom Emmer , Steve Scalise , and Jim Jordan abandoned their speakership bids in the wake of a few far-right Republicans voting with Democrats earlier this month to remove Rep.
' Reporting earlier this month on the 139 House Republicans who voted to dispute the Electoral College count in 2021, the Times explained: While most House Republicans had amplified Mr. Trump's claims about the election in the aftermath of his loss, only the right flank of the caucus continued to loudly echo Mr. Trump's fraud allegations in the days before January 6, the Times found. More Republican lawmakers appeared to seek a way to placate Mr.
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