'Margaret Atwood once said when writing The Handmaids Tale, she never dreamed the story her mind concocted would become anything close to reality,' wrote one social media user.
After a three-week deadlock, Louisiana congressman Mike Johnson has been elected Speaker of the House. However, the 51-year-old's anti-abortion views and previous comments on Roe v. Wade have are igniting comparisons to The Handmaid's Tale online.In the 1985 book by feminist author Margaret Atwood, the United States government has been overthrown and replaced by a totalitarian Christian regime called the Republic of Gilead.
'If Mike Johnson stays Speaker for long enough, The Handmaid's Tale is going to become a documentary, isn't it?' asked Sergio Grant, while Effy Mourning commented: 'He seems like one step away from wanting Handmaids Tale kind of a life.'Newsweek has reached out to Johnson via email for comment.In a floor vote on October 25, 220 Republicans voted in favor of Johnson, while 209 Democrats voted for House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
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