Speaker of the House finally elected, ending three weeks of leaderless chaos
Rep. Mike Johnson, an ultraconservative and Trump loyalist, was voted in as the new speaker of the House. The Representative from Louisiana was the fourth nominee for the speakership after Rep. Kevin McCarthy was pushed out by far-right Republicans in an unprecedented ouster on October 3, 2023.
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00:00 Therefore, the Honorable Mike Johnson of the state of Louisiana, having received a majority
00:05 of the votes cast, is duly elected Speaker of the House of Representatives for the 118th
00:10 Congress.
00:11 (Applause.)
00:31 (Applause.)
00:51 McCarthy Johnson. (Applause.)
01:11 (Applause.)
01:33 (Applause.)
01:53 So at this time yesterday, everybody was thinking of Mike, and then we put out the word, and
01:59 now he's the Speaker of the House.
02:00 So I want to just thank all of the supporters that I have, and I want to thank all of the
02:05 supporters that Mike has.
02:07 And again, he'll be a great speaker.
02:09 I think you're going to be very proud of him.
02:11 This group here is ready to govern, and we're going to govern well.
02:14 We're going to do what's right by the people.
02:16 And I believe the people are going to reward that next year.
02:19 But we have a lot of big priorities ahead of us right now.
02:22 The world is on fire.
02:23 We stand with our ally, Israel.
02:26 (Applause.)