GOP Rep. Mike Johnson elected as next House speaker

Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., has been elected to serve as the next House speaker. NBC News' Ryan Nobles reports on what comes next for the new speaker and criticism he has received from Democrats.
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#MikeJohnson #Speaker #Politics

[@stevenj9970]

THANK GOD, FINALLY the reps in the house can get BACK to NOT DOING anything for the Ameican people!!!

[@1970joedub]

Well, when you elect a traitor, I’m sure they will be busy dismantling our country.

[@BandM-bx2hi]

Just another election denier, so he will be busy kissing the azz of their cult leader and won’t accomplish anything for the American people.

[@FK_TRUMP]

Yup

[@sashasabbeth6836]

You are so correct.

[@AmericaFirst47]

@@1970joedubour country has been dismantled the last couple years!

[@melissacummings9450]

No insurrectionists in congress!!!

[@diegoescobar3655]

Lol. Just tyrants?

[@GhostofDeezeNutz]

That's the current administration. Silly traitor 😅

[@asdfasdfasdf4746]

There was an insurretion ?

[@UniqueBreakfastTaco]

keep repeating it till its the truth XD

[@jimmyhartmanbass]

Dumb comment of the day goes to…YOU!😂

[@joefriday3534]

Facts First: Mike Johnson should be disqualified under the 14th Amendment. He’s not fit to serve in DC, let alone as the House Speaker.

[@ecuadorexpat8558]

What a bunch of haters in this comment section..no wonder America has allowed itself to become an abomination !

[@CitizenCaine]

There are many others, in both houses, that should be disqualified...

[@AnthonyMoss-pm1vc]

....." Folks who refuse to work with anyone, cannot understand why no one will work with them"....

[@brianoden1798]

Ahhh like Nancy Pelosi. She forces her will on her fellow democrats. She even had the Progressive AOC calling her 'momma bear'.

[@edwardgiovannelli5191]

Good point. Sadly, its the GOP's goal to get nothing done

[@brianoden1798]

@@edwardgiovannelli5191 ha! All the democrats did for 4 years was try to Impeach Trump

[@DriveInFreak]

Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, Section 3: No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may, by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.

[@JenniferSmilesNow]

What do the words mean if there isn’t anything done when they are violated?

[@Wizardof]

Get real... We have no rules in this country. Just look at the migrants and the trouble in the cities......

[@wilfredocruz6857]

Like the Constitution means anything to the Republican . God help us .

[@kathrinekerns8398]

Mike Johnson is an insurrectionist. Bad choice for Speaker of the House. More MAGA craziness.

[@balancedawareness]

Gee it's almost like people in charge know something you don't.

[@mikecarter8880]

I give it 6 weeks before they oust him too.

[@jaklinhyde]

Or he quits 😂😂

[@ireneswackyjournals8810]

I give him three months. He will take the country into shutdown

[@Dang329]

​@@ireneswackyjournals8810 You can best believe that Crooked Conald will be talking to him about doing exactly that!

[@UniqueBreakfastTaco]

if he lies, obfuscates, and works with the communists, he will be.

[@52fordguy]

That's pretty generous.

[@higgs923]

Anyone the Republicans elected would be a Johnson.

[@heatherhiller5581]

Surely

[@Snardbafulator]

Watch it turn out that his middle name is Richard ;)

[@tomz1daful]

​@@SnardbafulatorWorse, his middle name is Hunt...

[@Snardbafulator]

@@tomz1daful Better than Litt ;)

[@anthonythomas1504]

Ahhh poor widdle Hakeem.

[@zilladthrilla]

Gave aid and comfort to those that tried to overthrow the government.

[@arthurfonzarelli9828]

Haha is that what your television told you? You people have been so brainwashed by the establishment media. It's astonishing how little they think of you and you guys fall for it every time. Keep thinking Trump's the bad guy. I can't believe there are people out there still clueless to being manipulated and used by the media. I guess none of this continues until people like you wake back up to what's going on

[@bauerlikoloki]

The dems and Nancy. Nah

[@UniqueBreakfastTaco]

yes, they left all their firearms at home when they tried to overthrow the govt. stop eating paint chips XD

[@jimmyhartmanbass]

You people are delusional

[@peter_waldo3715]

Dim demonic-crat.

[@truthcounts94]

barf election denier

[@curtismckiernan6640]

The difference between getting nothing done without a speaker and getting nothing done with a speaker is a speaker.

[@johnnyd386]

Let’s see if having a Speaker will actually make a difference or it will be Republican paralysis for more weeks to come.

[@Aodhanlurcher]

They can now get back to their work in trying to block anything positive for the country , to try to impeach Biden for no reason, obsess about Hunter Biden, and continue their march toward fascism. The entire party is a big pile of stinking dog s***.

[@ireneswackyjournals8810]

Paralysis as in government will shut down

[@BandM-bx2hi]

Paralysis, they will get tied up in their petty bs and not accomplish anything.

[@AmericaFirst47]

Keep Crying 🤡

[@joevaldez8107]

You mean paralysis like the dozens of bills that Congress has sent through already they’re just sitting in the trashcan somewhere in senate yeah, I believe it!

[@ra59456]

An election denier?

[@RuthB51]

Yup, that's what the GOP is now.

[@heatherhiller5581]

Exactly

[@AJ-oy5iv]

Great🙃

[@Dang329]

​@@RuthB51 Only if they lose. If they win...... absolutely NO voter fraud. The GOP is collectively a massive heap of 💩!

[@jamesalexander5623]

Motion to Vacate!

[@tabithan2978]

He’ll be gone soon. People are disgusted with the GQP. Vote 💙 for 🇺🇸. Democracy and a functioning government.

[@Texze]

They are more frustrated with the President. ;)

[@diegoescobar3655]

Lol. Look outside your box. You think people are just thrilled with Democrats?

[@tabithan2978]

@@Texze 🤣🤣 you mean the former one🍑

[@mindyhooksyarn]

Going to start marking off the amount of days he retains this role....

[@DRKrust492]

He didn't have to sign a deal allowing one Republican to call for removal. He's Treason Caucus like Gaetz. The traitors won because the normies in the GOP are wimps.

[@infocrypt]

Let’s he what does. Ukraine isn’t our strategic interest, but making peace with Russia is in our strategic interest.

[@oldguysrule5895]

same MAGA different guy

[@joeberta368]

On with the next clown show.

[@billhughes8726]

EXACTLY!

[@AlfredPeeler-yj6sw]

Wow! Donald Trump's mini-me is now the Speaker of the House! God help democracy and decency in America!

[@asdfasdfasdf4746]

its great , isnt it !!!!

[@DanWessonSpecialist]

Welcome to sanity snowflake.

[@UniqueBreakfastTaco]

your democracy sucks...republic ftw

[@DawnMK2023]

He's better than Jefferies or McCarthy. Jim Jordan would have been better than. The other two as well.

[@throwaway6405]

Spare me.

[@obsidian7644]

They don't care what Americans want. If so Jeffries would be the speaker. Vote all Republicans out should be America's goal.

[@arthurfonzarelli9828]

Haha Jeffries is a tool. Why in the world would a majority-led Congress vote for the other side? You don't really understand how this works do you unbelievable

[@rosee.2431]

It my goal at the polls! Vote 💙

[@UniqueBreakfastTaco]

because thats what Americans want...democratic communism and progressive regression. XD

[@jimmyhartmanbass]

Trump is leading Biden in the national polls 😂

[@peter_waldo3715]

120 million will vote for Trump.

[@chriswelch4118]

Traitor.

[@kenofken9458]

This ought to be fun for the 6 days it lasts!

[@edwardgiovannelli5191]

apparently we haven't learned that extremism is not leadership

[@kenofken9458]

The whole purpose of the Trump movement is to disrupt, not govern. They aren't even capable of it.

[@Glenn-hm6rz]

It's not going to last too long in that vision

[@Yourdeadmeat69]

GOP gives new meaning to playing with your Johnson.

[@goettling]

😂😂

[@UniqueBreakfastTaco]

lol...the left cant meme

[@user-kf5bz9xg3x]

😂😂😂😂

[@user-wt2me2fe5t]

Wow! I would tell you to stick to your day job, but come on. Let's be real. You don't have a job.

[@hukabuktx6766]

Why does a dumpster fire need a speaker.

[@polish22doves]

Rules, it's convenient to notice.

[@Min5]

this is the worst possible speaker

[@valoesterreicher1208]

No that would of been Jeffries!

[@DarElBarka]

I do not know who this man is, but i hope he is not another Lindsay Graham or Mitch McConnell. Let's get back to work for the american people.

[@diegoescobar3655]

He is definitely not those mentioned. He will actually put Americans first

[@joshgutierrez7814]

I got news for you, he voted against certifying the 2020 election

[@BeatMedicare]

Congress hasn’t done anything for generations, they make sure nothing gets done, they fill their pockets and do insider trading.

[@FranklinWilson-ev9dq]

AND ONCE AGAIN, MAGA, GOT IT'S WAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@kennardjohnson7875]

209 votes for Jeffries now that is a fricking joke.

[@commonsenseparty1396]

The kind of guy that would call an insurrectionist turist.

[@dorseykindler9544]

What’s a turist?

[@robertdonez3420]

Let the puppet show begin hurry hurry come on in lol I meant muppets

[@TheRealVastile]

In any sane country, a politician who votes to overrule the people's will in an election would be in jail as a traitor, not the house speaker.

[@DanielSalgado-we9oi]

Lol part of getting hired in Washington on your resume is to be a criminal.. politics is a joke...

[@jimmyhartmanbass]

I remember when the democrats denied the election results in 2000 and 2016…

[@peter_waldo3715]

Then Bite-Dumb should be in jail.

[@DanielSalgado-we9oi]

@@peter_waldo3715 trump and Biden both criminals

[@edwardgiovannelli5191]

@@peter_waldo3715 That comment right there says so much about the maga crowd.

[@Ken-gx4pr]

Another traitor

[@MaurytheHedgehogDog]

Now pass that budget

[@edwardgiovannelli5191]

I'll put good money on the budget going nowhere and we get another republican government shut down in two weeks. These guys are incompetent

[@pothaudio]

Of course it’s a traitor.

[@diegoescobar3655]

Look around. Show me a politician who isn't?

[@stevenj9970]

Where's the head of lettuce??? Oh, there it is...... READY, SET..................GO!!!!!!!!!!!

[@RuthB51]

Let's have a touch of optimism here. Let's use a head of cabbage.

[@lukehenry5987]

It's sitting in the Oval Office thinking about all the kickbacks he's going to get for sending billions of taxpayer money overseas.

[@myfreejoe]

No more stealth spending, publicize every tax dollar spent!

[@OldOneTooth]

Guess we'll see if the new Sheriff does as good a job for his boss as Roscoe P. Coltrane did for his.

[@stevenj9970]

LOL, "Skew, skew" (laughter)

[@bauerlikoloki]

Biden

[@edwardgiovannelli5191]

His job is to keep the House dysfunctional. Its all the republicans have been able to do for 8 years now.

[@0ldGuy]

there is no telling what kind of concessions this guy made to get this done,

[@user-wt2me2fe5t]

OMG! Hahaha!

[@CitizenCaine]

EYES WIDE OPEN, AMERICA! EYES WIDE OPEN ...

[@wearetheworld6962]

Exactly!

[@skyedog24]

Excellent choice! This is how the system should work! Enough of the “back-bencher” hacks whining, griping and moaning! Now it’s time to GUT the bloated swamp! Trump 24

[@nancysimmer9908]

Really bad a denier a Trumper this is who they voted for there's only one party 💙💙💙💙💙💙💙

[@kinghenry8615]

melting - snowflake

[@nancysimmer9908]

@@kinghenry8615 who you talking to boy

[@diegoescobar3655]

Ain't no party like the after party. MAGA is here to stay. Sorry

[@nancysimmer9908]

@@diegoescobar3655 keep on sending Trump your money he needs a desperately over 60 court cases judges who he appointed no proof at all that he won he lost all 60 cases explain that remember now these were Republican judges that he appointed got an answer

[@nancysimmer9908]

@@diegoescobar3655 what exactly are you celebrating it's only taking you guys 3 to 4 weeks to elect someone, your party is awfully slow, so celebrate all you want it doesn't affect the Democrats ,party on,PS do you know what's going on or are you just in a potty mood😅🤣😅

[@salmontano6049]

From the comments here, democrats were secretly hoping Liz Cheni or someone like her would be the new speaker person but fortunately for America, that was not the case.

[@nickatnite85]

Thank you democrats for helping us out Mccarthy and letting us pick a real conservative for speaker.

[@SPQSpartacus]

When you realize you’ve been decieved with blatant Lies for years, have the decency to apologize.

[@patsyholland9656]

Well it's about time now get to work and get this mess cleaned up

[@SwooopieShark]

This guy is dangerous.

[@jaklinhyde]

I wanna see how he handles the press 😂😂

[@BDizzleMySchnizzle]

He already refused to answer a question about his efforts to overturn the election. Another Republican traitor and coward.

[@notpub]

What press? It's all rigged or a hoax or a witch hunt, right? Just ask Mike. He has a direct line to God.

[@pannamal5182]

Just like Hillary, this is not the time to talk about this. See me later. 😅

[@Dang329]

​@@pannamal5182 Says the disgruntled GULLIBLE maga SHEEP! 🐏🐑🐏🐑🐏🐑🐏

[@user-wt2me2fe5t]

I wanna see you get a job.

[@ololadeprevost5616]

Now that Trump’s accolades have pleaded guilty what is Johnson going to say!!!

[@diegoescobar3655]

How about he comes out and doubles down on the election was stolen. Truth hurts

[@aspirated777]

I can't wait to come back to this comment when he wins for the third time.

[@UniqueBreakfastTaco]

lol...plea deals. none of them are doing jail time XD

[@SPQSpartacus]

@@aspirated777 When you realize you’ve been decieved with blatant Lies for years, have the decency to apologize.

[@aspirated777]

@@SPQSpartacus Why would I apologize if I'm the one who was deceived? You libs never make any sense. Down is up to you guys.

[@PapaWooody]

Trump: “Mushroom” Johnson

[@rosee.2431]

This is terrible. A Maga third in line to the Presidency...

[@theadvocate3006]

The dismantling of America🙄

[@JohnWRoth]

wow - they, the G.O.P. actually got up and did something - amazing!

[@polish22doves]

Too bad it's not a good thing.

[@kinghenry8615]

@@polish22doves LOL - poor baby

[@1970joedub]

@@kinghenry8615????

[@RuthB51]

They do a lot of things. Very few of them are good for Americans. Picking a coup plotter as second in line to the Presidency and to oversee vote certification debates in the House in 2025 is a good example of the bad things they do to Americans.

[@lukehenry5987]

​@RuthB51 thanks for shouting as loudly as you can to the entire internet about your ignorance and hate for America's citizens.

[@chrishughens3266]

I am a Christian and understand that there MUST be a division of church and state. Mike will do his best to erase this line between church and state and historically this has erased LIBERTY OF CONSCIENCE. I pointed this out to Mike and was chastised brutally.

[@edwardgiovannelli5191]

Religion has been used many time in the past as an excuse for authoritarianism. This is going on EVERY DAY in this country of late.

[@gman8177]

Well if you truly are a Christian then you would realize that the Constitution was written by Christian men based off of biblical scripture. You probably should open God's book more and maybe read the Constitution.

[@Aeroldoth3]

@@gman8177 If you are truly american you'd know that the Con was NOT based off the bible, the country was NEVER meant to be a theocracy, and christianity was NEVER meant to have special rights, special power, or be above the law. The 1st commandment is in direct violation of the 1st Amendment because religous freedom applies to ALL americans, not just christians.

[@WD00777]

Can he please have a border again? Not Ukraine. Not Taiwan. Just our own border security

[@tonytrotter139]

Trump 2024 🇺🇸🇺🇸 most definitely !!!!

[@judychandler8485]

I just threw up in my mouth..🤢 #VoteBlue24 🙏💙🇺🇸

[@diegoescobar3655]

Get use to the taste.

[@LRM5195]

Heck yes! Make America conservative and traditional again!

[@edwardgiovannelli5191]

you want us to go back to 1964 or 1864?

[@LRM5195]

@@edwardgiovannelli5191 Well I wouldn’t mind if the south had their independence again

[@edwardgiovannelli5191]

@@LRM5195As much as America would be much better off without them, I'm going to guess what you really meant was you'd rather roll back the 13th amendment. Just say it, we know that's what you feel.

[@OtakuSenzuri]

No

[@peterpam5479]

Is he Cabal?

[@HagiaFantasia]

He won't last long

[@gailcarey3597]

I’m grateful to know this party doesn’t follow in lockstep with what is dictated from above. Dissention is healthy.

[@kitspics526]

WHAT?

[@InsiderBoy]

This one is just the right amount of crazy. 🤣🤣🤣

[@Lordoftheapes79]

Why bother with honesty and decency when blackmail and extortion will get the job done?

[@russclemons3830]

He doesn't look like a rhino

[@jamesscott8705]

Mike Johnson is definitely better than Mike Hunt

[@LRM5195]

Or the democrat Nick Gerr

[@YellowjacketGTO]

I figure if the Dems dont like him then its a good thing for the Country.

[@Katsi404]

Dude looks like he was bioengineered inside of a GOP superlab and then quickly given a name before being put into the world

[@AliaStation]

Gag me

[@cherrigray9523]

Jimmy must be very angry😂😂😂😂

[@kozmiczian]

Now, lets see if congress can get anything done, besides the trump saga.

[@lindadavisson-jk1ys]

Congratulations Mike Johnson

[@gracerodgers103]

So what is the crazy rush. Mike Johnson is speaker.

[@robrought2710]

The people should vote since he's #3 to run our country!!!!!

[@lorie6985]

This is a sad day for democracy. The fact that the GOP can’t get anybody elected to the house speaker ship unless they are an election denier, and a Trump puppet is absolutely disgraceful.

[@aspirated777]

Good thing we live in a Republic, commie.

[@kamii_999]

Well if you guys hate him that must mean we made a good choice 😂

[@UniqueBreakfastTaco]

whats amazing is youre one of the few room temp IQs that still believes that election was not rigged XD

[@thegenialdecepticon5244]

@@kamii_999 "We"? You a member of congress? If so, are you proud of the fact that YOU left a branch of the government unable to function for three full weeks? Are YOU not ashamed of that? Because you should be.

[@peter_waldo3715]

You are a sad election FRAUD denier.

[@criticaltheories5222]

Next we electTrump 2024 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@commonsenseparty1396]

Ohh great, another election denier, just what we needed.

[@armandomota430]

As an American I don't understand why they kept voting when Hakim Jeffries obviously won the vote for speaker This does not look like democracy to me😢

[@diegoescobar3655]

Good thing the United States isn't a Democracy. Right?

[@justacinnamonbun8658]

If you and your neighbor can't even agree on what color your house is painted, there really isn't much left to talk about after that is there. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@user-wt2me2fe5t]

Lol! Ok.

[@carolineapodaca525]

There goes any progress the country was making at getting anything done....., again...........

[@diegoescobar3655]

Like spending us into oblivion?

[@carolineapodaca525]

@@diegoescobar3655 👈🙄like seeking to stupidly butt heads instead of trying to teamwork as a unified country in order to withstand the multiple threats affecting us.

[@diegoescobar3655]

@carolineapodaca525 unfortunately a lot of US citizens hate this country. The days of unification are gone.

[@carolineapodaca525]

@@diegoescobar3655 you may have given up I have not, though I admit it will be a long road that will likely continue into the next generations it is still worth fighting for.

[@Alan97131]

It feels like America is going backward. Not forward.

[@l156a21]

Having an election denier be speaker, what could possibly go wrong??? May as well put Mengele as the secretary of the HHS, or Charles Manson as the head of the DOJ

[@InsightsAbroad]

cookoo, cookoo, cookoo

[@iloveTrump45]

He supported McCarthy 100% Vacate this RINO

[@worf7271]

He's an election denier and still not Trumpy enough for you?

[@mizzo8341]

And Jeffries was given the responsibility of handing over the gavel to number #56 - Mike Johnson 🇺🇸

[@scrumthebum2451]

So why did some Dems vote for him ? What kind of deal was done ?

[@eliassalcedo5229]

He is actually a good comedian, nothing serious.

[@pittwo]

Just the thought that the media and democrats hate him that alone makes Johnson GREAT!

[@SPQSpartacus]

When you realize you’ve been decieved with blatant Lies for years, have the decency to apologize.

[@Snardbafulator]

Johnson's going to keep the government open and get Kevin'ed. Book it.

[@pittwo]

@@Snardbafulator yeah, they’ll find some stupid democrat that will pull a fire alarm and hopefully it will ring for forever 🤪

[@annhughes2696]

Finally!

[@valoesterreicher1208]

This is great!!

[@edwardgiovannelli5191]

yep, the republicans have picked another extremist so the House will continue to be dysfunctional and get nothing done for the American people. Of course the MAGAts are all happy cause they still don't quite get the role of government n society.

[@valoesterreicher1208]

What’s so tragic about it, he loves America like Trump,,, dems hate America..

[@leewade9087]

A liar

[@chuckburger6084]

Great man for the job !

[@edwardgiovannelli5191]

he will shut down the House and accomplish nothing just like his predecessor... and the MAGAts will cheer all the same

[@GrimpleGromble]

@@edwardgiovannelli5191salty 😢

[@clee1690]

YAWHO,,NEED TO STOP HIS GENOCIDE, HIS OPPRESSION IS WHAT STARTED THIS WAR

[@jerrythompson7744]

good we have some1 who will support America , not so much in Ukraine

[@cyndiellis1088]

Praise God 🎉

[@kitspics526]

Aw how cute

[@Love-qv9nl]

Thank you Jesus Christ for House Representative Mike Johnson. 👏🏼

[@kimmiles3071]

NSA hasn't been forced to answer election meddling questions NBC

[@cherrigray9523]

This will be fun to watch the Republican party floop again. How long will Johnson last

[@edwardgiovannelli5191]

My money is on seven weeks. Cracks will begin to form when they can't pass a budget and trigger another republican shut down

[@msrose20101]

As soon as the house flips…Hello Speaker Jeffries

[@salmontano6049]

Pelosi was very happy for so many years.

[@FK_TRUMP]

Same circus different clown

[@user-ti2me2br8g]

Van Johnson, How say you? Aye. Howard Johnson? Aye. Rafer Johnson? Aye. Magic Johnson? Aye. The Johnson's have it. Grief for the Democrats and Independents, but not the Irish. OK, grief for everyone.

[@stevenj9970]

Finally 'Henry Gibson' wins the gavel!!!!

[@peteshallcross787]

Mike Johnson, the name you know! He is The Distinguished Gentleman! 😄

[@nodescriptionavailable3842]

Dont get excited, 99.9% odds we're all still losing.