What Mike Johnson’s Rise Tells Us About the GOP
October 28, 2023, 12:53 PM ET Editor’s Note: Washington Week With The Atlantic is a partnership between NewsHour Productions, WETA, and The Atlantic airing every Friday on PBS stations nationwide. Check your local listings or watch full episodes here. The House of Representatives finally has a new speaker. After a bruising battle and several weeks without a leader, Republicans have elected Representative Mike Johnson of Louisiana to be the 56th speaker of the House. But how did this little-known, far-right ally of former President Donald Trump become second in line to the presidency? And what does Johnson’s ascension say about the state of the GOP and the country? Joining the editor in chief of The Atlantic and moderator, Jeffrey Goldberg, this week to discuss this and more are McKay Coppins, a staff writer at The Atlantic and the author of Romney: A Reckoning; John Dickerson, the anchor of CBS News Prime Time With John Dickerson; and Nia-Malika Henderson, a senior political analyst at CNN. Source link
