Trump Ally Mike Johnson Elected House Speaker, Shifting GOP Further Right
- Ends three-week succession battle that paralyzed House
- Johnson backed Trump efforts to deny Biden election victory
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Republicans installed little-known Trump ally Mike Johnson as US House speaker, cementing the party’s rightward shift and ending a messy three-week succession fight that paralyzed legislative work.
His election Wednesday culminates a historic struggle among GOP factions that ousted speaker Kevin McCarthy and derailed three potential successors. The bitter infighting prevented the House from acting on emergency aid for Israel and Ukraine, and on funding to avert a US government shutdown next month.