The hard-right conservative Mike Johnson of Louisiana was elected to the chair, ending a weekslong deadlock.
Tag: Conservatism (US Politics)
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In Mike Johnson, Far-Right Republicans Find a Speaker They Can Embrace
The new speaker, Mike Johnson, is virtually unknown to most Americans, but he can be expected to press a hard-right social and fiscal agenda.
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Another Day of G.O.P. Chaos Winds Up With Speaker Nominee No. 4
House Republicans turned on themselves as they immolated yet another of their leaders in the bonfires of the speaker fight. Then they chose their next nominee.
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Millennials and Gen Z Are Tilting Left and Staying There
Younger voters may get more conservative as they age, but that doesn’t mean they will become Republicans.