• U.S. Speaker of the House, Mike Johnson keynote speaker for GOP dinner

    The U.S. Speaker of the House, Mike Johnson, was the keynote speaker and spoke to WANE 15 about various issues surrounding the republican party.

  • Exclusive — Mike Lee: Speaker Mike Johnson 'Full Equity Partner in the Firm' of Schumer, McConnell, Jeffries

    Speaker Mike Johnson has transitioned to the "opposite direction" and is "not on the side of the field" that he hoped, Sen. Mike Lee said.

  • In Defense of Speaker Mike Johnson

    Author Herman Wouk captured well how to understand heroism. “Heroes are not supermen; they are good men who embody — by the cast of destiny — the virtue of their whole people in a great hour,” observed Wouk. We have today an American hero in the name of House Speaker Mike Johnson. Anyone with eyes open knows the world today is a very dangerous place. Johnson, a conservative Republican and a devout Christian, knows that the way for it to become even more dangerous is for the leader of the...

  • In Defense of Speaker Mike Johnson

    Author Herman Wouk captured well how to understand heroism. “Heroes are not supermen; they are good men who embody — by the cast of destiny — the virtue of their whole people in a great hour,” observed Wouk. We have today an American hero in the name of House Speaker Mike Johnson. Anyone with eyes open knows the world today is a very dangerous place. Johnson, a conservative Republican and a devout Christian, knows that the way for it to become even more dangerous is for the leader of the...

  • Is Speaker Mike Johnson REALLY a Conservative?

    In 2018, the Daily Beast published an article titled “Meet the Double Agent Who Now Controls House Conservatives,” in reference to now-Speaker Mike Johnson. The article alleges that Johnson was a “mole” for the House Freedom Caucus to infiltrate the larger Republican congressional groups, and with the way things have been going, Glenn Beck is wondering if there’s a chance the article may have been right. Christopher Bedford, Blaze Media's new Washington correspondent and senior politics...

  • The Accidental Speaker: What if Mike Johnson is actually good at this?

    The Accidental Speaker: What if Mike Johnson is actually good at this? (Second column, 8th story, link) Related stories:A Way Forward?Republican infighting getting worse after foreign aid vote Drudge Report Feed needs your support!   Become a Patron

  • Mike Johnson’s a rare speaker — America likes him

    House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is the latest Republican leader trying to save his job against a conservative coup. But he’s got one thing going for him that his recent predecessors didn’t. The public, especially Republicans, generally likes him. Backed by former President Donald Trump, the Louisiana Republican has a 44% favorable rating. In the […]

  • Democratic Leaders Vow to Save Republican Speaker Mike Johnson

    Yuval RosenbergApril 30, 2024Congress may be done funding the government for the rest of the fiscal year and pushing through a major foreign

  • ‘Mike You Suck’: Columbia Students Let Loose on Speaker Johnson

    Reuters/David Dee DelgadoNEW YORK — House Speaker (R-LA) Mike Johnson trekked to Columbia University’s New York City campus on Wednesday—and was immediately greeted with a chorus of boos.The crowd loudly heckled and booed Johnson as he approached a podium and launched into his speech, railing against “antisemites” who “gnash their teeth and demand to wipe the State of Israel off the map and attack our innocent Jewish students.”Moments after making that declaration, a loud chant broke out of “we

  • Speaker Mike Johnson promises not to retaliate against rebellious House Republicans

    A trio of rebellious conservatives nearly derailed House Speaker Mike Johnson’s plan to move foreign aid to a vote last week, but the speaker said he does not want to punish them.

  • From quiet caucus member to House speaker: The Mike Johnson story

    “Meet the Double Agent Who Now Controls House Conservatives,” the headline reads. “The spy’s mission was simple,” the story begins. “Gain their trust, become one of them, and eventually take them over.” The article claims to describe “the perfect mole” — a “clean-cut” politician “hungry for power and influence.” The subject: Republican Rep. Mike Johnson of Louisiana. The twist: It was written in November 2018 — five years before Johnson rose to become the unlikely speaker of a deeply...

  • Bipartisan effort seeks to stop ouster of Speaker Mike Johnson

    The charge to oust Johnson is being led by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who said she wouldn’t back off but didn’t provide any specifics.