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:''Not to be confused with [[Michael T. Johnson]], the [[Republican Party|Republican]] state representative from Rapides Parish, [[Louisiana]].''
'''James Michael Johnson''', known as '''Mike Johnson''' (born January 30, 1972), is the 56th [[Speaker]] of the [[United States House of Representatives]], having won the position in a 220-209 special vote on October 25, 2023. He succeededs fellow [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[Kevin McCarthy]] of [[California]], who was forced out of office earlier in the month by eight recalcitrant Republican who called for a vote of confidence in McCarthy. Johnson, a [[conservative]], has been since 2017 the [[U.S. Representative]] for [[Louisiana]]'s 4th congressional district, which encompasses [[Shreveport]], [[Bossier City]], and [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]] and extends as far south as [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]] and DeRidder in Beauregard Parish just north of [[Lake Charles]]. His record as Speaker, however, is nothing like the [[conservative]] stalwart most of his House constituents believe him to be.
In exchange for [[deep state]] puppet [[Joe Biden]] lifting an [[executive order]] [[export]] ban on [[LNG]] gas from [[Louisiana]],<ref>[https://www.politico.com/news/2024/04/04/biden-mike-johnson-ukraine-aid-00150488 There’s a reason you haven’t heard the White House bash Johnson’s Ukraine aid ideas], By JENNIFER HABERKORN, ELI STOKOLS and JONATHAN LEMIRE, ''[[Politico]]'', 04/04/2024. politico.com</ref> Johnson passed [[Ukraine aid]] and [[FISA 702]] reauthorization,<ref>[https://thepoliticalinsider.com/speaker-mike-johnson-gives-explanation-for-his-flip-flop-on-fisa-spying-on-americans/ Speaker Mike Johnson Gives Explanation For His Flip-Flop On FISA Spying On Americans], John Hanson, ''Political Insider'', April 12, 2024. thepoliticalinsider.com</ref> calling himself "a wartime Speaker".<ref>[https://rumble.com/v4q52tq-speaker-mike-johnson-calls-himself-a-wartime-speaker.html Speaker Mike Johnson Calls Himself a “Wartime Speaker”], [[C-SPAN]], April 17, 2024. [[Rumble]].</ref>
In the nonpartisan blanket primary held on November 6, 2018, Johnson defeated the Democrat Ryan Charles Trundle (born March 19, 1968), a graduate of the University of Wyoming at Laramie who has resided in Caddo Parish since 1998 and formerly lived in Eugene, [[Oregon]]. Trundle, who carried the official endorsement of the Louisiana Democratic Executive Committee,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thetowntalk.com/story/news/2018/08/20/see-who-la-democrats-pinned-their-hopes-loosen-gop-grip/1041200002/|author=[[Greg Hilburn]]|publisher='[[Alexandria Town Talk]]''|date=August 20, 2018|title=See who Louisiana Democrats pinned their hopes on|accessdate=August 21, 2018}}</ref> vowed not to accept campaign contributions. Trundle said that had he unseated Johnson, he would have strived to "create a government that works for all of us, not just the wealthy, with fair common-sense policies."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://press-herald.com/trundle-to-announce-4th-district-run/|title=Trundle to announce 4th District run|publisher=''Minden Press-Herald''|date=June 15, 2018|accessdate=June 19, 2018}}</ref>
On December 18, 2020 , the ''[[Washington Post]],'', in an article entitled ''"All The Republican Rats''Rat,"<ref>https://archive.ph/PXjCO#selection-625.0-771.12</ref> depicted Rep. Mike Johnson as "subhuman vermin" not worthy of life because he opposed the election certification of [[Joe Biden]].<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/media/washington-post-rats</ref><ref>https://twitter.com/JunkScience/status/1340668648130818055</ref>
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