{"id":2082862,"date":"2023-10-29T03:18:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-29T07:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/americas-back-on-track-republican-lawmakers-praise-new-speaker-mike-johnson\/"},"modified":"2023-10-29T03:20:09","modified_gmt":"2023-10-29T07:20:09","slug":"americas-back-on-track-republican-lawmakers-praise-new-speaker-mike-johnson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/americas-back-on-track-republican-lawmakers-praise-new-speaker-mike-johnson\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP Lawmakers Applaud New Speaker Mike Johnson for Getting America Back on Track."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Famericas-back-on-track-republican-lawmakers-praise-new-speaker-mike-johnson%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2082862&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><blockquote>\n<h2>The Rise of Rep. Mike Johnson as House Speaker Sparks Enthusiasm Among Republicans<\/h2>\n<p>The appointment of Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.) as the new\u2063 House Speaker \u200cwon\u2064 high \u200cpraise from a number of Republicans, with a\u2062 remark\u2064 by Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) seeming to capture the spirit of enthusiasm\u200d among the GOP: &#8220;<strong>America&#8217;s \u200bback on\u2062 track.<\/strong>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Mr. \u200bJohnson became the 56th speaker of the \u2062House of\u200d Representatives on Oct. 25, winning 220 votes and\u200b unanimous support from the Republican conference on the first ballot.<\/p>\n<p>His election to the top job in the lower \u200cchamber \u200ccapped off weeks of Republican infighting and seems to have reignited a renewed focus for party \u200dmembers to coalesce around their shared vision for America.<\/p>\n<div class=\"shortcode\">\n<div class=\"border-comp-divider mb-4 mr-4 w-full max-w-[500px] border px-5 py-4 text-[16px] leading-[20px] text-[#262626] md:float-left\" id=\"in_article_related_stories\">\n<h2 class=\"mb-3 font-sans text-[16px] font-semibold uppercase leading-[19px] text-[#2F2F2F]\">Related Stories<\/h2>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex gap-2\">\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-4 sm:line-clamp-3\">\n            <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/china\/congress-should-ban-lobbying-for-china-says-former-rep-frank-wolf-5517392?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\"><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"text-sm sm:text-base\">Congress Should Ban Lobbying\u200b for China, Says Former Rep. 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He&#8217;s going \u2062to be for a strong America.<\/strong>&#8220;<\/p>\n<div class=\"shortcode post-related-videos\">\n<div class=\"lazyload-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"lazyload-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"my-5\">&#8220;We will have a dynamic\u200d speaker and we look forward to his\u200c leadership. And again, America is back on track,&#8221; he \u2062said. <\/p>\n<h2>&#8216;That&#8217;s What We Stand For&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p> In his first interview after winning the gavel, Mr. Johnson \u2064told Fox News host Sean \u2063Hannity that he believes\u2063 his election presents an \u2064opportunity for\u2064 Republicans to coalesce around core conservative values.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;That&#8217;s\u200b individual freedom, limited government, the \u200brule \u200dof law, peace through\u200b strength, fiscal responsibility, free \u2062markets, and human dignity,&#8221; Mr.\u200c Johnson\u200c said in the interview \u200dFriday. \u2064&#8221;That&#8217;s what \u2062we\u200b stand for.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I call \u200bthem the core principles of American conservatism, but\u200d it&#8217;s really the core principles of America itself,&#8221; he\u2063 continued. &#8220;We&#8217;re different. We&#8217;re exceptional. The reason we&#8217;re the freest, most \u200bpowerful, most successful nation in \u200bthe history of the world, is because that&#8217;s \u2063what we stand for.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Arguing \u200dthat those values \u2064and principles are now &#8220;under assault,&#8221; he called for his fellow Republicans to \u2064come together and \u200c&#8221;defend them here every day with everything we have.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In the wide-ranging interview, the previously little-known Republican\u200b from Louisiana also discussed the Biden presidency, foreign policy, and government funding.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">On President Joe Biden, Mr. Johnson said he \u200bthinks &#8220;it&#8217;s\u200d been\u2062 a failed \u200dpresidency,&#8221; while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/house-speaker-mike-johnson-vows-to-continue-biden-impeachment-inquiry-5518715\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pledging to<\/a> continue\u2063 the impeachment inquiry against the incumbent, whom he \u200caccused\u200b of lying to \u200dthe American people \u2062about his involvement in \u2063his\u200b family&#8217;s business\u2062 dealings.<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;We\u2063 have the receipts \u200bon\u2063 so much of this now,&#8221; Mr. Johnson \u200dsaid, \u2062referring to evidence that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/americas-back-on-track-republican-lawmakers-praise-new-speaker-mike-johnson\/\" title=\"GOP Lawmakers Applaud New Speaker Mike Johnson for Getting America Back on Track.\">includes bank records showing tens<\/a> of \u200dmillions of dollars \u2063paid to various shell corporations linked to Biden family members, including the president&#8217;s son,\u200b Hunter Biden.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">While President\u2063 Biden has\u200d denied any involvement \u2064in his son&#8217;s business affairs, the GOP-led \u2063House Oversight\u200d Committee has released <a href=\"https:\/\/oversight.house.gov\/blog\/evidence-of-joe-bidens-involvement-in-his-familys-influence-peddling-schemes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">over 20\u200d examples<\/a> of evidence tying\u200d the president\u2064 to Hunter Biden&#8217;s business dealings.<\/div>\n<div class=\"my-5\">&#8220;There\u2019s a \u200blot of smoke here, and \u200bwe\u2019re going to find out \u200bvery soon\u200c how\u2063 big the fire is,&#8221; Mr. Johnson \u200bsaid. <\/p>\n<h2>Foreign \u200cPolicy, Government Funding<\/h2>\n<p> On\u200b foreign\u200b policy, Mr. Johnson said that Russian President Vladimir Putin can&#8217;t be allowed to \u2063prevail in Ukraine &#8220;because I don&#8217;t believe it would stop there.&#8221;<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;It\u2063 would probably encourage and empower China to perhaps make a move \u200don \u2064Taiwan,&#8221;\u2062 he said.\u2064 &#8220;We have those concerns.<\/p>\n<p>On the \u2063situation in Israel, \u2063he\u200d called it \u200da &#8220;very delicate situation&#8221;\u2062 that is being monitored closely as things are\u200d changing &#8220;by the hour.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We certainly hope that it doesn&#8217;t come to \u2062boots on the ground,&#8221; he said of \u200bthe prospect of involvement by U.S. forces.<\/p>\n<p>The\u2063 first\u200d action of the\u200b House will be \u2062the approval of a nonbinding resolution in \u200csupport \u2064of Israel\u2019s \u200dright to\u2062 self-defense, according to Mr. Johnson.<\/p>\n<p>He also\u2063 expressed skepticism about the good intentions\u200b to send aid to Gaza residents who remain in the\u2063 war zone, saying that Hamas uses \u200bPalestinians as human shields and doesn&#8217;t even provide \u200bGazan civilians with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/houston-residents-wait-in-long-lines-for-safe-drinking-water\/\" title=\"Houston residents wait in long lines for safe drinking water\">clean drinking water<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We\u2019re\u2062 supposed to believe they\u2019re going to use U.S. aid for humanitarian purposes? Count me as a skeptic,&#8221; he told Mr. Hannity.<\/p>\n<p>And on government funding, he said that his first \u2064order of business\u2063 would be to \u200bstart negotiating\u2064 with the White\u200b House about funding bills. While he didn&#8217;t rule out the need for \u200danother stopgap funding\u200d bill when the funding runs out on \u200bNov. 17, he insisted that Republican support would be\u2063 conditional on spending cuts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re working through this with the ideas and trying to ensure that if another stopgap measure is required, that we\u2063 do it with certain conditions,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think there will be conditions\u2063 that \u200bthe American people can live\u200b with and the consensus that we can build around here in the House.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Besides winning praise \u200bfrom House Republicans, \u200bMr. Johnson&#8217;s rise to the speakership was met with words of support\u200b from former President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">President Trump,\u200d who earlier\u200b backed\u200d Mr. Johnson&#8217;s candidacy for speaker,\u2062 congratulated him on the win. <\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI just want to congratulate\u200d Mike Johnson. He\u200b will be a great speaker of the House,\u2062 and we \u200dwere very happy\u2062 to have helped,\u201d he told reporters outside a New York courtroom. \u201cI&#8217;ve known him for a long time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He&#8217;s a tremendous leader and a tremendous man.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Conference Chair Elise\u2062 Stefanik (R-N.Y.) had words of praise for \u200bMr. Johnson upon his\u200b nomination.<\/p>\n<p>She\u200d described \u200cMr. Johnson as a \u200ddeeply principled man of faith who was strong, fair, and kind, and able to lead the House as the country faces\u200b a series of challenges.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The people are \u200blooking to\u200d this great chamber to save America, and save America we will,&#8221; Ms. Stefanik \u2063said. \u200d&#8221;Today is the\u200b day we get this done.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) said: \u201cI&#8217;ve seen a\u200d commitment [in Mr. Johnson] &#8230; to things bigger than himself, \u200dgoing\u200d back to my days in the statehouse. And when he came to Congress,\u2063 those same principles followed\u2064 him.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\"><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What specific policy ideas and principles does \u2063Rep. Johnson plan to prioritize and champion as House Speaker?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Ng \u200dto be a \u2062great leader for our caucus, and\u200d for the American people.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Rep. Johnson, who previously served as the chairman of the Republican Study Committee, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/k-12-conferences-for-teachers-of-every-subject-now-focus-on-race-instead-of-the-subject\/\" title=\"K-12 Conferences For Teachers Of Every Subject Now Focus On Race Instead Of The Subject\">conservative group focused<\/a> on developing policy ideas, has long been seen as a rising star within the\u200b Republican Party. His elevation to House Speaker comes at a critical time for \u2063the GOP, as they seek to regain control of the House in the upcoming midterm elections.<\/p>\n<p>With his election, Republicans have expressed optimism that Rep. Johnson \u2062will provide \u2064strong leadership and bring unity to the party. Many have praised his ability to articulate conservative values and effectively communicate the party&#8217;s message to the American people.<\/p>\n<p>In\u2062 his acceptance speech, Rep. Johnson emphasized the importance of working together \u2064and \u2064finding \u200bcommon ground, stating, &#8220;We must put aside our differences and focus on the shared values that bind us together as Americans.\u200d We have a duty to the American people \u2062to deliver results and advance policies that promote freedom, opportunity, and prosperity.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>His \u200dcommitment to conservative principles and his willingness to reach across\u2064 the aisle to find solutions have earned him respect from both sides of the political spectrum. Democrats have acknowledged his ability to work collaboratively and have expressed hope that he will bring a more inclusive and bipartisan approach to the \u200bSpeaker&#8217;s role.<\/p>\n<p>As the new House Speaker,\u2063 Rep. Johnson faces significant challenges, including navigating the current political landscape and addressing key policy issues such \u2062as the economy, healthcare, and immigration. However,\u2064 his track record and reputation as a principled \u200bleader have inspired confidence among Republicans that he is the right person for the job.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Johnson&#8217;s rise \u200cto the speakership has energized Republicans across the country, who view him as a \u200cstrong and principled leader who will champion their values and lead the party to victory in the upcoming elections. His ability to unite the GOP and articulate a compelling vision for America&#8217;s\u200c future has generated enthusiasm and optimism among party members.<\/p>\n<p>With Rep. Johnson at\u2062 the helm, \u200dRepublicans hope to build on their recent successes and\u2063 continue to advance their agenda, focusing\u200b on limited government, individual liberties, and economic growth. As the party prepares for\u2064 the midterms, \u200cRep. Johnson&#8217;s leadership will play a crucial role in shaping the Republican strategy and mobilizing support from\u2064 voters.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, the rise<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.) received widespread Republican acclaim as the new House Speaker. Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) summed up the GOP&#8217;s enthusiasm, stating, &#8220;America&#8217;s back on track.&#8221; On October, Mr. Johnson assumed the role as the 56th speaker of the House of Representatives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":118,"featured_media":2082863,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2082862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2082862","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/118"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2082862"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2082862\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2082863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2082862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2082862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2082862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}