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'''James Michael Johnson''' (born January 30, 1972) is an American politician and the [[List of speakers of the United States House of Representatives|56th]] [[speaker of the United States House of Representatives]] since [[October 2023 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election|October 25, 2023]].<!--Please do not change the first sentence without consensus--> A member of the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]], Johnson is in his fourth term, having represented {{ushr|LA|4}} in the [[U.S. House of Representatives]] since 2017.
'''James Michael Johnson''' (born January 30, 1972) is an American politician and the [[List of speakers of the United States House of Representatives|56th]] [[speaker of the United States House of Representatives]] since [[October 2023 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election|October 25, 2023]].<!--Please do not change the first sentence without consensus--> A member of the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]], Johnson is in his fourth term, having represented {{ushr|LA|4}} in the [[U.S. House of Representatives]] since 2017.


Johnson is a graduate of [[Louisiana State University]] and its [[Paul M. Hebert Law Center]]. Before entering politics, he worked as an attorney in private practice and worked for [[Alliance Defending Freedom]]. He also founded Freedom Guard, a nonprofit legal ministry designed to represent Christian clients in lawsuits. Johnson was elected as a member of the [[Louisiana House of Representatives]] in 2015 and served until 2017.
Johnson is a graduate of [[Louisiana State University]] and its [[Paul M. Hebert Law Center]]. Before entering politics, Johnson came to some prominence in the late 1990s when he and his wife appeared on television to promote new laws in Louisiana allowing [[Covenant marriage|covenant marriages]], under which divorce is much more difficult to obtain. He worked as an attorney in private practice and worked for [[Alliance Defending Freedom]] (ADF). While working for the ADF, he wrote a prominent [[Amicus curiae|''amicus'' brief]] opposing the eventual [[Supreme Court of the United States|U.S. Supreme Court]] ruling in ''[[Lawrence v. Texas]]'' (2003), and advocated for [[Sodomy laws in the United States|sodomy laws]] and the criminalization of gay sex. He also founded Freedom Guard, a nonprofit legal ministry designed to represent Christian clients in lawsuits. Johnson was elected as a member of the [[Louisiana House of Representatives]] in 2015 and served until 2017.


Johnson was first elected to represent {{ushr|LA|4}} in 2016. During his time in Congress, Johnson [[Attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election|contested the results of the 2020 presidential election]] on the House floor and in court, supported bills that would institute a nationwide ban on abortion, and has advocated for an overturning of the 2015 ''[[Obergefell v. Hodges]]'' decision of the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] that identified a fundamental right for [[Same-sex relationship|same-sex]] couples [[same-sex marriage in the United States|to marry]]. Johnson served as chair of the [[Republican Study Committee]], the largest [[Congressional caucus|caucus]] of conservatives in Congress, from 2019 to 2021. He was [[vice chair of the House Republican Conference]] from 2021 to 2023.
Johnson was first elected to represent {{ushr|LA|4}} in 2016. During his time in Congress, Johnson [[Attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election|contested the results of the 2020 presidential election]] on the House floor and in court, supported bills that would institute a nationwide ban on abortion, and has advocated for an overturning of the 2015 ''[[Obergefell v. Hodges]]'' decision of the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] that identified a fundamental right for [[Same-sex relationship|same-sex]] couples [[same-sex marriage in the United States|to marry]]. Johnson served as chair of the [[Republican Study Committee]], the largest [[Congressional caucus|caucus]] of conservatives in Congress, from 2019 to 2021. He was [[vice chair of the House Republican Conference]] from 2021 to 2023.

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Mike Johnson
Official portrait, 2022
56th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
Incumbent
Assumed office
October 25, 2023
Preceded byKevin McCarthy[a]
Leader of the House Republican Conference
Incumbent
Assumed office
October 25, 2023
Preceded byKevin McCarthy
Vice Chair of the House Republican Conference
In office
January 3, 2021 – October 25, 2023
LeaderKevin McCarthy
Preceded byMark Walker
Succeeded byVacant
Chair of the Republican Study Committee
In office
January 3, 2019 – January 3, 2021
Preceded byMark Walker
Succeeded byJim Banks
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Louisiana's 4th district
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 3, 2017
Preceded byJohn Fleming
Member of the Louisiana House of Representatives
from the 8th district
In office
February 22, 2015 – January 3, 2017
Preceded byJeff R. Thompson
Succeeded byRaymond Crews
Personal details
Born
James Michael Johnson

(1972-01-30) January 30, 1972 (age 52)
Shreveport, Louisiana, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Spouse
Kelly Lary
​
(m. 1999)​
Children4
EducationLouisiana State University (BS, JD)
Signature
WebsiteHouse website
Speaker website
Johnson's voice
Johnson on his amendment to the Endangered Species Act
Recorded May 18, 2018

James Michael Johnson (born January 30, 1972) is an American politician and the 56th speaker of the United States House of Representatives since October 25, 2023. A member of the Republican Party, Johnson is in his fourth term, having represented Louisiana's 4th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2017.

Johnson is a graduate of Louisiana State University and its Paul M. Hebert Law Center. Before entering politics, Johnson came to some prominence in the late 1990s when he and his wife appeared on television to promote new laws in Louisiana allowing covenant marriages, under which divorce is much more difficult to obtain. He worked as an attorney in private practice and worked for Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF). While working for the ADF, he wrote a prominent amicus brief opposing the eventual U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Lawrence v. Texas (2003), and advocated for sodomy laws and the criminalization of gay sex. He also founded Freedom Guard, a nonprofit legal ministry designed to represent Christian clients in lawsuits. Johnson was elected as a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives in 2015 and served until 2017.

Johnson was first elected to represent Louisiana's 4th congressional district in 2016. During his time in Congress, Johnson contested the results of the 2020 presidential election on the House floor and in court, supported bills that would institute a nationwide ban on abortion, and has advocated for an overturning of the 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges decision of the U.S. Supreme Court that identified a fundamental right for same-sex couples to marry. Johnson served as chair of the Republican Study Committee, the largest caucus of conservatives in Congress, from 2019 to 2021. He was vice chair of the House Republican Conference from 2021 to 2023.

On October 25, 2023, following the ouster of Kevin McCarthy from the speakership, Johnson was elected as the 56th speaker of the House, after three unsuccessful bids from other candidates. He is the first House speaker from Louisiana and the most junior representative to be elected speaker since John G. Carlisle in 1883.

Early life and education

Johnson was born in Shreveport, Louisiana, the oldest of four children of Jeanne Johnson and James Patrick Johnson.[1][2] He has said that he is the product of an unplanned pregnancy and that his parents were teenagers when they had him.[3] They later divorced.[4] His father was a firefighter who founded the nonprofit organization the Percy R. Johnson Burn Foundation, named after his partner, the city's first African-American fire instructor and captain, who died in the line of duty. Johnson's father was also critically burned and disabled in the line of duty during the same fire.[5][6]

Johnson is a graduate of Captain Shreve High School in Shreveport.[7] In 1995, he graduated with a bachelor's degree in business administration from Louisiana State University. In 1998, he graduated from Louisiana State's Paul M. Hebert Law Center with a Juris Doctor.[8][9]

Before his election to Congress, Johnson was senior legal counsel for the Alliance Defense Fund, now known as Alliance Defending Freedom.[10] In 2004 he defended Louisiana Amendment 1, which defined marriage as between one man and one woman within the Louisiana Constitution, against legal challenges.[11]

In 2015, Johnson founded Freedom Guard, a nonprofit legal ministry designed to represent Christian clients in lawsuits.[12] He was its chief counsel.[13] During his time in Freedom Guard, he "defended the sports chaplaincy program at Louisiana State University from attacks that it was unconstitutional".[12] Also, when Kentucky officials withdrew millions of dollars of tax breaks for the Ark Encounter theme park in Williamstown, Kentucky, for advancing religion by mandating that park employees had to affirm having Young Earth creationist beliefs, Johnson represented Ark Encounter and its owner Answers in Genesis in 2015 in launching a lawsuit in federal court.[14]

In September 2016, Johnson summarized his legal career as "defending religious freedom, the sanctity of human life, and biblical values, including the defense of traditional marriage, and other ideals like these when they’ve been under assault".[15]

Johnson is a professor at Liberty University and teaches classes at its Helms School of Government.[16][17]

Louisiana House of Representatives

The 8th District seat of the Louisiana House of Representatives was vacated in 2015 when Jeff R. Thompson was elected to a state district judgeship. Johnson ran to succeed him and was unopposed.[18]

In April 2015, Johnson proposed the Marriage and Conscience Act, a bill similar in content to Indiana's Religious Freedom Restoration Act passed a few days earlier, though he denied that his legislation was based on the Indiana law.[19] Johnson's Marriage and Conscience Act would have prevented adverse treatment by the State of any person or entity on the basis of the views they hold about marriage.[20] Critics denounced the bill as an attempt to protect people who discriminate against same-sex married couples.[21][22] Governor Bobby Jindal pledged to sign Johnson's bill into law if it passed the legislature.[23] IBM and other employers in the region expressed opposition to the bill, including concerns about the hiring difficulties it would likely produce.[24] Other politicians also objected, including Republican Baton Rouge Metro Councilman John Delgado, who called Johnson a "despicable bigot of the highest order" for proposing the bill.[24]

On May 19, 2015, the House Civil Law and Procedure Committee voted 10–2 to table the bill, effectively ending its chances to become law.[25] Both Republicans and Democrats voted against the bill; other than Johnson, only Republican Ray Garofalo voted for it.[25] After the bill was tabled, Jindal said that he would issue an executive order to enforce its intent.[26]

U.S. House of Representatives

Elections

On February 10, 2016, Johnson announced his candidacy for the 4th congressional district seat, which had been held for eight years by John Fleming. Fleming was running for the United States Senate seat vacated by David Vitter. Johnson won the election.[27][28][29][30]

In 2018, Johnson won a second House term, defeating Democratic nominee Ryan Trundle, 139,307 votes (64%) to 72,923 (34%).[31]

In 2020, Johnson won a third House term with 185,265 votes (60%) to Democratic nominee Kenny Houston's 78,157 (25%).[32]

In 2022, Johnson won reelection unopposed.[33]

Tenure

Early terms

Johnson was sworn into office on January 3, 2017. He was chosen Vice Chairman of the Republican Conference, an Assistant Whip for House Republicans, a member of the Judiciary Committee, the Armed Services Committee, and a member and former Chairman of the Republican Study Committee.[34]

Johnson voted for the American Health Care Act of 2017.[35]

In December 2017, Johnson voted for the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.[36] After voting for the act, he called the economy "stunted" and a "burden" on Americans, adding, "The importance of this moment cannot be overstated. With the first comprehensive tax reform in 31 years, we will dramatically strengthen the U.S. economy and restore economic mobility and opportunity for hardworking individuals and families all across this country."[37]

Johnson was among 147 Republicans who voted to overturn the 2020 presidential election results.[38]

Johnson has worked closely with the Christian groups Answers in Genesis, Louisiana Family Forum, Alliance Defending Freedom, and Focus on the Family.[39][40]

On May 19, 2021, Johnson and all other seven Republican House leaders in the 117th Congress voted against establishing a national commission to investigate the January 6, 2021, storming of the United States Capitol. Thirty-five Republican House members and all 217 Democrats present voted to establish the commission.[41][42]

After the 2022 midterm elections, Representative Andy Biggs proposed Johnson as a possible compromise candidate for Speaker of the House instead of Republican Conference leader Kevin McCarthy, after members of the House Freedom Caucus opposed McCarthy's bid for the speakership.[43]

In 2023, Johnson became chair of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government.[44]

Committee assignments

Caucus memberships

Speaker of the House

Johnson delivers remarks following his election as Speaker of the House

Nomination

Following Speaker Kevin McCarthy's unprecedented ousting from the position of speaker of the House, Rep. Matt Gaetz considered Johnson as his replacement.[47] On October 13, 2023, Johnson stated that he would not run in the October 2023 speaker election and instead endorsed colleague Jim Jordan;[48] however, on the same day, NBC News reported that Johnson was considering running if Jordan dropped out.[49]

On October 21, after Republicans Steve Scalise and Jordan had made unsuccessful bids for speaker of the House,[50][51] Johnson declared his candidacy to become the Republican nominee for speaker[52] but was beaten by Tom Emmer on October 24. Emmer defeated Johnson, 117 votes to 97 on the fifth ballot of voting.[53] Shortly thereafter, Emmer withdrew his candidacy for the speakership.[54] Later on October 24, House Republicans voted to make Johnson their fourth nominee for speaker beating Rep. Byron Donalds by 128 votes to 29 on the third ballot of voting.[55] Johnson's bid was endorsed by former U.S. President Donald Trump.[56]

On October 25, the House of Representatives voted, 220–209,[57] to elect Johnson as the 56th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives.[58] Every Republican member of the House of Representatives who was in attendance voted for Johnson.[59] Johnson was also sworn in as speaker on October 25.[57] He is the first speaker in the history of the United States who comes from Louisiana.[60] When he took office as Speaker, Johnson had served in Congress for six years and ten months, the shortest tenure of any House member elected Speaker in 140 years. John G. Carlisle, elected speaker in 1883, had fewer days in office at the time of his election to the speakership.[61][62] Delivering his first remarks as Speaker, he suggested that his position was ordained by God, saying: "I believe that Scripture, the Bible, is very clear: that God is the one who raises up those in authority".[63]

Tenure

On October 26, Johnson met with his first foreign leader as speaker, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese of Australia, during the latter's state visit to the United States.[64] Later that day, he also met with President Joe Biden for the first time as speaker before attending a bipartisan briefing held at the White House on the administration's proposed funding requests for aid to Ukraine and Israel.[65]

Political positions

Johnson receiving the True Blue award from Family Research Council President Tony Perkins in 2023[66]

Johnson is a member of the Christian right faction of the Republican Party.[66][67][68] He has been referred as a Christian nationalist and believes that the United States was founded as a "Christian nation".[69][70][71] His inaugural speech as Speaker of the House of Representatives emphasized his Southern Baptist beliefs as the basis for his politics.[63]

His political profile has been defined by his outspoken opposition to gay rights.[72] Johnson holds "ultraconservative positions on abortion [...] and same-sex marriages", according to Bloomberg News.[73]

2020 election

Main article: Attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election

In early November 2020, after many pollsters and media outlets called the 2020 United States presidential election in favour of Joe Biden over Donald Trump, Johnson said that he spoke to Trump twice, recounting that he urged Trump to "exhaust every available legal remedy to restore Americans' trust in the fairness of our election system", and that he was heartened by Trump's intention to ensure "that all instances of fraud and illegality are investigated and prosecuted".[74]

On November 17, 2020, Johnson stated: "You know the allegations about these voting machines, some of them being rigged with this software by Dominion, there's a lot of merit to that. And when the president says the election was rigged, that's what he's talking about. The fix was in. [...] a software system that is used all around the country that is suspect because it came from Hugo Chávez's Venezuela".[74][75][76][77] By October 2022, Johnson said that he had never supported claims that there was massive fraud in the 2020 election.[78]

In December 2020, Johnson led an effort which got 126 Republican members of the House of Representatives to sign an amicus brief in support of Texas v. Pennsylvania,[76][79][80] a lawsuit filed at the United States Supreme Court contesting the results of the 2020 presidential election, in which Biden defeated incumbent Donald Trump.[81] The Supreme Court declined to hear the case on the basis that Texas lacked standing under Article III of the Constitution to challenge the results of an election held by another state.[82][83][84]

During the January 2021 United States Electoral College vote count, Johnson was one of 120 U.S. Representatives who objected to certifying the 2020 presidential election results from both the states of Arizona and Pennsylvania, while another 19 U.S. Representatives objected for one of these states.[85] Johnson was described by The New York Times as "the most important architect of the Electoral College objections", because he had argued to reject the results based on the argument of "constitutional infirmity", and thus persuaded "about three-quarters" of the objectors to use his rationale.[78] Johnson's argument was that certain state officials had violated the Constitution by relaxing restrictions on mail-in voting or early voting due to the COVID-19 pandemic without consulting state legislatures.[78]

Abortion

Main article: Abortion in the United States

Johnson supports a national abortion ban and opposed Roe v. Wade.[86] While in Congress, Johnson has supported bills outlawing abortion both at fertilization and at 15 weeks' gestation.[87][88] In 2015 and 2016, Johnson led an anti-abortion "Life March" in Shreveport-Bossier City.[89]

In a 2017 House Judiciary Committee meeting, Johnson argued that Roe v. Wade had made it necessary to cut social programs like Medicare and Medicaid: "Roe v. Wade gave constitutional cover to the elective killing of unborn children in America. ... You think about the implications of that on the economy; we’re all struggling here to cover the bases of Social Security and Medicare and Medicaid and all the rest. If we had all those able-bodied workers in the economy, we wouldn't be going upside down and toppling over like this."[86]

Johnson has co-sponsored bills attempting to ban abortion across the United States, such as the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, the Protecting Pain-Capable Unborn Children From Late-Term Abortions Act, and the Heartbeat Protection Act of 2021. All three bills would impose criminal penalties, including potential prison terms of up to five years, upon doctors who perform abortions.[86]

Climate change

During a town hall in 2017, Johnson said that he believed that Earth's climate was changing, but questioned the scientific consensus that climate change is caused by humans.[90]

Under Johnson, the Republican Study Committee in 2019 referred to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Green New Deal as the "Greedy New Steal", described "wind and solar" as "the most inefficient energy sources we have", and claimed that living near wind turbines could cause "depression and cognitive dysfunction".[90][91]

Johnson has a lifetime score of 2% (out of 100%) on the League of Conservation Voters' National Environmental Scorecard,[92] which makes him one of the 47 lowest-ranked Republicans in LCV's rating system.[90] During his seven-year congressional career, Johnson has received $338,125 in donations from the oil and gas industry.[93]

Covenant marriage

Johnson came to some prominence in the late 1990s when he and his wife appeared on television to promote new laws in Louisiana allowing covenant marriages, under which divorce is much more difficult to obtain than in no-fault divorce.[22] In 2005, Johnson appeared on ABC's Good Morning America to promote covenant marriages, stating "I'm a big proponent of marriage and fidelity and all the things that go with it".[4]

Donald Trump

Johnson with President Donald Trump in 2019

In 2019, Johnson said, "President Trump cooperated fully with the [Special Counsel Mueller] investigation."[94] The Mueller Report found, "The president launched public attacks on the investigation and individuals involved in it who could possess evidence adverse to the president, while in private, the president engaged in a series of targeted efforts to control the investigation."[95] This included attempting to have Mueller fired, and pressuring then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions to limit the investigation.[95]

In 2019, during the first impeachment of Donald Trump, Johnson defended Trump telling White House officials to ignore Congressional subpoenas as "legitimate executive privilege in legal immunity".[96] Johnson served as a member of Trump's legal defense team during both the 2019 and 2021 Senate impeachment trials, which resulted in acquittals.[97]

Foreign policy

Main article: Foreign policy of the United States

Johnson has supported ending American military aid to Ukraine in its war with Russia.[67] However, following his election as speaker of the House, Johnson asserted that he was "open to talks" regarding President Joe Biden's request for additional funds to help the Ukrainian "counter-offensive against Russia".[3]

Immigration

Johnson supported President Donald Trump's 2017 executive order to prohibit immigration from seven predominantly Muslim countries, saying: "This is not an effort to ban any religion, but rather an effort to adequately protect our homeland. We live in a dangerous world, and this important measure will help us balance freedom and security."[98]

In 2023, Johnson voted for an amendment that would eliminate funding for immigration and refugee assistance.[99][better source needed]

LGBT rights

Johnson has been a long-term, outspoken opponent of the LGBT rights movement.[87][100] He has described homosexuals as "sinful" and "destructive" and argued support for homosexuality could lead to support for pedophilia.[72] While working at Alliance Defending Freedom, he wrote a prominent amicus brief opposing the eventual U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Lawrence v. Texas (2003) and arguing for the criminalization of gay sex.[70][100][101]

In 2003 and 2004, Johnson wrote multiple opinion articles for Shreveport newspaper The Times on homosexuality. In one article, he wrote:[100][102]

Proscriptions against sodomy have deep roots in religion, politics and law. States have always maintained the right to discourage the evils of sexual conduct outside marriage, and the state is right to discriminate between heterosexual and homosexual conduct since the latter cannot occur within the confines of marriage. Homosexuals do not meet the criteria for a suspect class under the equal protection clause because they are neither disadvantage nor identified on the basis of immutable characteristics, as all are capable of changing their abnormal lifestyles.

In a second article, Johnson labelled homosexuality as "inherently unnatural" and a "dangerous lifestyle"; he argued that if same-sex marriage was allowed for homosexuals, "then we will have to do it for every deviant group. Polygamists, polyamorists, pedophiles, and others will be next in line to claim equal protection", including people who want to marry their pets. Johnson further concluded that allowing same-sex marriage would put the country's "entire democratic system in jeopardy".[100][103] In another article, Johnson stated that unnamed experts "project that homosexual marriage is the dark harbinger of chaos and sexual anarchy that could doom even the strongest republic".[100][104]

In 2005, Johnson campaigned against GLSEN's annual anti-bullying Day of Silence, telling NBC News: "...that's cloaking their real message — that homosexuality is good for society".[105] Johnson opposed Lawrence v. Texas, which ruled that most sanctions of criminal punishment for consensual, adult non-procreative sexual conduct are unconstitutional; as well as Obergefell v. Hodges, which legalized same-sex marriage nationally. Johnson opposes same-sex marriage.[106] In 2022, Johnson introduced the Stop the Sexualization of Children Act, which would prohibit federally funded institutions, including public schools and libraries, from promoting or mentioning gender identity. The bill has been compared to the Florida Parental Rights in Education Act.[107]

In 2019, when Johnson was chair of the Republican Study Committee, the committee published a statement criticizing the removal of clinical psychologist and conversion therapy advocate Joseph Nicolosi's works from availability on Amazon. The committee asserted that Amazon was engaging in censorship by declining to make Nicolosi's works available for sale.[108]

Medical marijuana

See also: Medical cannabis in the United States

In 2016, Johnson opposed the expansion of medical marijuana in Louisiana. He argued that medical marijuana can actually worsen some conditions, specifically epilepsy, quoting the American Epilepsy Society's studies that it can cause "severe dystonic reactions and other movement disorders, developmental regression, intractable vomiting, and worsening seizures" in children with epilepsy.[109]

Minimum wage

In 2019, Johnson opposed the Raise the Wage Act, which would raise the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour, as "job-crushing legislation".[110][111] In 2021, Johnson again opposed the bill.[112]

Prayer in public schools

Main article: School prayer § United States

In April 2018, Johnson joined Republican state Attorney General Jeff Landry and Christian evangelist Kirk Cameron to argue under the First Amendment for student-led prayer and religious expression in public schools. Johnson and Landry appeared, with Cameron who spoke on a promotional video, at prayer rallies at the First Baptist Church of Minden and Bossier Parish Community College in Bossier City. The gatherings were organized by area pastors, including Brad Jurkovich of First Baptist Bossier, in response to a lawsuit filed in February against the Bossier Parish School Board and the superintendent, Scott Smith. Smith and the board were accused of permitting teachers to incorporate various aspects of Christianity in their class presentations.[113]

Separation of church and state

Johnson has referred to the "so-called separation of church and state". He has asserted that "the founders wanted to protect the church from an encroaching state, not the other way around."[114]

He has cited David Barton as profoundly influential in his thinking, saying:[63]

I was introduced to David and his ministry a quarter century ago, and it has had such a profound influence on me and my work and my life and everything I do.[63]

Social Security and Medicare

During his tenure as chair of the Republican Study Committee (RSC) between 2019 and 2021, Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.) helped craft budget resolutions that called for roughly $2 trillion in Medicare cuts, $3 trillion in Medicaid and Affordable Care Act cuts, and $750 billion in Social Security cuts, according to Bobby Kogan of the Center for American Progress.[115][116] In 2018, Johnson said that entitlement reform is his "number one priority" and that cuts to "Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and interest on the debt" have to "happen yesterday", because they are an existential threat to the American experiment.[117][118]

Personal life

Johnson with his wife, Kelly

Johnson married his wife, Kelly in 1999. The Johnsons are in a covenant marriage.[4] The Johnsons have four children and reside in Benton, Louisiana.[119] Johnson has stated that early in his married life, he and his wife took in a 14-year-old African-American boy and consider him a part of their family.[120]

Johnson in 2016 described himself first and foremost as a Christian.[121] He is an evangelical who is Southern Baptist.[67][12] Johnson has said: "My faith informs everything I do."[122]

Since March 2022, Johnson and his wife, Kelly, have co-hosted a podcast, "Truth Be Told", where they discuss public affairs and other issues from a Christian perspective.[123] On his podcast, Johnson stressed that "the word of God is, of course, the ultimate source of all truth", and attributed the United States' success as a leading nation as due to it being the only nation founded upon a "religious statement of faith".[121]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Following McCarthy's removal as Speaker on October 3, 2023, Patrick McHenry acted as Speaker pro tempore until Johnson's election as Speaker on October 25, 2023.

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