New Speaker Mike Johnson projects unity after 3 weeks of chaos, expects 'aggressive' House schedule

Republican Rep. Mike Johnson, a conservative hard-liner and staunch ally of former President Donald Trump, became the GOP's fourth nominee this month.

The 51-year-old was first elected to Congress in 2016 and is currently serving his fourth term. He represents Louisiana's 4th Congressional District, which includes the northwestern part of the state.

Johnson has been a vocal Trump supporter and was one of the 147 GOP lawmakers who voted to overturn the results of the 2020 election. He also led the charge to get 125 of his Republican colleagues to sign an amicus brief to the Supreme Court, supporting Texas' lawsuit that would have invalidated the election results in key battleground states.

Johnson has a long history of opposing abortion rights. He has repeatedly voted against Ukraine aid. Also, he has opposed protections for same-sex marriage.

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The House has gaveled into session and the opening prayer and Pledge of Allegiance recited, setting up an eventual roll call vote to elect a speaker.

Before the vote, a member of each party will introduce their nominee for speaker, anticipated to be Rep. Johnson for the Republicans and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries for the Democrats. Members will then vote in alphabetical order.

The House will cast speaker votes at noon Wednesday, according to the official notice to members.

The first vote will be a quorum call. Following nominating speeches, the House will move to the election of the speaker of the House.

The clerk will call the roll alphabetically and members will then vote.

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Rep. Mike Johnson wins GOP speaker nominationA bitterly divided Republican Party tried to project unity for their new speaker nominee, Rep. Mike Johnson.

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Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday congratulated Rep. Mike Johnson on his speaker nomination as well as the others who ran, but wrote in a post on Truth Social that he is not going to make an endorsement in the race.

"Congratulations to Reps. Byron Donalds (Florida), Charles J. 'Chuck' Fleischmann (Tennessee), Mark Green (Tennessee), & Roger Williams (Texas), & the ultimate winner of yesterday’s vote, by a significant margin, Mike Johnson (Louisiana)," Trump wrote on his social media platform.

"I am not going to make an Endorsement in this race, because I COULD NEVER GO AGAINST ANY OF THESE FINE AND VERY TALENTED MEN, all of whom have supported me, in both mind and spirit, from the very beginning of our GREAT 2016 Victory," he continued.

-ABC's Soorin Kim, Lalee Ibssa and Kendall Ross