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|office=56th [[Speaker]] of the [[United States House of Representatives]]|term_start=October 25, 2023|preceded=[[Kevin McCarthy]]|office2=[[U.S. Representative]] for [[Louisiana]]'s<br> 4th congressional district|term_startterm_start2=January 3, 2017|term_endterm_end2= |precededpreceded2=[[John Fleming]]|succeededsucceeded2= |office2office3=Louisiana State Representative for District 8 (Bossier Parish)|term_start2term_start3=February 22, 2015|term_end2term_end3=January 3, 2017|preceded2 preceded3= [[Jeff R. Thompson]]|succeeded2succeeded3=[[Raymond Crews]]

|party=[[Republican PartParty|Republican]]

:''Not to be confused with [['James Michael T. 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 succeeded fellow [[Republican Party|Republican]] state representative from Rapides Parish[[Kevin McCarthy]] of [[California]], who was forced out of office earlier in the month by eight Republicans who called for a vote of no confidence in McCarthy. Johnson, who campaigned as a [[conservative]], has been since 2017 the [[U.S. Representative]] for [[Louisiana]]'s 4th congressional district.<ref> This district in [[Louisiana]] 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]].</ref> Perhaps due to a [[liberal]] staff, Johnson''s record as Speaker was nothing like the [[conservative]] stalwart most of his House constituents believed him to be. He remained in power as the [[Speaker of the House]] due only to [[Dem]]s voting for him,<ref>https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2024188?Page=2</ref> as a reward for his advancing the [[globalist]] agenda of funding the [[perpetual war]] in [[Ukraine]]. Johnson was reelected as [[Speaker of the House]] on Jan. 3, 2025, by merely two votes, 218-215, only after two [[Republican]]s initially opposed to him flipped to vote for him in order to avoid the election of the [[Democrat]] Minority Leader instead.

'''James Michael Johnson'''After a high-profile meeting in early 2024 at the [[White House]], known as '''Mike Johnsonpromised to the [[American]] people that securing Biden''' (born January 30, 1972), has been since 2017 s open southern border to stop the flow of millions of [[illegal aliens]] into the [[U.S. Representative]] would have to be the top priority for any continued funding of the federal government. But then Johnson completely caved into [[Louisianaliberals]]'s 4th congressional districtby giving them all the funding they wanted for their projects, which encompasses [[Shreveport]]including nearly $100 billion more in senseless foreign aid, without obtaining a dime to secure the southern border. Subsequently [[Bossier Cityconservative]], and Reps. [[Minden, Louisiana|MindenMTG]] and extends as far south as [[Natchitoches, LouisianaThomas Massie|NatchitochesMassie]] moved to vacate Speaker Johnson's chair, and DeRidder he was only kept in Beauregard Parish just north of power by [[Lake CharlesDemocrat]]s voting for him.

Prior to his election to Congress in 2016, Johnson, a In an apparent exchange for [[Republican Party|Republicandeep state]] puppet [[conservativeJoe Biden]], served lifting an [[executive order]] [[export]] ban on [[LNG]] gas from 2015 to 2017 in the [[Louisiana House of Representatives]], to which he was unopposed in two elections<ref>[https://www. A 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, ''[[Southern BaptistPolitico]]'', he is a strong advocate for student-led 04/04/2024. politico.com</ref> Johnson passed [[prayerUkraine aid]] in public educationand [[FISA 702]] reauthorization, support <ref>[https://thepoliticalinsider.com/speaker-mike-johnson-gives-explanation-for the -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”], [Second Amendment[C-SPAN]] right of individuals to own firearms, and opposition to April 17, 2024. [[abortionRumble]].</ref>

==Political career==Prior to his election to Congress in 2016, Johnson, served from 2015 to 2017 in the Louisiana House of Representatives, to which he was unopposed in two elections. A [[Southern Baptist]], he is a strong advocate for student-led [[prayer]] in public education, support for the [[Second Amendment]] right of individuals to own firearms, and opposition to [[abortion]]. A Shreveport native, Johnson graduated from Captain Shreve High School, [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]], and the LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center. He is affiliated with the [[Council for National Policy]], the [[National Rifle Association]], the American Bar Association, and the Louisiana Family Forum. From 2004 to 2012, Johnson was a trustee of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission within the [[Southern Baptist Convention]]. He has experience as well as a [[radio]] talk host. He was engaged in the practice of law in Benton in Bossier Parish until his searing in to into the congressional seat.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mikejohnsonforlouisiana.com/aboutmike|title=Mike Johnson for Louisiana |publisher=Mikejohnsonforlouisiana.com|accessdate=April 8, 2018}}</ref>

In the nonpartisan blanket primary scheduled for 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 Rat,"<ref>https://archive.ph/PXjCO#selection-625.0-771.12</ref> depicted Johnson as "subhuman vermin" not worthy of life because he opposed the election certification of Joe Biden in 2021.<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/media/washington-post-rats</ref><ref>https://twitter.com/JunkScience/status/1340668648130818055</ref> There is no indication that Johnson's perfidy on the foreign aid package will net him intraparty conservative opposition in 2024.

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