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Representative Mike Johnson of Louisiana won election on Wednesday to become the 56th speaker of the House of Representatives, as Republicans worn down by three weeks of infighting and dysfunction turned to a little-known conservative hard-liner beloved by the far right to end their paralysis.

 

The elevation of Mr. Johnson, 51, an architect of the effort to overturn the 2020 election and a religious conservative opposed to abortion rights, homosexuality and gay marriage, further cemented the Republican Party’s lurch to the right. It came after a historic fight that began when the hard right ousted Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Oct. 3, and raged on as the divided House G.O.P. nominated and then quickly discarded three other candidates to succeed him.

 

Exhausted from the feuding, which unleashed a barrage of recriminations and violent threats against lawmakers, both the right wing and mainstream Republicans finally united to elect Mr. Johnson, 51, in a 220-to-209 vote.

 

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ルイジアナ州選出のマイク・ジョンソン下院議員は水曜日に、第56代下院議長に選任された。
これは、3週間にわたる内紛と機能不全に疲れ果てた共和党の議員たちが党内の麻痺状態を
解消するために、知名度は低いが極右派に好意を持たれている保守強硬派のジョンソン氏に
回ったからだ。

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