WASHINGTON — In the week since he became Speaker of the House in a party-line vote, journalists from a host of news outlets have been seeking the answer to a question that the anti-equality majority in the House clearly failed to address — who is Mike Johnson? In a roundup of articles from a cross-section of news organizations, the picture that emerges is one of a lawmaker who is out of step with the rest of the country on virtually every topic of importance to the business of governance today, from LGBTQ+ rights, to MAGA extremism and election denialism, to abortion, and gun violence prevention.
“In picking Mike Johnson, ‘moderate’ House Republicans showed that they’re comfortable being led by a man who comes straight from the extreme fringe of their party,” said Human Rights Campaign President Kelley Robinson. “Johnson isn’t just wrong on the issues of…
