Mike Johnson Explained

Mike Johnson
Office:56th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
Term Start:October 25, 2023
Predecessor:Kevin McCarthy
Office1:Leader of the House Republican Conference
Term Start1:October 25, 2023
Predecessor1:Kevin McCarthy
Office2:Vice Chair of the House Republican Conference
Leader2:Kevin McCarthy
Term Start2:January 3, 2021
Term End2:October 25, 2023
Predecessor2:Mark Walker
Successor2:Blake Moore
Office3:Chair of the Republican Study Committee
Term Start3:January 3, 2019
Term End3:January 3, 2021
Predecessor3:Mark Walker
Successor3:Jim Banks
State4:Louisiana
Term Start4:January 3, 2017
Predecessor4:John Fleming
State House5:Louisiana
District5:8th
Term Start5:February 22, 2015
Term End5:January 3, 2017
Predecessor5:Jeff R. Thompson
Successor5:Raymond Crews
Birth Name:James Michael Johnson
Birth Date:30 January 1972
Birth Place:Shreveport, Louisiana, U.S.
Party:Republican
Children:5
Education:Louisiana State University (BS, JD)
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James Michael Johnson (born January 30, 1972) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the 56th speaker of the United States House of Representatives since October 25, 2023. A member of the Republican Party, he is in his fourth House term, having represented since 2017.

Johnson is a graduate of the Paul M. Hebert Law Center at Louisiana State University. Before entering politics, he worked as an attorney in private practice and for the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), a conservative Christian legal advocacy group. Johnson sat on the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention between 2004 and 2012.

Johnson's political career began when he was elected to the Louisiana House of Representatives in 2015; he served in that body until 2017. He was first elected to represent Louisiana's 4th congressional district in 2016. During his time in Congress, he contested the results of the 2020 presidential election on the House floor and in court. A social conservative, Johnson supported bills to ban abortion nationwide before saying that in the wake of the Dobbs decision, abortion policy was the purview of the states.[1] [2] Johnson chaired 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, after Kevin McCarthy was ousted as speaker, Johnson was elected the 56th speaker of the House. In 2024, he helped pass a bill meant to provide Ukraine with $60 billion of U.S.

Early life and education

Johnson was born in Shreveport, Louisiana, the oldest of four children to Jeanne Johnson and James Patrick "Pat" Johnson (who died in 2016).[3] [4] He has said that he is the product of an unplanned pregnancy and that his parents were teenagers when he was born.[5] They divorced after 23 years of marriage.[6]

In 1984, while serving with the Shreveport Fire Department, Pat Johnson was severely injured and disabled in a fire at a cold storage facility. A fellow firefighter, Captain Percy R. Johnson, was killed in that fire. Pat Johnson never returned to work as a firefighter, choosing instead to become a HazMat consultant. He also co-founded the Percy R. Johnson Burn Foundation, which aided burn victims and their families.[7] [8]

The younger Johnson wanted to follow in his father's footsteps, but his parents encouraged him to take another course.[9]

Johnson is a graduate of Captain Shreve High School in Shreveport.[10] In 1995, he earned a Bachelor of Science in business administration from Louisiana State University, becoming a first-generation college graduate. In 1998, Johnson graduated from Louisiana State's Paul M. Hebert Law Center with a Juris Doctor degree.[11] [12]

Legal career

Johnson was a constitutional lawyer before entering politics.[13] He was senior legal counsel for the Alliance Defense Fund, now known as the Alliance Defending Freedom, a socially conservative legal advocacy group that subscribes to the legal theory of constitutionalism.[14] In 2004, he defended Louisiana Amendment 1, which defined marriage as between one man and one woman within the Louisiana Constitution, against legal challenges.[15] [9]

In August 2010, Johnson was named the "founding dean" of the newly established Pressler School of Law at Louisiana College. The law school never opened, and Johnson resigned in August 2012.[16] Joe Aguillard, accused by a university vice president of misappropriating money and lying to the board, blamed Johnson's resignation for the law school's failure.[17] The college soon terminated Aguillard, as it was determined he "engaged in numerous improprieties and falsities in his representations not only to school donors, but to the Board of Trustees".[18] [19] The parent college has since been embroiled in administrative and legal problems.[20]

Johnson served from 2004 to 2012 on the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention.[21]

In 2015, Johnson founded Freedom Guard, a nonprofit law firm that engaged in religious liberty litigation.[22] He was its chief counsel.[23] During his time at Freedom Guard, he "defended the sports chaplaincy program at Louisiana State University from attacks that it was unconstitutional".[24] Also, when Kentucky officials withdrew millions of dollars of tax breaks from the Ark Encounter theme park in Williamstown, Kentucky, Johnson represented Ark Encounter and its owner, Answers in Genesis, in a 2015 federal lawsuit. The court ruled in favor of Answers in Genesis, saying the state's exclusion of the ark from the tourism tax incentive based on its "religious purpose and message" violated the First Amendment. After the ruling, Johnson said: "The court has affirmed a longstanding principle that the Constitution does not permit a state to show hostility towards religion. The First Amendment does not allow Christian organizations to be treated like second-class citizens merely because of what they believe."[25] [26]

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".[27]

Johnson is a professor at Liberty University and teaches classes at its Helms School of Government.[28] [29] From roughly 2015 to 2022, he was an occassional guest host of Tony Perkins's radio talk show Washington Watch.[30]

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.[31]

In April 2015, Johnson proposed the Marriage and Conscience Act. It would have prevented the state from engaging in adverse treatment of any person or entity based upon their beliefs about marriage.[32] Critics denounced the bill as an attempt to protect people who discriminate against same-sex married couples.[33] Governor Bobby Jindal pledged to sign Johnson's bill into law if it passed the legislature, commenting in a New York Times editorial that "musicians, caterers, photographers and others should be immune from government coercion on deeply held religious convictions".[34] [35] IBM and other employers in the region expressed opposition to the bill, including concerns about hiring difficulties it would likely produce. 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. Johnson replied that he "wished Delgado had taken the time to review his record and career before making 'such hateful, wildly inaccurate statements'".[36]

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.[37] Both Republicans and Democrats voted against the bill; other than Johnson, only Republican Ray Garofalo voted for it. In response, Jindal issued an executive order to enforce its intent.[38] [39]

In 2016, Johnson was a strong proponent of a movement, outlined in Article V of the Constitution, to amend the United States Constitution at a national convention called for that purpose. He helped lead the Louisiana House in formally petitioning Congress to call a "Convention of States" to overhaul the Constitution. He later held hearings on this proposal in Congress.[40]

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.[41] [42] [43] [44]

In 2018, Johnson won a second House term, defeating Democratic nominee Ryan Trundle, 139,307 votes (64%) to 72,923 votes (34%).[45]

In 2020, Johnson won a third House term with 185,265 votes (60%) to Democratic nominee Kenny Houston's 78,157 votes (25%).[46]

In 2022, Johnson won reelection unopposed.[47]

Early tenure

Johnson was sworn into office as a member of Congress on January 3, 2017.[48] He has served as a deputy whip for House Republicans,[49] as a member of the Judiciary Committee,[50] and as a member of the Armed Services Committee.[51] From 2019 to 2021, Johnson chaired the Republican Study Committee.[52] Johnson served as vice chair of the House Republican Conference from 2021 to 2023.[53] He was supported by the House Freedom Caucus PAC and frequently attended House Freedom Caucus meetings without formally joining the Caucus.[54]

Johnson was among 147 Republicans who voted to overturn the 2020 presidential election results.[55]

Johnson has worked closely with the Christian groups Answers in Genesis, Louisiana Family Forum, Alliance Defending Freedom, and Focus on the Family.[56] [57]

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.[58]

In 2023, Johnson became chair of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government.[59]

Committee assignments

The following is a list of Johnson's former committee assignments before becoming Speaker:[60]

Caucus memberships

Speaker of the House

Nomination

See also: October 2023 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election. After Kevin McCarthy was removed from the position of speaker of the House on October 3, 2023, Representative Matt Gaetz floated Johnson's name as a potential replacement.[63] On October 13, Johnson said that he would not run in the upcoming speaker election to succeed McCarthy and endorsed colleague Jim Jordan;[64] on the same day, NBC News reported that Johnson was considering running if Jordan dropped out.[65]

On October 21, after Steve Scalise and Jordan had made unsuccessful bids for speaker,[66] [67] Johnson declared his candidacy to become the new Republican nominee for speaker[68] but was beaten by Representative Tom Emmer on October 24. Emmer defeated Johnson, 117 votes to 97, on the fifth ballot.[69] Shortly thereafter, Emmer withdrew his candidacy for the speakership.[70] Later on the same day, House Republicans voted to make Johnson their fourth nominee for speaker; he beat write-in candidate Kevin McCarthy and Representative Byron Donalds, 128 votes to 43 and 29, on the third ballot.[71] Johnson's bid was endorsed by former U.S. President Donald Trump.[72]

On October 25, the full House voted, 220–209,[73] to elect Johnson as the 56th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives[74] with every Republican member in attendance voting for him.[75] Johnson was also sworn in as speaker on the same day.[73] He is the first speaker in U.S. history from Louisiana.[76] Johnson had served the shortest tenure of any House member elected speaker, at six years and ten months, since John G. Carlisle in 1883.[77] [78] Delivering his first remarks as speaker, he said, "I believe that Scripture, the Bible, is very clear: that God is the one who raises up those in authority. He raised up each of you. All of us".[79]

Speaker tenure

See also: 2024 United States federal budget.

On October 26, 2023, Johnson met with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese of Australia during the latter's state visit to the United States.[80] 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.[81] On October 30, Johnson suggested rescinding IRS funding from the Inflation Reduction Act to provide Israel $14.3 billion in aid.[82]

In November, Johnson proposed a two-tiered stopgap bill that continued spending at around current levels.[83] The bill was opposed by House conservatives and the Freedom Caucus,[84] but passed the House on November 14 with the support of 209 Democrats and 127 Republicans.[85] It passed the Senate on the next day[86] and was signed by Biden.[87]

On November 17, Johnson announced that 44,000 hours of security footage from the January 6 United States Capitol attack, all of which had previously only been available upon request from criminal defendants and the media, would be released to the general public. The announcement came after a pledge Johnson made to conservative hardliners during his run for speaker and was welcomed by Donald Trump.[88] According to CBS News, "the task of posting the footage is daunting and has no firm deadline for completion"; viewing the videos would require "five years of 24-hour-per-day viewing for any single person to watch from beginning to end."[89]

On December 1, the House expelled Republican congressman George Santos by a 311–114 vote;[90] Johnson voted against the expulsion,[91] and called it "a regrettable day".[92]

On February 13, 2024, the House impeached Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas by a 214–213 vote. The impeachment resolution, championed by Johnson, had been already put up to a vote on February 6, but had failed due to a small Republican rebellion.[93]

During the more than three weeks it took for House Republicans to elect a speaker, they were unable to pass any appropriations legislation. Johnson announced he would support another continuing resolution to extend funding for some departments until January 19 and others until February 2.[94] Conservatives opposed the measures, but were not ready to offer a motion to vacate.[95]

On January 7, 2024, congressional appropriators reached an agreement on the topline spending levels for 2024 that was not substantially different from the deal McCarthy negotiated.[96] [97] Hardliners attempted to push Johnson to abandon the deal, initially claiming that he had done so before Johnson clarified that he hadn't.[98] As negotiations continued over the full-year funding bills, conservatives pushed Johnson to instead endorse a full-year continuing resolution, which under McCarthy's deal would result in automatic spending cuts.[99]

On March 6, 2024, the House passed a $459 billion "minibus" spending package containing six of the twelve appropriations bills. The bill funded the departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Justice, Energy, Interior, Veterans Affairs, Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development. It also provided appropriations for the EPA, the Army Corps of Engineers, and other military construction.[100] The rightmost faction of the Republican conference harshly opposed the deal, arguing it contained no substantial conservative policy wins.[101]

On March 22, the House passed a second $741 billion minibus to fund the remaining departments; a majority of Republicans voted against the bill, but it passed thanks to Democratic support. The bill's passage, and the decision to rely on Democratic votes to get it through, led representative Marjorie Taylor Greene to file a motion to vacate Johnson's speakership.[102] [103] Greene could have forced a vote on the motion immediately, but initially chose not to, saying that she merely intended to send Johnson "a warning".[104] [105] [106] [107] [108]

In April 2024, over two months after the Senate had passed a funding bill for Israel, Taiwan, and Ukraine,[109] [110] Johnson put forward a legislative package providing aid to the three countries in separate bills, each of which passed Congress with bipartisan support and large majorities and was signed into law by President Biden.[111] The legislative package also included a House-passed bill to force the app Tik Tok to divest from its Chinese Communist Party-owned parent company, ByteDance, as well as the REPO for Ukrainians Act, a measure that allows the U.S. government to fund the Ukrainian war effort with assets seized from Russian oligarchs.[112] [113]

On May 8, 2024, Greene (who had strongly opposed Johnson's resolve to provide Ukraine with further aid) introduced the motion to vacate Johnson's speakership on the floor, forcing a vote on it within two legislative days.[114] The House voted to table (kill) the motion by a vote of 359 to 43, allowing Johnson to remain speaker. 196 Republicans and 163 Democrats voted to kill the resolution; 11 Republicans and 32 Democrats voted against killing the resolution. The Democrats who supported Johnson claimed they did so because of the vital role he had played in providing funding for the federal government and for Ukraine.[115] Greene did not rule out forcing another vote to oust Johnson.[116]

Assessments of speakership

When Johnson became House speaker, he was the least experienced representative to obtain the role in 140 years. Axios wrote that Johnson's "status as a relatively unknown figure outside Capitol Hill meant he had few enemies to derail his campaign." Representative Ken Buck, a Republican from Colorado, echoed this sentiment, saying Johnson had won the speakership "because he has the fewest enemies of anybody in the Republican Party."[117]

In May 2024, Politico wrote that Johnson had aligned himself with former President Donald Trump "while not being treated like a golden retriever." Further, Johnson had "fortified his reputation in consequential ways. Substantively, Johnson is an authentic movement conservative" who has been "successful in isolating his critics." According to Politico, he has "proved deft in recent months at handling his members." Republican members of the House have praised him for keeping his word and avoiding "making promises he can't keep" while he has operated in good faith with Democrats and "stayed respectful of the opposition."[118]

In May 2024, conservative columnist Marc Thiessen wrote in The Washington Post that "Johnson has gone from accidental House speaker to one of the most consequential House speakers in a generation." Thiessen wrote that despite presiding over the smallest House majority in U.S. history, Johnson had become "one of the most effective speakers ever."[119]

In a Washington Times editorial, former Republican speaker Newt Gingrich wrote that he was "deeply impressed" with Johnson, who he believes is "doing an excellent job" despite having "the most challenging speakership since the Civil War over 150 years ago."[120]

Former Democratic speaker Nancy Pelosi said she respects Johnson and that "we have not that much in common, philosophically, but if you can trust somebody to be a person of his or her word you can find common ground."[121] [122]

Political positions

Johnson is a member of the Christian right faction of the Republican Party.[123] [124] His inaugural speech as speaker of the House emphasized his Southern Baptist beliefs as the basis for his politics.

Johnson has been described as holding "ultraconservative positions on abortion [...] and same-sex marriages",[125] having been an outspoken opponent of legal abortion and gay rights.[126] In an interview with Sean Hannity the day after he became Speaker of the House, Johnson called himself "a rule-of-law guy" and acknowledged that when the Supreme Court issued its opinion in Obergefell v. Hodges, legal same-sex marriage "became the law of the land".[127]

2020 presidential election

See 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 favor 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".[128]

On November 17, 2020, Johnson said: "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".[128] [129] [130] [131] By October 2022, Johnson said that he had never supported claims that there was massive fraud in the 2020 election.[132]

In December 2020, Johnson led an effort in which 126 Republican U.S. representatives signed an amicus brief in support of Texas v. Pennsylvania,[130] [133] [134] a lawsuit filed at the United States Supreme Court contesting the results of the 2020 presidential election.[135] 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.[136] [137] [138]

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 Arizona and Pennsylvania, while another 19 U.S. representatives objected for one of these states.[139] The New York Times called Johnson "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 persuaded "about three-quarters" of the objectors to use that rationale.[132] 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.[132]

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.[140] [141]

Abortion

See main article: Anti-abortion movements.

In 2015, Johnson blamed abortions and the "breakup [of] the nuclear family" for school shootings, saying, "when you tell a generation of people that life has no value, no meaning, that it's expendable, then you do wind up with school shooters."[142] [143] In 2015 and 2016, he led an anti-abortion "Life March" in Shreveport-Bossier City.[144]

Johnson opposed Roe v. Wade.[145] In Congress, he has supported bills outlawing abortion both at fertilization and at 15 weeks' gestation.[146] [147] In a 2017 House Judiciary Committee meeting, Johnson argued that Roe v. Wade made it necessary to cut social programs like Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid because abortion reduced the labor force and thus damaged the economy.

Johnson has co-sponsored bills attempting to ban abortion nationwide, 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.

In January 2023, the House passed a resolution Johnson introduced that condemned "vandalism, violence, and destruction against pro-life facilities, groups, and churches", and added that the House "recognizes the sanctity of life and the important role pro-life facilities, groups, and churches play in supporting pregnant women, infants, and families".[148] At the same time the House passed several bills to assist pregnant women and students.[149]

Climate change and the environment

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.[150]

As of October 2023, Johnson had received $338,125 in donations from the oil and gas industry during his congressional career.[151]

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.[152] In 2005, Johnson appeared on ABC's Good Morning America to promote covenant marriages, saying, "I'm a big proponent of marriage and fidelity and all the things that go with it".

Donald Trump

In 2015, Johnson wrote on Facebook that "Donald Trump... lacks the character and the moral center we desperately need again in the White House", adding: "I am afraid he would break more things than he fixes. He is a hot head by nature, and that is a dangerous trait to have in a Commander in Chief.... I just don't think he has the demeanor to be President."[153]

In 2019, during Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation, Johnson defended Trump, saying that Trump had "cooperated fully" with the investigation and "done nothing wrong".[154]

In 2019, during the first impeachment of Donald Trump, Johnson defended Trump and told White House officials to ignore Congressional subpoenas as "legitimate executive privilege in legal immunity".[155] He served as a member of Trump's legal defense team during both the 2019 and 2021 Senate impeachment trials, each of which resulted in acquittal.[156]

Johnson endorsed Trump's 2024 campaign for president, and Trump has endorsed Johnson.[157] Johnson and Trump are considered close allies, having worked closely together since 2017. Trump has called Johnson "a good man who is trying very hard" and "doing a very good job".[158]

Evolution

Johnson rejects the scientific consensus on evolution.[159] He helped the Creation Museum secure millions of dollars in tax subsidies to build a life-sized Ark Encounter, which teaches the discredited claim that dinosaurs accompanied Noah on his Ark[160] and that the earth is 6,000 years old.[161] In 2016, Johnson delivered a sermon that called the teaching of evolution one of the causes of mass shootings: "People say, 'How can a young person go into their schoolhouse and open fire on their classmates?' Because we've taught a whole generation—a couple generations now—of Americans: that there's no right or wrong, that it's about survival of the fittest, and you evolve from the primordial slime. Why is that life of any sacred value? Because there's nobody sacred to whom it's owed."[143] [162]

Foreign policy

See main article: Foreign policy of the United States.

Russian invasion of Ukraine

In February 2022, Johnson condemned the Russian invasion of Ukraine and called for "sanctions on Russia’s economic interests" and Russia's exclusion from "global commerce and international institutions". In April 2022, he voted for the Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022.[163] Before becoming speaker of the House, Johnson twice voted against assisting Ukraine in its war against Russia by sending military and financial aid. In February 2023, he said: "American taxpayers have sent over $100 billion in aid to Ukraine in the last year. They deserve to know if the Ukrainian government is being entirely forthcoming and transparent about the use of this massive sum of taxpayer resources."[163] After he became speaker, Johnson said he was "open to talks" about Biden's request for additional funds to help the Ukrainian "counter-offensive against Russia".[5] In December 2023, he said that aid for Ukraine would be predicated on new border-security measures.[164] In January 2024, he opposed a bipartisan, Senate Republican-sponsored border security package that included aid for Ukraine and other U.S. allies. The bill failed to pass the U.S. Senate.

In April 2024, Johnson put forward a $61 billion aid package for Ukraine that contained no border-related provision, which passed in Congress with bipartisan support and was signed into law by President Biden. Some media and politicians called this a "Churchill or Chamberlain" moment, referring to British prime ministers at the beginning of World War II.[165] Johnson said the classified briefings he had received about events unfolding in Ukraine played a significant role in his decision.[111] The editorial board at The Wall Street Journal published an opinion piece titled "Mike Johnson, Leader of the Free World". [166]

Israel–Palestine relations

Johnson visited Israel in February 2020 with 12Tribe Films Foundation.[167]

The first measure the House considered after Johnson became speaker was a resolution expressing support for Israel after the October 7 attacks led by Hamas. Johnson voted for the resolution.[168] [169] On November 2, 2023, the House passed a Johnson-supported bill to give Israel $14.3 billion in aid.[170] On November 14, 2023, Johnson said calls for a ceasefire in the Israel–Hamas war in the Gaza Strip were "outrageous", adding, "Israel will cease their counter-offensive when Hamas ceases to be a threat to the Jewish state."[171]

AIPAC, a large pro-Israel lobbyist organization, was Johnson's largest financial donor in 2023.[172]

In April 2024, Johnson criticized pro-Palestinian protests on U.S. university campuses, saying he was determined "that Congress will not be silent as Jewish students are expected to run for their lives and stay home from their classes hiding in fear."[173]

Health care

Johnson voted for the American Health Care Act of 2017, which would have repealed the Affordable Care Act (ACA).[174] [175]

In 2019, in his capacity as chair of the Republican Study Committee, Johnson spearheaded an effort to replace the ACA. The committee's plan would have rescinded the ACA's Medicaid expansion.[176]

Immigration

Johnson supported 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."[177]

As of 2023, Johnson had "introduced legislation three times aimed at tightening the asylum system, including by raising the bar on undocumented immigrants to establish their claim of fear of persecution".[178]

In January 2024, Johnson opposed a bipartisan, Senate Republican-backed border security and immigration bill that would also provide funding for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan. That bill failed to pass the Senate. During border negotiations, Johnson said that he discussed immigration policy frequently with Trump.[179] [180] [181]

In-vitro fertilization and embryonic stem-cell research

In 2023, Johnson co-sponsored legislation declaring that human life and personhood begin at conception with no exception for in-vitro fertilization treatments involving embryos or embryonic stem-cell research.[182] [183] [184] In 2024, after public backlash to an Alabama Supreme Court decision ruling that embryos are children under Alabama state law, meaning fertility clinics were liable for the loss of embryos as if they were children, Johnson announced that he supports access to in-vitro fertilization.[185] But on March 7, 2024, he clarified that he does not support federal legislation to protect legal access to IVF, saying he believes it is a state issue.[186] [187] Johnson has said IVF "is a remarkable thing and something we ought to preserve and protect".[188]

LGBT rights

In 2023, Andrew Kaczynski of CNN wrote that Johnson "has a history of harsh anti-gay language from his time as an attorney for a socially conservative legal group in the mid-2000s". Kaczynski pointed to editorials Johnson wrote in the early 2000s in his local paper, The Shreveport Times, calling homosexuality "inherently unnatural" and a "dangerous lifestyle". When asked about the editorials, Johnson said, "I don't even remember some of them...I was a litigator that was called upon to defend the state marriage amendments." Johnson said he is a Bible-believing Christian who genuinely loves all people and respects the rule of law.[189] [190]

In a 2003 article, Johnson wrote: "Homosexuals do not meet the criteria for a suspect class under the equal protection clause because they are neither disadvantaged nor identified on the basis of immutable characteristics, as all are capable of changing their abnormal lifestyles."[191] He wrote that legalizing same-sex marriage could put the country's "entire democratic system in jeopardy". In another article, he wrote, "experts project that homosexual marriage is the dark harbinger of chaos and sexual anarchy that could doom even the strongest republic".

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".[192]

Johnson opposed the 2003 U.S. Supreme Court decision Lawrence v. Texas, which held that most sanctions of criminal punishment for private sexual conduct between consenting adults are unconstitutional. These sanctions were mostly used to prosecute homosexual activity, although many could theoretically have applied to heterosexual couples having oral sex or anal sex. Johnson's employer at the time, the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), submitted an amicus brief that supported maintaining criminalization. In a 2003 editorial, Johnson wrote, "States have many legitimate grounds to proscribe same-sex deviate sexual intercourse."

Johnson opposed Obergefell v. Hodges, the Supreme Court ruling that legalized same-sex marriage nationally.[193] In an interview shortly after he was elected speaker, Johnson said, "I am a rule-of-law guy. I made a career defending the rule of law. I respect the rule of law. When the Supreme Court issued the Obergefell opinion, that became the law of the land, OK."[194] [195]

In 2019, when Johnson chaired 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.[196] [197]

In 2022, Johnson introduced the Stop the Sexualization of Children Act, which would prohibit federally funded institutions, including public schools and libraries, from mentioning sexual orientation or gender identity. The bill has been compared to the Florida Parental Rights in Education Act, commonly referred to as the "Don't Say Gay" law.[198]

At a July 2023 hearing on transgender youth, Johnson spoke against allowing children to receive gender-affirming care, saying: "Our American legal system recognizes the important public interest in protecting children from abuse and physical harm".[199] He has co-sponsored legislation that would make it a felony to provide opposite-sex hormones or gender-affirming surgeries to minors.[200]

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.[201]

As of 2023, Johnson had twice voted against the decriminalization of marijuana.[178]

Minimum wage

In 2019, Johnson opposed the Raise the Wage Act, which would raise the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour, calling it "job-crushing legislation".[202] [203] In 2021, Johnson again opposed the bill.[204]

Privacy rights

In 2024, Johnson voted against requiring the government to obtain a warrant before querying the data of U.S. citizens caught up in foreign surveillance.[205]

Prayer in public schools

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.[206]

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."[207]

Johnson has cited David Barton, an evangelical author and political activist, as influential to him.[208] [209] [210]

Social Security and Medicare

In 2018, Johnson said that entitlement reform is his "number one priority", adding that reforms to entitlement programs have to "happen yesterday" to maintain their long-term solvency.[211]

Taxes

In December 2017, Johnson voted for the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.[212] 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."[213]

Personal life

Johnson married Kelly Renee Lary on May 1, 1999.[214] Their primary residence is in Benton, Louisiana.[215]

The Johnsons have five children, including an adult son, Michael Tirrell James. Johnson and his wife met James, who is black, at an event for Young Life Ministries,[216] took him in, and assumed legal guardianship when he was 14 years old.[217] [219] James, who maintains a private life with his family, has said "if the Johnsons hadn't taken me in as a teenager, my life would look very different today."[220]

In a 2015 German television story about the purity movement, Johnson and his then 13-year-old daughter Hannah were featured attending a purity ball.[221]

Johnson and his wife have co-hosted the podcast Truth Be Told since March 2022, discussing public affairs and other issues from a Christian perspective.[222] On his podcast, Johnson said that "the Word of God is, of course, the ultimate source of all truth", and attributed the success of the United States to its foundation upon a "religious statement of faith".[13]

Johnson describes himself as first and foremost a Christian.[13] An evangelical and Southern Baptist, he has said, "My faith informs everything I do."[223]

See also

Notes

External links

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  201. News: May 12, 2016 . Medical marijuana bill gets approval from the House . . October 25, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160513104944/http://www.louisianaradionetwork.com/blogs/medical-marijuana-bill-gets-approval-from-the-house#.WkkpUFQ-dE4 . May 13, 2016.
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  205. Web site: Johnson catches heat for 'tiebreaker' vote on FISA warrants .
  206. News: Actor Kirk Cameron makes promo video for Bossier, Webster prayer rallies. The Shreveport Times. Nick. Wooten. April 6, 2018. April 14, 2018. September 27, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200927012158/https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/2018/04/06/actor-kirk-cameron-makes-promo-video-bossier-webster-prayer-rallies/486983002/. live.
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  208. News: Mike . Hexinbaugh . 26 October 2023 . live . Meet the evangelical activist who's had a 'profound influence' on Speaker Mike Johnson . NBC News . https://web.archive.org/web/20231027024302/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/rcna122313 . October 27, 2023 . 26 October 2023 .
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  210. Web site: Downen . Robert . Texas activist David Barton wants to end separation of church and state. He has the ear of the new U.S. House speaker. . The Texas Tribune . November 3, 2023 . November 9, 2023.
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  213. Web site: Johnson on tax reform: 'Republicans have fulfilled our promise' . Bossier Press-Tribune . December 31, 2017. January 1, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180101135346/http://bossierpress.com/johnson-tax-reform-republicans-fulfilled-promise/ . live.
  214. News: Kelly Renee Lary Weds James Michael Johnson . The Times (Shreveport, Louisiana) . 1999-05-02.
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  216. Web site: Johnson . Mike . Johnson . Kelly . Truth be Told with Mike & Kelly Johnson: Episode 6: How to Address Race in America (A Conversation with Congressman and Super Bowl Champion Burgess Owens) . sites.libsyn.com . 20 February 2024 . 25:38 & 26:23 . en.
  217. News: Nagourney . Adam . 2023-10-28 . On Race, Mike Johnson Says His Views Were Shaped by Raising a Black Child . en-US . The New York Times . 2023-10-28 . 0362-4331 . October 28, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231028183052/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/27/us/politics/mike-johnson-house-speaker-son.html . live .
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  220. News: Lasseter . Tom . House Speaker Johnson among US politicians with ancestral ties to slavery . 20 August 2024 . Reuters . December 20, 2023.
  221. News: Speaker Mike Johnson and daughter were profiled attending 'purity ball' in 2015 German TV news segment. ABC News. December 20, 2023. Will. Steakin.
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