Democrats Say They Have No Choice But to Work With Extremist New Speaker Mike Johnson

When eight House Republicans voted to oust Kevin McCarthy, it wasn’t inevitable that the search for a new speaker would end with Republicans accepting—even eagerly embracing—the lie that Donald Trump won the 2020 election.

The elevation of Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA), one of the key architects of Trump’s strategy to overturn his defeat, ensured it did.

Democrats told The Daily Beast Wednesday they have no choice but to work with Johnson, noting that McCarthy wasn’t exactly a moderate himself—and also has his own history of undermining the 2020 election and sanitizing Trump after Jan. 6.

Read more at The Daily Beast.