"Rep. Mike Johnson: The Maga-fied House Speaker-Designate"
Representative Mike Johnson, a low-profile Louisiana congressman, played a key role in making sedition palatable for Republicans during the Electoral College objections on January 6th. He presented a "third option" that allowed lawmakers to object to the election results based on what he called "constitutional infirmity" without explicitly endorsing Trump's fraud allegations. While some saw it as a way to vote with the president while hiding behind a more defensible case, Johnson claimed his objective was not to overturn the election but to address concerns about unconstitutional changes to voting procedures.