Speaker Mike Johnson survived an attempt to oust him by nutjob Marjorie Taylor Greene.
The way I see it, Democrats propped him up this time in return for letting aid to Ukraine come to a vote and pass in the House of Representatives.
Saving Ukraine is easily worth having Johnson as a figurehead speaker for a few more months.
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@ilust606 I know that's common framing, but I don't think it's the best way to describe what goes on in the House.
It's not that Democrats propped up Johnson, but that the House as a whole decided not to change their Speaker.
We need to be emphasizing that the Speaker of the House is not a party position. They represent the whole House, including the minority party, so this was the entire House rejecting the nutjob this time.
Sure would have been nice had the Democrats not supported the nutjobs last time. We probably wouldn't have gotten back to this point.
