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Kate Fall's avatar

Here's a thought: maybe the Republicans picked Johnson for Speaker because they know he's incompetent. The "competence" of the last 3 Republican speakers (Boehner, Ryan, McCarthy) didn't do them any favors.

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max skinner's avatar

The Talking Points Memo reporter Kate Riga who was in the Capitol during the time said she thinks the House Republicans were tired of the drama surrounding the choosing of the Speaker and picked him because no one really knew him and he seemed calm.

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Linda Oliver's avatar

I think they picked Johnson because heтАЩs even crazier than they are.

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