After the extreme right wing of the GOP ousted Speaker Kevin McCarthy, after Steve Scalise was nominated and dropped out the next day, after “Legislative terrorist” Jim Jordan failed on 3 votes, after Tom Ermer was nominated and dropped out three hours later after Donald Trump went after him the GOP house, after 21 days without a Speaker the GOP house elected Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.) as speaker by the full House on a first vote. Johnson, a relatively unknown, staunchly conservative Republican, succeeds Rep. Kevin McCarthy
Johnson is an ally of former president Donald Trump and opposed certifying the 2020 election. He is antiabortion, voted against Ukraine aid and supports LGBTQ restrictions..
The last of the moderate (and I use that term loosely) Republicans collapsed under pressure as extreme right knew they would.
The Matt Gaetz extreme right has won.