Mike Johnson May Have Been the Best Speaker Choice After All

The weeks that were dubbed “chaos” by virtually the entire media, including many on the right, may have come to the best of all possible conclusions.

Newly elected Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-La.) takes his oath of office after the House of Representatives held an election in the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Oct. 25, 2023. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Commentary

The cliché about everything happening for a reason is a bit questionable right now considering Hamas’s unbelievable barbarism in Israel, but it does begin to make at least some recovery with Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.) being elected speaker of the House.