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House speaker vote live updates: Mike Johnson wins election as next speaker of the House

By Thomas A. Smith

Washington Rep. Mike Johnson, a Republican of Louisiana, won the election to become the new speaker of the House on Wednesday, ending three weeks of chaos since Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s historic ouster and taking his place as second in line for the presidency.

Johnson won the gavel with the support of all 220 Republicans in attendance, surpassing the 215-vote total that was required to win. All 209 Democrats in attendance voted for Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, the party’s House leader.

Johnson was the party’s fourth nominee for speaker in three weeks and took the place of Rep. Tom Emmer, whose candidacy lasted all of four hours on Tuesday. The two other candidates, Reps. Steve Scalise and Jim Jordan, withdrew their names from consideration earlier in the process after failing to unite the party.

via www.cbsnews.com

The chaotic chaos has chaotically ended for just a while until the next chaotic crisis, says the MSM.