‘America’s Back On Track’: Republican Lawmakers Praise New Speaker Mike Johnson

Newly-minted House Speaker Mike Johnson has won praise from his fellow Republicans, with some saying his election means ‘America’s back on track.’

The appointment of Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.) as the new House Speaker won high praise from a number of Republicans, with a remark by Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) seeming to capture the spirit of enthusiasm among the GOP: “America’s back on track.”

Mr. Johnson became the 56th speaker of the House of Representatives on Oct. 25, winning 220 votes and unanimous support from the Republican conference on the first ballot.

His election to the top job in the lower chamber capped off weeks of Republican infighting and seems to have reignited a renewed focus for party members to coalesce around their shared vision for America.

Some members of Congress addressed Mr. Johnson’s election in remarks on the House floor a day after the vote, as the new speaker wielded the gavel for the first time.

“What an extraordinary day that we have the beginning of the speakership of Mike Johnson of Louisiana,” Mr. Wilson said, adding that the new speaker has sounded a clarion call for Republicans to rally around conservative principles like limited government, expanded freedoms, and less red tape.

“It’s such a positive message,” Mr. Wilson said. “He’s going to stop the war on fossil fuels so that we have fuels and have energy independence. He’s going to be for a strong America.”

“We will have a dynamic speaker and we look forward to his leadership. And again, America is back on track,” he said.

‘That’s What We Stand For’

In his first interview after winning the gavel, Mr. Johnson told Fox News host Sean Hannity that he believes his election presents an opportunity for Republicans to coalesce around core conservative values.

“That’s individual freedom, limited government, the rule of law, peace through strength, fiscal responsibility, free markets, and human dignity,” Mr. Johnson said in the interview Friday. “That’s what we stand for.”

“I call them the core principles of American conservatism, but it’s really the core principles of America itself,” he continued. “We’re different. We’re exceptional. The reason we’re the freest, most powerful, most successful nation in the history of the world, is because that’s what we stand for.”

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