Mike Johnson's Five Stages of Speakership Grief
Photo Illustration by Erin O’Flynn/The Daily Beast/Getty ImagesWhen House Republicans crowned Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) their speaker after a chaotic, weeks-long interregnum, the quiet congressman from Louisiana offered Republicans something many craved deeply: unity.As House Republicans rallied behind Johnson in a closed-door meeting just over 100 days ago, they breathed a collective sigh of relief. The House GOP finally had a leader after former Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s ouster. And Johnson—a bo