Republicans' New House Speaker Once Called LGBTQ People "Destructive"
Mike Johnson finally got the votes on Wednesday afternoon to fill an embarrassing, three week vacancy in the House speakership. While lawmakers on both sides of the aisle touted Speaker Johnson as a lowkey and quiet lawmaker, a long history of homophobia has already begun to surface from the Louisiana Republican’s past.On Wednesday, CNN’s Andrew Kaczynski reported on Johnson’s extensive history of editorials, amicus briefs, and legislation to undermine marriage equality, including drafting what