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By installing Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.) as Speaker, House Republicans have made it clear where their loyalties lie, writes Will Marshall: with former President Donald Trump. |
A 2020 election denier whom Trump has nicknamed "MAGA Mike," Johnson is an unabashed Trumpist who played a prominent role in the plot to overturn Joe Biden's victory. "Johnson doesn't seem like the leader the GOP needs to free his party from Trump's autocratic grip," says Marshall, founder and president of the Progressive Policy Institute:. "On the contrary, his elevation confirms national Republicans' continuing descent into a MAGA maelstrom of lies, persecution mania and collective self-delusion." It was all too much for Rep. Ken Buck (R-Colo.), who this week announced he'll be retiring from Congress at the end of this term, citing his colleagues' election denialism as a chief reason why. This doesn't bode well for the GOP's future, writes Marshall. "Trump has corrupted the Republican Party by making it the instrument of his personal vendetta against anyone or any institution that stands in his way. He's forcing the party to choose between appeasing his rabid followers and defending democratic institutions and the rule of law." Read the op-ed at TheHill.com. |
Welcome to The Hill's Views & Opinions newsletter, it's Friday, Nov. 3. I'm Daniel Allott, bringing together a collection of key opinion pieces published from a wide range of voices. |
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By Mick Mulvaney, former U.S. representative (R-S.C.) |
Mike Johnson may well be the most conservative person to hold the gavel in a long time. He has taken uncompromising positions on many hot-button social issues. He might even be able to convince some Republicans to spend less taxpayers' money. As a right-winger myself, I welcome all of that, even if I worry about his ability to manage an unwieldy and bitterly divided institution. But I am certainly not worried that his election will affect House control. |
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By J.T. Young, former congressional staffer |
Even disregarding candidate personalities and policies, Republicans' presidential nomination offers dramatically divergent directions. Republicans must choose between either a high floor and a low ceiling or a low floor and a high ceiling. The first is the conservative choice, offering a high nomination probability but lower general election odds. The second is the entrepreneurial choice, offering a lower (low) nomination probability but higher general election odds. |
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By Fraces Haugen, former Meta employee and Facebook whistleblower |
Both Meta and Google's vocal protestations that they want age-appropriate regulation come at a time when the trade group acting in their name, NetChoice, is wreaking havoc on landmark legislation that would enshrine just that. Meta, Google: you can't have it both ways. |
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By Dov Zakheim, former undersecretary of Defense |
Even as China continues to assert itself in East Asia, it has also continued to expand its reach elsewhere in the world. The only country to send an ambassador to Afghanistan since the U.S. withdrawal in 2021, China is now entertaining a request from the Taliban government to join its Belt-and-Road Initiative. The Kabul regime will be sending what it terms a technical team for talks in Beijing. |
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