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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Martin Pengelly and Sam Levine

Election denier, climate skeptic, anti-abortion: seven beliefs of new US House speaker Mike Johnson

Newly elected speaker of the US House, Mike Johnson takes his oath of office.
Newly elected speaker of the US House, Mike Johnson takes his oath of office. Photograph: Alex Brandon/AP

Mike Johnson’s emergence as the new speaker of the US House of Representatives has earned the relatively little-known Louisiana Republican a turn in the national spotlight.

In turn, that spotlight has illuminated positions and remarks many deem extreme.

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