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Salon
Salon
Politics
Brian Karem

Mike Johnson won't contain the chaos

Longtime White House correspondent Brian Karem writes a weekly column for Salon.

The clowns continue to burn down their circus.

Late Tuesday, the clowns started whispering, “Who is Mike Johnson?” That murmur spread across the country — and was even heard in Johnson’s home district. Before that point, there was even some discussion of pulling Gilligan from his deserted island and nominating him to be House speaker.

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