• WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I think this could be looking at it from the wrong perspective. To me, Johnson’s rise to speaker looks like a calculated effort by Christian Nationalists (aka MAGA) to position a future coup leader and presidential candidate. McCarthy is an unpopular career politician, where Johnson is a younger unkown on the national stage. The Conservative propaganda machine tried to position DeSantis as Trump’s successor, but he’s proved a total failure.

    Calling it now. Johnson will run for president in 2028 and, depending on polling, could be Trumps VP pick. He wouldn’t think twice about doing what Pence failed to do on Jan 6.