Mike Johnson (nonfiction)

Mike Johnson infogram.

James Michael Johnson (born January 30, 1972) is an American attorney and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Louisiana's 4th congressional district since 2017.

Biography

An ideological member of the Christian right faction of the Republican Party,[1] Johnson is known for his strong opposition to legal abortion access, medical marijuana, and same-sex marriage.[2] In December 2020, Johnson signed an amicus brief in support of Texas v. Pennsylvania, a lawsuit filed at the Supreme Court contesting the results of the 2020 presidential election. In January 2021, Johnson voted to overturn the election results in Pennsylvania.[3] Johnson has cultivated close ties to Christian right groups Louisiana Family Forum, Alliance Defending Freedom, and Focus on the Family.[4][5] Prior to his career as a politician, he worked with them to "represent churches, pastors and congregants whose vision of religious freedom conflicted with government regulations".[2] Johnson supports ending American military aid to Ukraine in its war against Russia.[2]

He has served as vice chair of the House Republican Conference since 2021. Johnson previously chaired the House Republican Study Committee, the largest caucus of conservatives in Congress, for one term, as well as a coalition of socially and fiscally conservative members of the larger House Republican Conference.[6] Prior to his service in Congress, Johnson served two incomplete terms in the Louisiana House of Representatives for the 8th district in Bossier Parish, where he succeeded Jeff R. Thompson following his resignation, until he himself resigned to take his seat in the U.S. House of Representatives.

On October 24, 2023, after three votes by the Republican conference, Johnson became the fourth Republican nominee for Speaker of the House in the October 2023 speakership election, following the failed candidacies of Steve Scalise, Jim Jordan, and Tom Emmer.[7][8] He received 128 votes on the third ballot.

Russian money

Mike Johnson's Campaign Contributions From Company Tied to Russia (Newsweek, 27 October 2023)

A group of Russian nationals were able to donate to newly elected House Speaker Mike Johnson's campaign in 2018 by funneling the money through a U.S. company.

The Texas-based American Ethane company previously donated tens of thousands of dollars to the campaigns of Louisiana Republicans including Johnson, who was voted by the House to replace Rep. Kevin McCarthy as Speaker on Wednesday following three weeks of GOP chaos in the lower chamber.

While American Ethane was run in 2018 by American John Houghtaling, 88 percent of the firm was owned by three Russian nationals—Konstantin Nikolaev, Mikhail Yuriev, and Andrey Kunatbaev.

• Mike Johnson's Campaign Contributions From Company Tied to Russia @ Newsweek (Oct 27, 2023)
• Post @ Twitter (20 November 2023)

David Bruce Vitter’s former, long-time chief of staff and campaign manager, Kyle Ruckert, is a registered lobbyist for the deceptively-named company American Ethane.

According to disclosure forms filed in late July, American Ethane is controlled by three Russian oligarchs with direct ties to Vladimir Putin, including Putin’s former chief of staff. Its single-largest shareholder is Konstantin Nikolaev, a billionaire who funded the guns rights organization founded by Maria Butina, the woman currently accused by the U.S. of acting as a covert agent of the Russian government.

• Six Degrees of Луизиана @ Bayou Brief

Appeal to Heaven

House Speaker Mike Johnson has three flags hanging outside his office: the American flag, the Louisiana state flag, and a flag representing the "Appeal to Heaven" movement that wants to turn the United States into a religious Christian nation.

• Why Is Mike Johnson Flying a Christian Nationalist Flag Outside His Office? @ New Republic

Adopted son Michael

Shortly after their 1999 wedding, Mike Johnson and his wife Kelly took custody of a Black teenager named Michael and raised him as their son

Johnson said he never formally adopted Michael because of the "lengthy adoption process."

• Speaker Mike Johnson explained why his 'adopted' Black son is not involved in his public life @ Business Insider

Views

• Women have abortions after a baby is born
• Trump won the 2020 election
• Jan. 6th was a "legitimate protest"
• Covid was a hoax and vaccines are dangerous
• Social Security is a "Ponzi scheme"
• Cut Medicare
• Climate change is a hoax

I don't know how his wife can stand him

"I don't know how his wife can stand him"

She got a fundamentalist Christian husband to father and provide for her children.

He got a beard and a pseudo-adopted black teenage boy (who does not appear in family photos).

One big secretive family.

• Post @ Twitter (2 November 2023)

Fiction cross-reference

• Gnomon algorithm
• Gnomon Chronicles

Nonfiction cross-reference

• Gnomon Chronicles (nonfiction)

Categories

• Category:Mike Johnson
• Category:Mike Johnson (Louisiana politician) (nonfiction)

External links

• Mike Johnson (Louisiana politician @ Wikipedia
• It’s always the loudest ones @ TikTok- allegations of being a regular at Central Station, a gay bar in Shreveport, Louisiana
• Mike Johnson's Adopted Son Speaks Out @ Newsweek
• Yes, Mike Johnson has a Checking Account. @ The Daily Kos - Johnson does indeed have a bank account. His account does not pay interest, though, which makes it exempt from House disclosure rules.
• Post @ Twitter (6 December 2023)
• Mike Johnson Claims That God Prepared Him to Be a “New Moses” @ Slate

Social media

• Post @ Twitter (21 November 2023) - Mike Johnson's finances are suspicious.
• Post @ Twitter (8 November 2023) - Bank account
• Post @ Twitter (25 October 2023) - Issues