The Louisiana representative cited privacy as to why there are no pictures of his “adopted” child in public family photos.

Mike Johnson’s meteoric elevation from an under-the-radar congressman from Louisiana to second-in-line to the U.S. presidency sent journalists, Democrats and Republicans alike to uncover information about the personal and professional history of the most right-wing and least experienced House Speaker in history, who took the top job on Wednesday.

On the day Johnson was voted in, several major right-wing social media accounts on X, formerly known as Twitter, began circulating clips of an interview Johnson gave to PBS in 2020, in which he told journalist Walter Isaacson that the police killing of George Floyd was “an act of murder” and called for “systemic change.” Notably, Johnson said in the interview that he had learned about racism in America through the experience of raising a Black son, Michael.

    • vortic@lemmy.world
      8·
      1 year ago

      I keep seeing people saying this and don’t understand why…

      This isn’t about minimizing Harris. This is because you misunderstand what it means to be “in line”.

      • Biden isn’t in line. He’s President.
      • Harris is first in line.
      • Johnson is second in line.

      If you are currently riding an amusement park ride, you aren’t in line for it. You’re first in line if you’ll be the next person to get on the ride.

    • FuglyDuck@lemmy.worldEnglish
      41·
      1 year ago

      He’s third in line to the US presidency! As much as the media has and continues to undermine and undersell Kamala Harris, she would become president if something were to happen to Biden. I’m just tired of all these fucking “journalists” acting like Harris doesn’t exist or has no value.

      no. He’s second.

      Biden is president. Harris is first in the line of succession. Floppy Johnson is second in the line of succession.

    • RickRussell_CA@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      I think you need to check your math.

      The Vice President is first in line to succeed an ailing or dying President. The Speaker of the House is second in line. Third in line is the President Pro Tempore of the Senate.

      Wikipedia does a nice job explaining it, with a rank chart showing Kamala Harris first, and Mike Johnson second.

    • ChrisLicht@lemm.eeEnglish
      53·
      1 year ago

      I’m from San Francisco and have watched and voted for Kamala Harris since her first race.

      Here are some unfortunate truths: Kamala Harris is an absolute dogshit politician who has zero constituency, zero political strategy skills, zero retail politics skills, and seemingly zero ability to break out of the box she’s mostly gotten herself into.