Mike Johnson is the first Republican House speaker from the South since Newt Gingrich, putting the region back in the driver's seat of GOP politics

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House Speaker Mike Johnson, left, and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich.

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The House Republican Conference has been built for chaos since the 1990s. It only took one slim majority for that to blow up on them.

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Former House speakers Newt Gingrich, left, and Kevin McCarthy.

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Ex-House Speaker Newt Gingrich says he could 'afford to have five or six people be idiots' during standoffs in the 1990s, a contrast to the numerous GOP hardliners creating challenges for McCarthy

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Kevin McCarthy, left, and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich.

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Newt Gingrich on Trump's enduring appeal with Republican voters: He's 'not a candidate' but the 'leader of a mass movement'

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Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich told The Washington Post that former President Donald Trump can't be thought of as a traditional candidate.

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