Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) beamed Wednesday morning that a “golden age” had arrived amid excitement about what Republicans could now deliver.
He brushed away questions about President Donald Trump’s sweeping pardons for Jan. 6 rioters, saying “we’re not looking backwards, we’re looking forward.”
Less than four hours later Johnson announced a special committee that would reinvestigate events “preceding and following” the assault on the Capitol four years ago.
In doing so Johnson reopened one of the deepest and most divisive wounds still scarring Congress. It puts GOP energy not into tax cuts, inflation or border security, but trying to rewrite ...