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'Never going to vote for another blanking thing': House Republican goes dark after ousterA key House Republican appears to be on a voting strike after being forced out of a powerful chairmanship, ostensibly at President-elect Donald Trump's insistence. “Arkansas Republican Rick Crawford,
Representatives Rick Crawford and Steve Womack of Arkansas have been appointed to lead the House Intelligence Committee and a key Appropriations subcommittee, respectively.
The speaker replaced a Republican who had criticized the president-elect and broken with him on key issues, and who had drawn the ire and suspicion of those close to the president-elect.
House Speaker Mike Johnson has appointed Rep. Rick Crawford of Arkansas as the new chairman of the House Intelligence Committee
Speaker Mike Johnson appointed a relatively unknown MAGA loyalist on Thursday to lead the House Intelligence Committee after he stunned colleagues by ousting the previous chairman—who blamed his firing on Donald Trump.
Mike Johnson is expected to appoint Arkansas Representative Rick Crawford to replace Ohio's Mike Turner as chair of the House Intelligence Committee. This move is purportedly not influenced by President-elect Trump.
Speaker Mike Johnson has made the House Intelligence Committee far friendlier to the MAGA movement, and the adverse consequences are likely to linger.
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