The Home of Representatives lastly has a brand new speaker. After a bruising battle and several other weeks with no chief, Republicans have elected Consultant Mike Johnson of Louisiana to be the 56th speaker of the Home.

However how did this little-known, far-right ally of former President Donald Trump turn into second in line to the presidency? And what does Johnson’s ascension say in regards to the state of the GOP and the nation?

Becoming a member of the editor in chief of The Atlantic and moderator, Jeffrey Goldberg, this week to debate this and extra are McKay Coppins, a workers author at The Atlantic and the writer of Romney: A Reckoning; John Dickerson, the anchor of CBS Information Prime Time With John Dickerson; and Nia-Malika Henderson, a senior political analyst at CNN.