At first glance, Virginia Foxx would look like a lovable grandmother. Eighty years have bleached the short hair of the Republican congresswoman from North Carolina, in the United States. On October 25, viewers caught a glimpse of her white turtleneck sweater, black-rimmed glasses, and heavy earrings. An audience of journalists questions Mike Johnson, who has just been appointed Speaker of the House of Representatives. "Mr. Johnson, you contributed to the attempts to overturn the result of the 2020 election... " sketches a reporter. Beside him, Virginia Foxx's wrinkled face tenses. "Noooooon!" She screams. "Shut up! Shut up! »
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The octogenarian's yelps might make you smile. They actually say a lot. Three years ago, Mike Johnson's predecessor, Kevin McCarthy, publicly called on Donald Trump to "take responsibility" for the attack on the Capitol, in which four rioters and a police officer lost their lives. Who, among the leading Republicans, would still dare to remonstrate? From the bottom up, most anti-Trump lawmakers have been replaced, or silenced.
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