The nation is scrambling to learn more about Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) since House Republicans catapulted him to national prominence Wednesday with his election to an office two heartbeats from the presidency.
The conservative is a bit of an enigma, even to fellow lawmakers. Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), the No. 3 Republican, said he didn't know Johnson when asked Wednesday. Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) told a CNN reporter that she would Google him.
Reporters at T...