JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
HTML
<script src="https://getfirebug.com/firebug-lite-debug.js"></script>JavaScript
var htmlString = '<span>Span</span><p>Para 1</p><p>Para 2</p>';
el = document.createElement('div');
el.innerHTML = htmlString;
var ps = el.getElementsByTagName('p');
console.log(ps[0].innerHTML);