Sometimes I just sit and shake my head. Why these guys keep appearing with Sean Hannity is beyond my understanding. That said, the platform and host is the first warning sign, the content of the interview is another.
Speaker Mike Johnson, who is a significant upgrade from Speaker Kevin McCarthy, sits down for an extensive discussion on current political events where Sean Hannity can tell Johnson his role and responsibility as Speaker. WATCH:
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These interviews are so difficult to watch.
Wait, let me interrupt you right there.
😂🤣😂
We try.
Thanks for all you do.
With the Chris Wallace, “I’m so important you can’t imagine”, leg cross. Crazy hostile body language from Hannity
I didn’t notice at first but Hannity is wearing Jeans and penny loafers. Is Hannity saying, “your not important enough for me to get the suit out”!?!
Is that SOP for interviewing the #2 in line for the Presidency?
-Just checked- Kevin McCarthy interview the Suit came out.
Overt Sheeple manipulation. You can’t unsee the strings trying to manipulate.
Give “Vaseline” Hannity a break, he just has to pee real bad.
Well, he is Sean ‘Vannity’ after all…
I could NOT watch it once I saw how long the torment would be.
I know what you mean–LOL! 😉 Watching Hannity is SO HARD, but I really like Mike Johnson, so I can do it!!!
Hannity made a good show of telling the new speaker what he was supposed to do and where he was supposed to be focusing attention, for (U)niParty Inc.
“Speaker Mike Johnson … sits downwhere >Sean Hannity can tell Johnson his role and responsibility as Speaker.” = ‘Sundance’ and your comment.
Need to link a transcript instead of vomit video.
Would it matter? You/I would still be shouting at the screen!
Same here!
WHY go to Paul Ryan territory (KevinMcCarthy bud) @ FOX. Hannity is NOT who I want to see interview our new Speaker. Hannity is a bit of an idiot. I’m sure whoever is in his earphone directs the que$tioning.. Ugh
But he does martial arts.
Lol 😂 yeah that..
He washed dishes in a restaurant. Did you know THAT?
With his tongue doesn’t count, silly.
He also was a bartender, installed drywall and roofs, yada yada yada. 🙄
😅😂🤣🤣🤣
And has a Glock
He also does Ainsley.
You are out of line on that one.
He’s not doing Ainsley?
“a bit of an idiot”
Surely you jest?
I call him the Pit Chihuahua, tough on ankles but runs at any sign of real danger.
Sean Hannity, a.k.a. ‘speaker of the house of vanity’.
Does Hannity know where all the dead bodies are buried? How he kept his job even before he was caught cheating with that stupid girl on Fox is beyond me.
This guy is beneath contempt. A stupid human being. Just capable of literally reading the talking points memo, which he doesn’t understand anyway.
And these people, including people who are admirable like PDJT and Jordan keep talking with this moron.
It reminds me of when I used to drink more and go tot the bar and sit and chat with guys who I knew were mouth breathers. Decent people I suppose but I had to lower my level of content in order to allow them to stay in the conversation.
I have often thought Hannity’s FBI button had a bug in it.
Maybe if you push the button Hannity goes off and on.
He goes on and on…and on…
Soros
https://gettr.com/post/p2tcjr6a446
He sounds a lot like a Professional Republican. So many Red Flags in that interview dont even want to open up that can of worms right now. Did he say Crenshaw? oh nvm
Have to bite my tongue until tomorrow.
Its always right there just below the conservative veneer and if you wait for it…..it surfaces.
Another game of pop goes the weasel!!
If this isn’t an AI photo, then I truly appreciate that someone took the time to create this very truthful photograph. Thanks for posting.
Took a picture of the tv while watching fake news.
Who is Mike Johnson? New U.S. House speaker belongs to GOP’s religious conservative wing.
The far-right Louisiana lawmaker opposed certifying the 2020 election and tried to keep Trump in power.
Before a relatively short time in elected office, new U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson of Louisiana was a constitutional lawyer deeply involved in religious causes.
Prior to a short stint in the Louisiana Legislature, Johnson spent two decades as a public interest lawyer mainly representing clients in so-called religious liberty litigation, he said in an interview with C-SPAN shortly after joining Congress in 2017. He worked in private practice for the Kitchens Law Firm in North Louisiana, and also did work for the conservative Christian group Alliance Defending Freedom, according to a 2015 article in the New Orleans Time-Picayune.
He also “litigated high profile constitutional law cases” defending Second Amendment rights, free speech and free market principles, according to his campaign website.
The Louisianan was a strong backer of Trump’s claims that his reelection loss in 2020 was illegitimate. He led 126 House Republicans in an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court in a case seeking to overturn Trump’s loss to Joe Biden in that election.
And Johnson voted to object to the 2020 election results from Arizona and Pennsylvania, even after a pro-Trump mob attacked the U.S. Capitol.
In Congress, Johnson has maintained a reputation as an opponent of abortion rights and same-sex marriage. He has an ‘A+’ rating from the anti-abortion Susan B. Anthony List in the last two sessions of Congress and a 100% rating for the current year from FRC Action, the legislative arm of the influential evangelical group Family Research Council.
The League of Conservation Voters, an environmental advocacy group, has given him a 2% lifetime rating, lower than all but 24 current House members, all Republicans.
He’s also maintained ties to religious conservatives after coming to Washington.
He taught online college courses at Liberty University, a conservative Christian school in Virginia, earning him just less than $30,000 in 2022, according to his most recent personal financial disclosure, required for members of Congress.
His wife earned income in 2022 from Onward Christian Education Services Inc. and Louisiana Right to Life Educational Committee Inc., according to his financial disclosure.
Johnson’s voting record is strongly conservative, and he has little record of working across the aisle. He voted against high-profile bipartisan laws, including the $1.2 trillion infrastructure law, a gun safety law and a reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act.
https://www.azmirror.com/2023/10/26/who-is-mike-johnson-new-u-s-house-speaker-belongs-to-gops-religious-conservative-wing/
I am convinced that Mike Johnson is the answer to our prayers to save America. With the forces of evil lined up against him, he may fail…but he is sure going to try.
Thank you, Lord. and please watch over this good man and our President Trump.
Mike Johnson, like all of these people, are tools that are used to advance agendas. They are supposed to advance the agenda of We The People, but that façade cracked away long ago. I like what Dan Bongino says. “I don’t trust any of them! I want the person who advances the football.” Mike Johnson will probably, hopefully, advance the football. But, he’s no solution. Even if he was, he is in a vault of vipers and the door will eventually swing shut on him.
An interesting side note: he said that the vote to vacate will likely be changed. Interesting.
Seeing things as they are and not how you want them to be.
Thank You
I can’t figure out how Mike Johnson sailed through the nomination on one try, when others like Jim Jordan were derailed multiple times.
Why do the GOPe in CONgress prefer Mike Johnson to Jim Jordan? What made them vote him in so quickly?
They shut down Kevin McCarthy for one.
Yes, they did remove McCarthy, but maybe not so much his agenda. Apparently, Johnson conceded something to these RINO holdouts that Jordan would not.
What was that concession? Endless funding for WWIII, perhaps?
CONgress will *not* defund their war machine under any circumstances. And I despise them for that.
Because Johnson is a phony, like that effeminate Oklahoma senator who is a religious conservative. Cut from the same cloth.
That, Judith was my first question…🤔
He also thinks George Floyd is a hero. That’s enough for me not to support him.
Thanks for posting. You had me at opposing the election.
that is an impressive resume.
given how we have been screwed so many times by a long list of “conservatives”, I can understand why so many Treepers are skeptical about Johnson.
For now, I will accept this as a positive move until proven otherwise.
In closing, I can’t listen to Hannity… does anyone have a transcript that edits out his interruptions?
Who is Mike Johnson? I mean who is the real Mike Johnson
I will revisit your comment within the next week and beyond to see if theres anything you would like to add.
We will learn together the hard way.
I especially like the way he gave a shout OUT to Never Ever MAGA Brian Crenshaw. Thats a good sign. 😉 Maybe its not such a big club after all.
See you soon.
He seemed to allude to some of this in the interview. The only drawback that came to my attention was the phrase “colleagues across the aisle” but at least he didn’t use the term “friends across the aisle.” But he does have to work with them and to come out of the bull pen with on chip on the shoulder isn’t wise either.
I hope he does the opposite of whatever that insufferable Hannity is asking of him. I can’t watch Hannity anymore. Not for a long time.
Stopped watching Fox in 1999.
my wife and I are with you, frank. 2000 was the last for us.
not going to start watching that hack now.
2019 I quit all MSM news propaganda and brainwashing…for the insane… Rush said turn it off it will only piss you off.
If you didn’t watch it because of Hannity, then you missed half the interview, which was the more important half of the interview.
“My mother the prison guard” is so disgusting can’t stand watching him. Wonder if Mike Johnson couldn’t wait to get away from him and shower for an hour or so. Does Hannity ever shut up and just let the guy talk?
Hannity should interview Joe Buck. “Clash of the Can’t-Shut-Up Titans.”
“Can’t shut up” is a symptom of “self importance” which is a form of Pride. We all know what Pride is.
Mike Johnson looked tired and had a hard time keeping his eyes open in my opinion or was low on sugar. I was surprised he could even think of an answer and sound coherent.
After watching this interview with Johnson, watch this 45 second clip of present Biden and past Biden discussing Israel.
Unexpectedly consistent from pudding pants!
I’m not watching 45 minutes of Mr. Uniparty Loser with the new speaker. What’s the pertinent context with this interview?
Please don’t tell me Johnson says virtually the same “inventing Israel” line as Xiden in this interview…
Sundance deserves a medal for watching this interview.
I cannot stomach one second of Hannity.
He could interview Jesus and I still couldn’t watch.
😳The only interview Hannity is getting with The Lord Jesus Christ is the same one we’re ALL getting. 💯
👉The Father has committed ALL judgement to the Son and has given Him a Name above every name for Jesus is not only Savior but absolutely King of kings and Lord of lords and is the ONLY Righteous Judge of ALL.👊👈
But I get your expression 👌👍😉
Savior off the world, Jesus Christ
I agree that Sundance deserves a medal, but Jesus is the only one I would watch with Hannity.
The first time Hannity started to interrupt, Jesus could mute him until He’s done saying what He wants to say and then He could leave to do more important things. Something every guest wishes they could do!
I heard his speech on the floor. I believe him to be a man of faith. The proof is in the pudding. He could help turn our country around.
I heard Graham say some things I really wanted to hear somebody say, at the end of the Kavanaugh hearings.
Didn’t MEAN anything.
The proof IS in the pudding, and it won’t take very long, at all to know if Johnson is just another layer of controlled op, and this had all been another eleborate kabuki play for our entertainment, as in bread and circuses.
I’m ready to eat crow, and actually WANT Johnson to prove me wrong,…waiting.
O come on. dont judge Mike Johnson by what you have seen from Lindsay Graham for 30 years. When LG said that at the end of the Kavanaugh hearing you had to know that was the same LG you have watched for 30 years.
Put your paint brush away.
1-2 days ago, I opined (commented) that the elevation of Mike Johnson was a victory for MAGA (Trump) in the sense that it marked the ascendancy of MAGA’s influence, but the withhold hope and judgment of Johnson being anything other than the same ole, same ole.
Sundance points out 2 red flags above at the end of the post that speak volumes.
Additionally, things that you and MP keep repeating have ran through my head continuously since the first times you two have made those observations as particularly with the election of Johnson as SOH:
“It’s all a show.” (MP)
“They’re all SELECTED (not elected)” (Dutch)
“They’re all installed.” (MP)
In addition but I can’t remember where, I read somewhere within the last 48 hours, that Johnson has/had significant ties to the Club for (no) Growth.”
Between the 2 red flags Sundance has alerted, those 3 observations of yours and MP’s, and that revelation of the CFG connections, that is 6 signs to me that Johnson is nothing more than a continuation of Congressional corruption and obfuscation.
Well then…
…ain’t it a wonderful thing that we still have the Motion to Vacate?
Eternal thanks to Matt Gaetz on that one…
Lol. Wait too long and the aftertaste really bites..
I tried really hard and just couldn’t do it, even at skimming on high speed. What a let down when I was just beginning to like Mike. And seriously, it looks like the pathological Hannity is wearing some sort of putty mask that doesn’t fit his face properly. Mike looks like he lives in a day spa getting manicures and mud masks. Doesn’t say much for him he went on Hannity first.
The whole thing is yuck.
Johnson is going to continue to fund the Nazi’s in Ukraine.
Talk about cognitive dissonance!
Actually, when hasn’t the US funded both sides of the issue. Nazi’s and Jews. Both worthy of support. Sick.
Was that in the interview?
What an insult that Hannity is wearing Levi’s to interview the Speaker of the House. Absolutely disrespectful. The Fetterman of Fox News.
Sean just argued for cluster bombs.
What are his coordinates again?
Asking for my poor ears.
Johnson’s response wasn’t really in agreement with Hannity’s argument. He just said Putin needed to stopped, not that cluster bombs were needed. A non-answer, a slight of hand. It’ll fool most people, but not a keen observer.
I think that is how most of the interview went. Subtle and quiet, I think he lets Hannity think he is getting his way, yet promises nothing.
Well, at least the thermobaric cluster bomb would make Hannity shut up. Burns away the oxygen.
I still think that Mike Johnson is an in the closet undercover RINO just waiting to bust out any moment from the closet, like in those horror movies with a knife to stab us in the back.
If he is, I will hate saying “Ain’t I been sayin!??” and thats a shame, as usually I do get SOME satisfaction out of channeling randy quaid, lol.
Well, I always wonder at people who speak so openly of their faith, especially in a public way, like Sean used to before he cheated on his wife, or Mike Pence and his piety, which was worth nothing in action.
Politicians and lawyers , and Michael is both, usually are not deep in the faith, but use it as a cover to disarm the
yokels. And make no mistake, they think MAGA are yokels.
Still, importantly here, this man has supported Trump and understands the election was stolen. If he can fix some problems in the deep state sewer,I don’t really need to trust his faith is real. He will have my support and appreciation.
Copy that lindak 👌👍
👉Thanks for your comment and stated very well 👈
Too much Greek acting in these types. Whited Sepulchers, hiding the rot and decay within.
And since they all abuse our trust to enrich themselves, we could also paraphrase Jesus’s disparaging quotes on the rich.
When Jesus asked who the good Samaritan was, it wasn’t the thieves who robbed and wounded the traveler.
So many people and politicians are afraid to express their faith now that the next generation doesn’t see faith expressed or hear about God at all because people are afraid of being labeled hypocrites when they fail. Everyone falls short, however, even you and I. One’s transgressions are just as failing as yours to God no matter what they were. Maybe we shouldn’t be casting stones at all let alone the first. I think it is awesome to hear the new Speaker express his faith loud and proud. The left would have you believe he is declaring his perfection. Clearly that is not the case … just faith and hope. God Bless the new Speaker.
I understand your point of view Ben Johnson.
I will indeed watch and wait for Mike Johnson’s policy and sincerity in going after the deep state during his job as speaker. I don’t need to hear about his faith. He has to be a warrior for our country and I don’t want him to be corrupt.
I will give Johnson a chance, but the first time he goes against MAGA, Im out.
If there’s a Hell, it’s being locked in a room for an eternity with Hannity yapping his pie hole.
Wouldn’t we get too much satisfaction shutting him up?
To be hell, we have to be powerless to stop him.
Well, points for SD on consistency here. When twitter was still free/visible, he stated (paraphrasing) anyone appearing with Hannity was DS.
Someone responded, asking if that included PDJT.
SD’s surprising answer: “Yes”
Keep in mind, this was 6+ mos back, when SD was battling a plausible DeepSantis. Complicated business…
Sundance thinks Trump is deep state ???
I won’t watch it. Can somebody give us the synopsis? TIA
He’s a religious Democrat!
Great……..
Seriously?
When is Mike going to release the J6 tapes? For me…this defines who he is and who owns him. Let’s give him 1 or 2 weeks.
I agree this will be perhaps THE major tell, alongside FBI/DOJ funding.
Johnson appears to want to bring the appearance of a unifier initially, based on his acceptance speech.
He may want to wait until some strategic budget and other deals are done. If the DOJ/FBI funding is the very last funding bill to be considered, I’d say he’s trying his best.
Name one Democrat leader who reached across the aisle to “unify” with Republicans???
Bingo!!
Screw unity. There is no common ground with commies jailing their political opponents or Republicans who acquiesce to blatant injustice. Period.
While giving open, unfettered access to the J6 tapes, along with the essential search database system WOULD be a biggie, and not doing so IS a big tell, there ARE others signs, actually laid out by the architect of this whole Speaker contest, Matt Gaetz;
Single issue aporopriation bills.
No more Omnibus, C.R.’s or pass to read.
And, we can safely add no $ to Ukraine, which can be worded as “until we get accounting of where what we already sent, went.” Since there is NO WAY they will provide that, effectively that would mean no more $ for Ukes.
Impeaching Majorkas, and other actions WITH CONSEQUENCES, rather than just all show, would be helpful as well.
The CR ends soon, and how that is resolved, should tell us all we need to know, about our new SOTH.
My birds, remained thawed but in the fridge.
I agree that while the J6 tapes release would, and I hope will soon, further the cause of sunlight enormously…
…I think I’d rather see a significant move in the economic arena first – such as a big defunding of the FBI… nuke that new headquarters off the books…
Yes, the CR ending and what is resolved will be most informative. Another opportunity for Gaetz to pull the speaker or some fiscal sanity in the house.
I am also hopeful he nixes Ukraine funds anyway he can with or without saving face.
Give him time to deliver, but don’t give him time until we make that demand. And don’t let him get away with not delivering.
When will he unseal Atkinson’s deposition in the impeachment hearings? It’s not under court seal. Schiff sealed it so the SOH could certainly unseal it.
Bingo. I’ll trust Johnson when he attacks and exposes the Democrats with extreme prejudice as the evil scum they are. He also must address the political persecution of President Trump. Until then, nope. I don’t give a damn how good or religious he sounds. But that’s me.
Hannitus intrruptus at work. Sometimes, I just want to wack the taste smooth out of his mouth. But then I remember, he has no taste. Frustrating horse pucky turd knocker!
42 minutes of how can we run out the clock to the 2024 installations. Not one freaking mention of how we got here….Election Fraud.
Election Fraud on Fox is taboo because they were in on it, too.
So Johnson is another fake Christian with no balls. He knows innocent Americans are being persecuted as political prisoners for protesting a blatantly fraudulent election.
I doubt that. Even if there was some argument on that brought up, Fox likely would’ve cut it. Fox interviews are for the interests of Murdoch, not MAGA.
I’ll give Johnson some leeway because 1) he still has to deal with the caucus that McCarthy created, meaning, having to deal with the backstabbing and tactics that led us to this point. A small room for margin with unfavorable people against him, and 2) Gaetz has described him as a tactician, so we shall see in due course how tactical he is or isn’t. Many here have put a lot of trust in Gaetz over this. If Johnson is just another McCarthy, it looks really poor on Gaetz as well.
McCarthy should be on the premiered list run him out of congress like Liz Cheney and Adam Kunt ** Zinger !!!!!!!
You may have misjudged his faith. Having brought a disadvantaged black kid into his home is living out his faith.
Divide and conquer didn’t work for McCarthy. Look for a different approach.
Mike Johnson worked as defender of PDJT. I’ll buy you the adult beverage of your choice if the political prisoners of J6 are not part of his agenda.
I don’t see a frontal attack person but someone that pulls the consensus people thought they had out from under them, smiles, thanks them for their service. Very Southern way of operating. Not the Mass Psychosis way..
never underestimate the artful way a southern practicioner of politics can get things done.
EITHER WAY
It’s going to be very hard for Mike Johnson. There is not way to ignore that reality.
I will support him and I will evaluate what he does to achieve the MAGA/America First Goals.
fairly and objectively.
If he fails, then it becomes the responsibility OF THOSE IN THE HOUSE THAT VOTED HIM IN< TO VOTE HIM OUT.
If the House fails to obligate itself to the contract agreements that seated him, then we all can start shotgunning our withdrawal of consent …
AGAIN.
God Bless America
What “contract agreements” were established in Speaker Johnson’s run for Speaker? I don’t recall any negotiations on Speaker Johnson’s commitments.
My understanding is that the same agreements made to seat mccarthy (which he failed to respect) are the same as those placed on mike johnson.
and even IF these were not made expressly clear AGAIN, the MAGA republicans will be vigilant to make those agenda items, TOP PRIORITY…and if this new speaker can’t get them done.
he gets voted out.
God Bless America
Hmmmm interesting take on him.
If i can get a Hmmmm it’s a happy day..
Balls amongst politically posturing Christians are as rare as personal character is in the Democrat Party. I’ll believe in Johnson when I see action, not before.
How else should the new Speaker get his message out? This “take my ball and go home” attitude is tiresome.
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How to jump start a vomit with this one simple trick….
Watch Sean Hannity.
It’s better than Ipecac.
I loved when Hannity talked about “egos”. I bet he was not talking about his own, huh?
I. Just. Can’t. 🤢
Is there a hashtag for me neither?
I’m interested in what Mike Johnson has to say, but not nearly interested enough to sit through a Hannity interview.
Careful y’all don’t piss off Sean’s sensei bad mouthing his top student now .
That video of Johnson at the time of George Floyd’s overdose death, fully onboard with the BLM agenda, isn’t very reassuring. And he certainly couldn’t have gotten requisite votes if he was taking a principled stand on Ukraine funding. I’m not much for displays of public religiosity, it’s too much like prisoners up for parole. But we shall see.
Johnson was on Pres. Trump impeachment defense team.
Doesn’t that speak to some type of commitment to Pres. Trump and his America First agenda?
I think Johnson’s willingness to walk through fire with Pres. Trump is significant.
“Speaker Mike Johnson, who is a significant upgrade from Speaker Kevin McCarthy…”
Funding for Ukraine – CHECK.
SMH.
I listen to VDH podcasts. I really like his breath of fresh air. But that is only because everyone else is cancelled and there is no more air to breathe. When VDH didn’t understand why MAGA didn’t want McCarthy and claimed it was embarrassing, well welcome to the suck. I am tired of listening to former liberals lecture conservatives because you realize your ideology got so bad. We conservatives,have lived this for 4 decades. For goodness sakes, catch up
Let’s just hope he’s not another Mike… Pence. He certainly earned at least a neutral regard for me back during the President Trump shampeachments.
We shall see.
12:39 Oh, they want less accountability… there’s a shock. This does not bode well.
Secondary to that, I’ve been hearing people in government make flowery promises for five decades & have yet to see any of them deliver positive things for the people they’re supposed to represent.
Words are nice, but cheap & easy. Let’s see what they DO.
I’m not optimistic – based on decades of past experience with these people, and a variety of things said in the interview – that things will be any different “this time”. I’ve seen this movie before.
Hannity. Hannity. Nope don’t know him. Wait is that the same guy who had his start on radio in Santa Barbara while washing dishes part time at a posh Montecito CA restaurant? Or is that the guy who hung drywall and worked with his hands.
Today’s post from Give Him 15 is very important for all. God spoke to Dutch Sheets to encourage us to pray for Michael Johnson.
‘“Pray boldness over Congressman Michael Johnson in this season. Pray that he may walk in strength tempered in grace, that he may boldly speak forth truth, and that his words will be a beacon of hope to the nation.’”
https://www.givehim15.com/post/october-27-2023
I really like Mike Johnson but listening to Hannity is too much.
Opps, the “legendary” Hannity – LOL!!! He’s a legend in his own mind.
Sean is so full of himself. Did he give his guest a chance to speak?
Barely.
Why bother to tune in at all and listen to any of Hannity’s blather.
I can only think that many rino voters are attached to the Fox hip for news
and this is the MAGA way of getting MAGA news to them.
Since “I am from Missouri” (old saying)
I am curious/suspicious that all of a sudden
we get a MAGA speaker
another old saying –
“something is not right in Denmark”
or, perhaps we are lucky, God intervened.
(only if we prayed hard enough and did we?)
at any rate, I will reserve judgment
Waiting to see actions.
Don’t care what they say.
Agree 100%
I just do other things when Hannity is talking, but please watch Mike Johnson. He’s a positive force for good. He’s a pragmatic America-loving kind and generous man. I’m as optimistic as I have been in nearly three years. God bless America.
Just watched the whole thing and Hannity is insufferable. His “I think” helpful hints for the new Speaker were the height of arrogance.
Speaker Johnson was direct and allowed Hannity to pontificate. I think that’s a hint as to how he has risen to the top of the house in just 7 years. I would asses his faith as genuine. “You want to know what I believe? Check a Bible.” That doesn’t leave much wiggle room. I never trusted Pence, with the Billy Graham rule about women, then seeing the way he treated his wife in public.
Speaker Johnson is very Southern in his approach. My southern grandfather was very similar in temperament and building of good will with people in working to a goal. There will be no joy for those looking for a frontal assault on issues from Speaker Johnson.
That southern approach takes more attention but creates loyalty and helps people get out of their own head. Trying to get people to the point of saying, “Not what I want but what’s best for US!”
The reality is with only a few votes to spare, Consensus Building is the only way to make progress and not get high centered by all the people demanding to be the center of attention.
In the vote for Johnson to become speaker, the ground under Kevin McCarthy turned to sand and blew away with platitudes of what a great job he HAD done. The support McCarthy thought he had evaporated away. Don’t discount the work happening behind the scenes to make that happen. There will be lots of people with sand running through their fists.
Remember the Swan- Regal and calm on top, paddling like mad on the bottom..
Trump DoD appointee Brig-Gen Anthony J Tata, has a plotline in his novel Chasing The Lion, that Iranian sleeper cells are in the USA. The Iranians have jobs in the US, including being self-employed, and they own multiple properties. With normal lives, the Iranians obtain US citizenship. Their normal-looking facebook accounts contain coded messages to handlers and other jihadists. Once the Iranians become US citizens, they can buy many weapons which can be distributed to later arrivals.
I wonder where Brig-Gen Tata came up with that plot?
Wont torture myself by watching a deep state barking dog interrogation of the Speaker. Maybe the SOTH will grant an interview with Tucker to clear the air and get his two cents in.
He looks too much like Colbert for me to take seriously.
That is a very unserious position IMO.
Back to the quotidian right out of the box. Let’s struggle over the fake contest Red-v-Blue of guns. Johnson should ignore this absurdity as it is not a federal issue. UNLESS…it is another FBI setup to manipulate headlines. The Congress’ number one issue is to wrest control of the nation’s course from the international gangsters looting our nation and obliterating our society. First thing: repeal the Patriot Act. Another: shut down the corrupt DC federal Circuit courts. Get Wray up for questioning why the FBI commits crimes by complicity hiding Biden criminality, then impeach his ass. Starve the vastly dangerous war machine. Some dumbass in Maine is by no comparison the business of the national Congress.
I’ll give him time before I make my decision. Talking about Johnson.
I don’t see much of a taut spinal cord here.
Let me guess. He told him his mom was a prison guard, he does MMA and he used to be a carpenter.