During this interview with Dan Ball, Representative Matt Gaetz explains why he cannot support the effort by Marjorie Taylor Greene to vacate the chair and remove Speaker Mike Johnson. {Direct Rumble Link}
As outlined by Gaetz, there are two or three specific republicans, former democrats, who will vote to support Hakeem Jeffries if the opportunity arises. With all of the exits from the GOP House team noted, it will be a struggle to keep the house in republican control in 2025 even with a resounding victory by President Trump. WATCH:
Okay…. Now what?
Unfortunately, we have to see how the Nov elections play out.
Unless, of course, you want to give Biden an Schumer the House a few month prior to do all kinds of damage.
They have it now. Johnson is the best thing the Democrats have going for them.
Utter tripe!
Johnson can do only so much with a razor thin hold on the Speaker’s gavel.
But why don’t you detail how he could do better, given that there are a number of Ken Bucks just waiting to sell out 😎
Pathetic excuses are the coin of the Republican realm.
most underated reply of the thread
also
im going to quote this well into the future
but one question;
if the republicans lose control of the house, how will they help the democrats launder money in the ukraine?
Let me give you a little detail on how to do better.
Do not under any circumstances bring up any aid to Ukraine up for a vote…..
Yes, there are more.
How about do NOTHING? He had the leverage…
Since it is Tuesday, I recommend a sausage and egg breakfast, for starters. Don’t forget a small handful of berries. If I am feeling like a little orange juice, I always have some on Tuesdays. I also recommend about 12 oz of coffee with about a teaspoon of half and half poured in the cup first (no stirring required).
Politics is bad reading before noon on almost every day, but Friday is probably the worst day of the week. I recommend no not reading politics at all on Fridays. Keep your chin up, and don’t worry too much. It causes rashes and headaches. 🙂
You just described the foundational principle of ju jitsu as it was taught to me years ago. The key in ju jitsu is to remain centered, grounded and relaxed between each attack or defense move. Anxiety and tension weaken a competitor.
Focus on Trump!
All else is chaff and countermeasures.
They are such buffoons and traitors. They must spend all their waking hours thinking up ways to maintain the status quo. I despise them all. Maybe we should vote them all out. At least we would be rid of the uniparty dirtbags. And we would then know that whoever is left are real democrats and go after them next. Clean the house and stand guard by the door.
If we do the first phase of your plan, the country will be totally destroyed before we can get to the second.
Exactly, Arnie. The only people who would “vote them all out” would be Republicans. Democrats expect and condone dishonest and immoral behavior by their elected representatives. The result would be 100% Democrat control across the board.
Pretty sure “vote them all out” means replacing RINOs with America First representatives that actually support their constituents instead of their wallets!
Just try to find one of those willing to serve.
Oh they are out there, they just get destroyed by their own party!
Yes. Republican voters have destroyed the country with their “lesser of two evils” addiction.
Our Mom lays out two sets of clothes and tells us to pick one. It’s not like we’re actually picking out our own clothes. Illusions of choice.
The Republicon party just knows that you will vote for whatever scumbag they roll out there because they’re not a democrat. They’ve been using it to perfection for decades now. Like ornus posted, the Republican establishment is a sell out and their job is to keep us waiting… and waiting… and waiting… and waiting…
They are the right wing and the left wing of the same sh*t bird….same as up here in Canada.
So obvious, yet so many continue to fall for it.
Hello Bill
It’s 100% leftist democrat control across the board now.
It’s functionally destroyed now. In any case it’s apparent the Republicans clearly have no interest in saving it.
No, it won’t.
Eliminate traitors is ALWAYS the first step.
Ok – I change my plan to “let’s all just sit around whining and hope for the best.”
Maybe we should follow the lead of the men who founded this country and focus on electing state governments that ratify nullification laws and work together to weaken the feds. The states are where the people have the most power. The Tenth Amendment gives states the power to keep the feds in check. This emphasis on federal elections undermines the role of the states and keeps us from focusing on where we the people actually have power.
Call a Convention of States, Article V
No.
Agreed. If that can of worms could be opened, you KNOW the PTBs would use it to totally destroy the Constitution as we know it.
NO, repeal the 17th amendment, the same people screwing us now are the ones yall would put in charge of a convention of states, like mark levine who was a huge supporter of making sure obama stayed president or sean hannity and the grifter ted cruz.
I would add repeal 22A & end the fed reserve.
The FEDERAL government IS in charge of a FEDERAl Constitution and a convention.
😂 that’s suicide.
With all of the state legislatures that allowed all sorts of Covid lockdowns, mandates & restrictions choosing representatives to a convention? Or how about the ones that are owned by China?
The time for an A5 convention is long past. It may come again but it’s not likely.
If you want a constitutional crisis on top of everything else going on—support an Art V convention. There is no such thing as convention of states in the entire constitution. It is a made up term by COS to make it sound like a good idea. It is not!
“…or, on the Application of the Legislatures of two
thirds of the several States, shall call a Convention for proposing
Amendments, which in either Case, shall be valid to
all Intents and Purposes, as Part of this Constitution, when
ratifi ed by the Legislatures of three-fourths of the several
States, or by Conventions in three fourths thereof, as the
one or the other Mode of Ratifi cation may be proposed by
the Congress” (Text from Article V of the US Constitution)
p.s. We face a Constitutional Crisis every day the illegitimate Biden regime remains in office!
Seems you left out the first two words of ART V. “The Congress.” Not the state legislatures. “The Congress does it all, after 2/3 of legislators “apply.” That is the states only role. They MAY get to ratify—maybe not— for that depends on what the new constitution calls for. Look up or google “constitution for the NewStates of America.” Carefully look at Art XII, section 1. NO state ratification!
Rather, public referendum by the president! And do you understand that a fed congressman can appoint himself as a delegate? Do you further understand that delegates have “plenipotentiary powers?” See Par. 2, DOI. Do you know that the only “precedent” we have is 1787, which was a DEFINITE runaway. The articles of Condederation were thrown out the window! James Madison, in Federalist Papers said “those who secretly wish to get rid of our Constitution will do so under the pretext of “getting amendments.” If you are still doubtful, check with CRS (congressional research service) for info on WHO (fed congress) orchestrates an ART V convention. Do you not see this is a federal convention for a FEDERAL constitution?
That you put in bold is referring to ratification! Not to a convention of states! You may have been tricked by COS which has huge funding! I say to those funders “keep your grubby hands OFF our beloved Constitution.” And i know several of them.
Nope, disaster.
Nope.
Finally, a voice of reason. Vote for strong state and local governments and ignore the Feds. They only have power when we give it to them.
Bingo!
Nullify the Federal Government for extreme actions outside of Constitutional Authority.
Stop sending payroll taxes to D.C.
Do not allow Federal agents to operate within your State.
Confiscate all ‘federal property’ within your State.
Begin making Trade/Security agreements with like-minded States.
It’s the only way. The solution to the #DCCrimeCartel will never be found within the Cartel.
Trade agreements between states are illegal.
Illegal is irrelevant under this fraudulent government. They care nothing for the Constitution or the People. They do not even follow the laws they place on the People.
Great post… we HAVE to take over our state RNC’s or the RINOs will continue to roam freely.
State governments are also swamps, just on a little smaller scale. Too often, Governors control the Legislature.
FL even has term limits but, ironically, there are former staff members who move to the soon-to-be -vacant districts and run for office. They come with buckets of PAC money and slick, ‘impressive’ resumes. Those termed-out run often for a different office and may end up in DC.
The STATE GOP thwarts grass root efforts and candidates who run against these chosen ones (like Mitch McConnell does, but on a smaller scale). They have even gone so far as to threaten and REMOVE duly elected county Republican Executive Committee (REC) chairs. (REC is like the county chapter of the State GOP).
Considering most of the action needs to happen in the primary and considering 30% turn-out for a primary is a stunning ‘success’, we’ve got much work to do. It can be done, but people must get involved at local levels.
The difference is that most of us live close enough to our state capitals to make a nuisance of ourselves if those who were elected to drain those swamps fail to do so.
But do most do this? It seems to me we keep electing the same POSs over and over. Too many can’t even name their Congress-person, much less their State Rep and State Senator. Most people just vote for the person with the most signs.
Delightful, insightful comment!
Most of the RINO’s were on the party of the ass ticket years before they switched to the fat elephant.. They could not win on the jackass ticket so the switch sides..
sounds like failing males who transgender in order to win
Not bad, dredge2! That might be one of the best analogies of the decade!
Re-elect nobody!
MAGA?Trump must outmaneuver the uniparty, the CCP, an the globalistas –
and things are not always what they seem….Satan is the master of deceit
and MAGA is Good against EVIL
The next few months are VERY tricky
This is good input from the great Rep Gaetz
Completely concur.
And Johnson still sucks!!!!!
BS. Gaetz is the reason the situation is where it’s at right now.
I want to trust him… but all I see and hear is more of the same Republicant “we just have to be patient” crap. I get the reality of the numbers, but I also understand that it’s a show.
The situation is exactly what it’s supposed to be… supposed Republicans in the House literally going out of the way to quit and throw the majority – a slim majority that Democrats would wield effectively, by the way… before our guy can make the scene. We’ve got a near 50/50 split in the Senate but the way important votes shake down, it seems more like we only have ten or fifteen.
We need to go scorched earth on our so-called party, else develop a taste for the repeated beatings we get for supporting them.
He explained that. I am glad there was a fight. I am glad to have McCarthy replaced.
It would be even worse with McCarthy.
Gaetz’ dad is a master statesman, good guy, lots of experience. I believe he was behind Gaetz’ strategy.
Gaetz’ thought 2 steps ahead, but not three. I think MTG foresaw this, and thought her friendship w/McCarthy might be workable for MAGA. I don’t think she was having an affair with him, but he made promises to her that he had no intention of keeping.
We need Congress nuked from space, to put the fear of God into them. Supernatural assistance.
Just to make sure. 😁
You can always count on rinos to show off that yellow streak, that covers their entire back. Cowardly , weak, spineless and ready to give up at a moments notice, without a fight.
exhausting…..
I wanna know what the new leadership of the RNC is doing in reference to all the turd (R) critters dropping like flies. Agree with Gaetz only in maintaining the majority. Doesn’t mean you /we can’t pummel Johnson like a rented mule. Sand in the gears uproar and in his face Mad Maxine stuffff. Tree branch slap up aside his dang head.
What would YOU suggest?
Wiping out the GOP by any means necessary and establishing a legitimate opposition. Until then we get what we deserve.
🎯
It’s almost inexplicable how Republicans can take a winning situation and completely stumble and step on their privates and literally screw the pooch!! Pathetic and sad! Trump should have dumped the R Party in Feb 2017 and started a new one. The R Party would be DOA now!!
They have been dead to us since 2020.
Well, in some states we are taking them over.
Here’s a thought: get your friends and family and take over (1) the teller committee, (2) the credentialing committee, and (3) the training/communication committee for your local Republican party.
Teller committee determines who counts the votes and how (if the GOP won’t run transparent elections, why would anybody else?) The credentialing committee is the GOP equivalent of voter rolls – counting legal votes starts with making sure the voters are legal! And with training/communication you can do a lot to get around the media censorship, because the GOP gets to communicate directly with GOP voters!
At that point, even if you don’t have the leadership of the party, the leadership can’t function without you, and you will pretty soon have the leadership of the party!
My local Republican Party has all of those committees locked up tight – run by grifters stealing the local dime. So even though we are a “Republican” area – the grifters in charge own it and screw us all anyway.
To vote them out is to vote in communists or satanists. The choices are never good.
Treepers, take ‘LearningAsIgo’ notes and do what you can in your own local voting
It wasn’t bumbling or accidental. It was a plan and we all endorse it by continuing to vote for them.
It is dead now. So let’s get The Donald elected and rebuild a new party in DC aligned with strong state governments wherever possible, and craft a new majority party regardless of the name. DJT can be the leader post 2028.
PDJT can’t accomplish our shared goals without support in the House and Senate. In Ohio, confirmed RINO Mike Turner ran unopposed in the primary. He won’t support Trump at all. Here is his statement confirming his anti-Trump position after (apparently reluctantly) voting no. ““In less than a week, President Trump is leaving office disgraced and discredited for his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. However, Speaker (Nancy) Pelosi’s snap impeachment is absent due process, hearings, witnesses and violates our responsibilities under the Constitution. For these reasons, I could not support it.”
Sadly true
1,000 likes! He had 80,000+ or – in his hand at that time.
Whore
???
Why is there not outrage about the R Congressman who is leaving April 19 to leave now (before April 9th) so his spot can be filled? Should he not be relentlessly pressured to leave now? Is he being paid to stay by usurpers to vacate after the reinstatement deadline, so Republicans have one less seat? He should be excoriated for his actions.
Democrats promote evil policies. Republicans think only of themselves. It’s a sad place to be for those of us who love God and country.
Word on the street is Paul Singer is behind the RINO marching orders and $$$$$$.
I am waiting for the day, which surely will come, to read that the House is now in the hands of Jeffries.
What next?
Passing some sort of “law” that essentially defines President Trump as an “Insurrectionist”, signed immediately by the mental and moral aberration that squats in the WH, thus ostensibly removing President Trump from a November ballot?
I’m just gaming out the possibilities. Legal or not, the desperation of the Deep State and the Big Club is starting to whiff more and more every day.
Is this possible?
Or am I so far down the Rabbit Hole I’ve lost my sanity…
(Must run…the Mad Hatter is pouring another cup of dystopian tea….)
Of course you have not lost your sanity.
You are fairly persistent is being reality-based. You refuse to pretend.
And someone will call you Debbie Downer for refusing to pretend.
Don’t let it bother you–in the democrat party, those who would call you a Debbie Downer are still calling biden a good Catholic.
No I will not pretend, Sharon, nor avert my gaze from the madness which seems to have infected millions and not others. Nevertheless, I am still looking for the exit which may or may not exist in the “Wonderland” we’ve all been dragged into. I’ll let you know if I find it.
As for letting someone call me a Debbie Downer? Well, they can try…
But they won’t like the response.
I’ve got one of those faces.
If someone did, it would be a commentary on them, not on you.
I don’t tolerate that sort of nonsense.
Never have.
Many of us feel the same
MTG was all over that weasel like cowardly maneuver.
Simply more sunlight upon the evildoers.
Trust God. Fear not.
Sorry Matt, JOHNSON MUST GO.
THIS CANNOT BE FIXED BY WASHINGTON. UNIPARTY COMMUNISTS CREATED THIS BEAST.
These Evil “Republicans” will resign people until the Communists are in the Majority.
FILTHY situation….requires a FILTHY solution
Gaetz must go, too. He’s a fake.
There’s always another fake in the wings, ready to give people assurance that the “system is working.”
MTG is a fake, too. Don’t forget that she supported McCarthy. Now she’s the new “fighter for the cause.”
And where are the video tapes showing what happened on January 6th? Why haven’t they all been released, Mr Speaker?
Yes, just another chest-pounding loud mouth like Gomert. Like Issa. Like Jordan.
NOTHING ever comes of it.
No justice, just money.
You’d think that there would be some kind of Constitutional or legal protection from rogue congressmen cooking up a plan to subvert the will of the American voters by manipulating the number of GOP held seats in a plan that involves elected Representatives to vacate their seat(s) short of a full term, and after the deadline that would have allowed the State Governor to appoint a substitute to fill in as the temporary representative for the constituents of the vacated Congressional District, creating a situation where the GOP would no longer hold the Congressional House Majority that was given to the GOP by the will of the American people as expressed thru their votes in 2022.
Am I wrong to believe that something like this should not be possible???
Too late to shame him or stop him. Someone has the goods on him, and he bailed out to protect himself. Same with the other rats leaving the ship recently.
Johnson didn’t need to be compromised, he was never MAGA, never a true believer, he was the compromise that the GOPe wanted. The person MAGA wanted as speaker would never get the votes with so many GOPe RINOs in congress.
There is outrage. I have been beating my own CONgressional Rep to expel Gallagher.
It’s revolting & UnAmerican that an entire CONgressional district will have no representation for 8 months.
Gallagher is going to work for Palantir. Coincidentally a defense contractor founded by Peter Thiel, Nathan Gettings, Joe Linsdale, Stephen Cohen & Alex Karp.
I wonder if Rep Gaetz know beforehand if Johnson loved all thing Ukraine, before he backed him for Speaker?
Rep Gaetz voted to vacate. But he did not have any control over the process for filling McCarthy’s vacated seat. Gaetz had no way of knowing in advance who would end up the new Speaker.
MAGA was beating the war drums to remove McCarthy after he handed Biden everything he wanted.
Gaetz took a huge risk to stick his neck out to vacate the seat. The full weight of the DS has come down on him for it. First time in history that a Speaker was removed –shocked the Uniparty –first time the little guys won against the backroom puppet masters. The Empire is now striking back.
in 2020 Johnson was actively involved in court litigation against the 2020 election fraud. Right now I believe he has felt the blackmail (flipping the House to Dem control during this term) and who knows what other pressure points.
Johnson doesn’t strike me as smart or strategic and does not have a warrior mentality. But in 2020 he was one of the few good guys in fighting the election fraud coup.
It seems like many “first times” these last two decades
I agree. Johnson is in over his political head, but he has a good attitude and McCarthy is panting for another chance to run the Congressional ship show. It is best to be careful what we wish for, because we just might get it.
Good to know, about 2020. We are run by criminals.
I abhor people who always “game the system”
I abhor the system.
“… there are two or three specific republicans,
currentformer democrats, who will vote to support Hakeem Jeffries if the opportunity arises.”And a hundred more who would do so if they could.
We won 300 seats in 2022 but were only allowed to claim 200. Now we see why.
Deuteronomy 31:6
6 “Be strong. Take courage. Don’t be intimidated. Don’t give them a second thought because God, your God, is striding ahead of you. He’s right there with you. He won’t let you down; he won’t leave you.”
You mean that 100 seats were stolen by various means in 2022?
Yuppers.
This is incredibly disheartening. These dropouts are not Republicans. WTH are we going to do?
Frankly, I think Gaetz rationale here is spot on.
Johnson is the best we can hope to get AT THIS TIME.
The absolute worst thing the GOP could do right now is to self immolate a few months before the elections.
We are all frustrated. But handing the House over to the Dems mid stream is just so stupid on so many levels.
I firmly believe that Mitch McConnell was instrumental in pushing this Omnibus legislation to the floor. He tied Mike Johnson’s hands in this one.
How are his hands tied? He has a podium and some leverage.
His very first mistake was negotiating with Schumer. He should have consolidated the House, then with a solid vote from the House, gone to the Senate.
Schumer is like the serpent from the garden.
If Johnson is the best we can do then I’m staying home in November. I won’t support a Party where Johnson is acceptable.
I am not even sure if my WA vote is counted. Not voting doesn’t sound like a plan for success
Voting sounds less successful if one is actually paying attention to what the GOP is doing.
I would hope you would vote for President Trump and any America First/MAGA candidates in your local elections.
Everyone is MAGA until they get elected, especially congressmen.
I wish Allen West would come out and write a book on what he experienced in his 2 years in Congress. He told us a bit at some functions here in FL.
He’s not acceptable but the Hakim Jeffries is far less acceptable.
The Democrats don’t need Hakeem as Speaker. They have Johnson.
Exactly
Spoken like a Dem operative 🤗
Yeah, because only dem operatives know how useless the GOP is, right? If that’s the case about 3/4 of Republican voters are dem operatives 😂😂😂
You would think Gaetz’s rationale is spot on.
You have advocated for Johnson every single time he has come up, even when all evidence was presented as the dirt bag that he is.
Johnson is McCarthy 2.0 and socks.
Wonder how much Johnson’s cut is on this next Ukraine funding?
Yes, I hear desperation on the part of the Uniparty for that Ukraine funding, because many want to retire, and wanted a chunk of $$ to take with them. They got used to the no-work, millions from donors $$ while in Congress, and couldn’t make anything comparable to that in the private sector.
So they want their $10M each, from the Uke funding. 50 retirees @$10M each is $500M, peanuts, from the Uke booty.
Most of these people are unable to hold a job in the private sector where they have to actually perform to a metric. Too used to bribes. So they need booty now.
THAT’S WHY they are adamant.
What difference does it make? They are ALL going to stab us in the back.
Knowing that makes you a Dem operative to l4grassjopper😂😂😂
It wouldn’t matter who filled the Speaker’s role. If they wouldn’t play ball, they wouldn’t get the gavel.
The money was getting spent no matter who or what.
We keep waiting for the GOP to do something, anything… like they did from 2016-2018? It’s never going to happen. As others have said, we better fortify what states we can. The progressive machinery has had a pretty good run and doesn’t seem to be slowing.
YES! Thank you. When conditions change, tactics and objectives must change. The clear objective NOW must be to do whatever can be done to stave off as long as possible the Democrat takeover of the House before the vote to approve the Trump electors in January 2025.
Look at the budget deal. We’ve clearly already lost.
Feeling a little Doomy today are we?
No, realistic. Ignorance really isn’t bliss, no matter what the GOP tells you.
I respect realism when it means basing strategy on knowing the facts on the ground.
I don’t accept the more recent use of the term “realist” when/if used as a fig leaf for quitting.
Quitting what? Keep voting harder for betrayal. It’s manly. 😂😂😂
Quitting banging your head against a stone wall and moving to another tactic is wise. It’s not quitting.
They all serve themselves. It’s theater. They’re getting richer funding wars while we are getting poorer. Every election is another ruse where we vote for further enslavement of ourselves and our children.
Catch-22.
How about Gaetz saying he will get rid of that Rino from Wisconsin who is retiring right now so we can have a special election.
It’s too late.
I beat my WI Rep over the head to expel every day from the day I heard the seat would be abandoned.
If MTG does go forward with this it will just confirm my gut instinct about her! Matt Gaetz is correct, this is not the time.
We can’t have anyone fighting back now can we? Taking it all the way up to the elbow with no resistance is what makes us Republicans after all, right?
Speak for yourself.
Every one of your posts screams Dem troll 😎
Yeah, because only Dem trolls know the GOP is ruining the country on purpose🙄. Sorry but most Republican voters know it too. Get ready for another Red Wave in November. You remember the first one don’t you? In 2022 when voters stayed home in droves? How many voters do you think the GOP can afford to have stay home in 2024? I know how many—zero! If they lose even 2% they’re cooked. You’ll have to vote extra hard to make up for it 😂😂. Screwing your constituents comes with a cost. Most don’t like
getting betrayed the way you do.
A ramble of thoughts, not formed opinions:
If the country is run by the usurpers, the government is USA in name only, then funding for Ukraine is gonna happen no matter the vote. Voting is a mind foock for Americans to think they have a voice and a Constitutional process. We do not.
So, does speaker fight this Ukraine issue, knowing the actual operating and controlling government is gonna do anyways? Or does he say ok, doing what he must? Until can take back?
Using this lense to look at things, Johnson as a place holder makes sense.
Perhaps, some see the Controllers and know there is not a damn thing they can do and it is time to shut-up and get prepared for when positioned to take the country back? Maybe now is not time to deal with any single issue as if government still These United States of America. Maybe it is time for uniting to usurp the usurpers.
Has Johnson really betrayed the people?
They’re putting the final nail in the coffin of the $ as a reserve currency.
Once CONgress steals the Russian people’s money & hands it to Ukraine, it’s over. Nobody will ever buy US treasuries again after that.
YES
However: let the record show that this was the very FIRST(!) time in American history(!!) that the House “fired” its Speaker.
So far, the Senate hasn’t done the same. But I look forward to it. I’d like it to become a regular occurrence.
The Speaker has elevated parliamentary authority. But it’s perfectly fine with me if everyone who is handed the gavel always knows that it can be taken away – very quickly. For any reason, or for none. It is an honor(!) that your colleagues give to you. And they can, and just might, then take it back. “Plan Accordingly.”
BECAUSE when there are perhaps 20 actual conservatives in the House, the 20 of the 45 members of the Freedom Caucus who demanded changes for their Speaker votes, every Speaker actually getting elected will be just like Johnson or worse.
So, keep thinking that voting, even if the results were trustworthy which they most definitely are not (see link below) can possibly change things significantly for the better in a TOTALLY corrupted system. They’ve got everything well covered. They’ve had a LONG time to do so.
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2024/03/30/march-30th-2024-presidential-politics-resistance-day-1166/comment-page-2/#comment-10692992
What odds would you give for this actually happening as result of a collapse with a dumbed down population that can’t even spell “Constitution,” let alone know what’s in it?
Only a Collapse and Total Reboot Can Fix Our Bloated Government System
NOVEMBER 14, 2016
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/tony-corvo/2016/11/14/only-a-collapse-and-total-reboot-can-fix-our-bloated-government-system-n48938
Excerpt:
Conservatives keep voting for candidates thinking that they will fix the bugs, but let’s look at what this approach would take. In one form or another we will have to:
1) Elect at least a generation of conservative supermajorities in both chambers of congress. They have to be supermajorities because parliamentary rules allow for political minority actions to stop simple majority legislation.
2) We will have to elect a string of conservative presidents to work with the conservative congresses. We can’t have activist presidents who govern by executive actions in order to bypass congress.
3) True constitutionalists must be nominated and approved to the Supreme Court.
4) Conservatives will have to control at least 37 state legislatures, because sooner or later we will need to make constitutional amendments.
And thanks to Scarlett who previosuly posted the link to this great column previously unknown to me:
2020: An Unrivaled Conspiracy, An Unequalled Theft
Obama, Mayorkas, Krebs, Rubenstein
ELIZABETH NICKSON
MAR 30, 2024
https://elizabethnickson.substack.com/p/2020-an-unrivaled-conspiracy-an-unequalled?utm_campaign=email-post&r=rc7fq&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
And Peter Bernegger who is quoted in the above article was just arrested in Wisconsin and ‘charged with a rarely used crime’ according to TGP.
why does it even matter? Johnson has given them everything they want anyway….
Because for people like them, whatever they get is never enough.
Gaetz is probably right here.
Mike Johnson needs to move to get rid of Gallagher before he leaves the House so they can hold the saet in the primaries today. I think it’s too late to do anything.
Not too late IF the GOP House votes to expell him before the key date of April 19.
MTG is caling for the GOP House to expell Gallager before the 19th. Gallager is waiting to leave on that date because if he were to leave (or be expelled) before the 19th, a special election could be held in the next few months to fill the seat. By leaving on the 19th, Gallagher knows it is past the date that would allow a special election.
The slimeball hasn’t even made any attempt to defend it, has he?
Nope. Many have tried to get him to reconsider or change the date he leaves, but he won’t budge.
The key date is April 9th.
Wisconsin law is:
Regulations on special elections.
(b) A vacancy in the office of U.S. senator or representative in congress occurring prior to the 2nd Tuesday in April in the year of the general election shall be filled at a special primary and election. A vacancy in that office occurring between the 2nd Tuesday in April and the 2nd Tuesday in May in the year of the general election shall be filled at the partisan primary and general election.
Beem watching how the earth has been saved from tornadoes, meteorites, asteroids, etc. but not one has shown how to get rid of dirty politicians.
“Thou shalt not speak ill of thy fellow Republican.” — Ronald Reagan, his Eleventh Commandment
Yeah but would he have considered what we have today republicans?
Thank you. That was my first thought. Ronald Reagan would have been cleaning the clocks of these “Republicans” in a face-to-face barn barner in the oval office.
Things have gotten so bad, JFK would be banned from the Democrat party today as a ‘John Birch Republican’.
Some of PDJT’s core economic policies were directly lifted from JFK’s.
It’s the Uniparty, and has been so since before they killed him.
And then he got completely fleeced by Tip O’Neill on the way out the door.
And gave away California.
Reagan was not without some very major flaws.
Indeed. George Herbert Walker Bush.
Nobody is without some very major flaws. We just have to figure out which ones we cannot live with.
American Congress:
What.
A.
JOKE.
And here it is April SECOND, on top of it.
I’m soooo done with the two party scam.
The republicans never seem to get concerned about maintenance and repair of the barn door until the horses are long gone.
Finally it occurs to Gaetz that the Uni-Party was in charge of stalling the Red Wave two years ago and now enough of them have decided to retire to prevent MAGA from winning anything in the House. MAGA got defeated by the Uni-Party in that election. Only Gaetz and maybe about 80 others actually survived Rigged Election Part Seven, as I estimate. I think Obama won legitimately the first time he lied to everyone for votes. Face it, the USA is full of very stupid voters.
Obama never won anything.
Neither did Wilson or Lincoln. Nor Clinton or Kennedy.
The House will be a democratic majority in 2025. The House GOP has done ABSOLUTELY nothing. MAGA will not vote for the “republicans”. They did it to themselves. You can look forward to more Trump impeachments, more investigations and the America First Agenda being buried by the democrats.
Losing Day 1169
Sometimes you wake up and realize it’s all for naught.
So is there no way to reign in Mike Johnson? Hakeem is a disaster but it seems Johnson is maybe possibly only nominally better
Same poison. Different color package.
Long time no see. I enjoy the theater act of Faux News when they trot CFR Newtie out and tout him as a “Conservative champion”. He was mothballed for a good while, until Heritage America forgot his Clinton crime spree assistance. A handful of us did not. Ty for mentioning my old allies from the JBS
Newt Gingrich: Speaking for Whom?
https://thenewamerican.com/us/politics/congress/speaking-for-whom/
Different religion, too. Maybe not the same poison, but definitely poison. Bank on that.
So . . . can we FINALLY agree that we are not going to vote our way out of this mess (and move on to what at least has a chance of working)?
When you’re not pretending, don’t expect group agreement. And don’t make assumptions that “we” think we are going to vote our way out of this mess. Who is the “we” in your sentence? Does your family think that? Do you that that the “we” of the Treehouse think that? I haven’t thought that for a long time.
The only “assumptions” I’m making are ones that I have seen proposed on this site, so no assumptions on my part.
Instead, I would like to see some REAL solutions proposed. I haven’t seen that yet.
Still working it.
Maybe Israel can save us.
Your attack is uncalled for.
Perhaps you need to be reminded of this from the guidelines:
NO PERSONAL ATTACKS – Ever. The fastest way to lose commenting privileges is to ridicule, bully or personally attack another person’s opinion or comment. Unfortunately people, often good people, let their passion interfere with good manners and personal judgement. If you cannot be polite or respectful, pause – and – do not comment.
Kudzu, you must realize that Grover Gill (BK) and Scut Farkas (dutchman) have special exemption and can do what they please here.
Keeping Johnson will make it impossible for me to support the Republican Party.
You’ll have no choice this cycle, as they are counting on a Democrat Congress to block PDJT’s re-election and Presidency.
Don’t give PDJT the nominal coverage of a ‘Republican’ legislature, and he’ll be neutered.
The civil war over the RNC continues on, and it will be a few more cycles before things turn the corner.
Oh I have a choice. I can stay home. I hate to break it to you but there’s a good chance LOTS of people do the same. When a party openly refuses to represent its constituents many will rebel. The Republican margins of victory are very small. They can’t afford to lose virtually any votes. Sadly 2024 may prove to be bitterly disappointing. Blame the useless Republican congress, not their outraged voters who’ve had enough.
Yes, it very well may be disappointing, since the voters usually reflect the opinions of their fifth grade teachers. But I have hope that our candidate can inspire enough voters to see the hand writing on the wall this time. If I don’t have hope, I will surely have despair.
They are all the same party
I hope you are supporting MAGA, instead. We have to become THE alternative to all of the Collectivist claptrap the people are being subjected to. Time to remake the GOP. Seriously, we cannot expect to ever prevail if we don’t plan to defeat the enemies of our Constitution.
As stated by a famous podcaster, ” Most republicans are democrats but no democrats are republican”. Most of these RINOs are democrats with an R beside their name. I am expecting with some actual leadership that respects the voters wishes in the RNC for the first time…….ever, there better be a much more thorough vetting of nominees. The support for Mike Rogers in Michigan does not give one confidence and understand the pool of good quality is much smaller than the professional class. The bigger issue you have butt hurt McCarthy with a huge war chest he collected prior to his “retirement” determined to stick it to the party for embarrassing him. Why does one need enemies when you have supposed party members who behave like this.
I will say though, I really want to see Mike Johnson primaried.
Most all there are perverted little quislings.
Entrapped and enslaved to far more powerful and evil monsters resident there.
And those who refuse the bait? They are quickly destroyed and sent home.
DC is the head and heart of the Evil Empire, and has been so for a long time. The most evil single place on the planet, IMO.
All justice they will face in this life will be nothing compared to God’s final justice upon them.
They cheated in just enough Senate and House elections in 20/22 so they (the Uniparty) could do exactly what they’re doing now. My guess is that by November the re-pube-icans will no longer have the majority.
Also lots of voters will stay home because Republicans refuse to give their voters any reason to show up. Cheating may not be as necessary because of GOP uselessness.
Discretion is the better part of valor. Gaetz is correct. Recall that back when he precipitated the vacate, we almost lost the speakership to Tom Emmer, an open anti-Trumper who would have been worse than McCarthy. The only reason that didn’t happen is because Trump stepped in with a “Truth” crushing Emmer, and Emmer removed himself from contention within 3 hours.
Strangely, Gaetz himself had supported Emmer for the job. The only thing I can surmise is that his hatred of McCarthy is personal, and at that point he feared the Democrats could commandeer the process and install Jeffries. That shows you how tight and risky this business is.
Back then we had a narrow four seat majority. Now we have only a one one seat advantage. It is best that we do the best we can with Johnson, who has been disappointing, but who, it is true, is working with that slim majority. With good results come November we hopefully will have the leverage to do better.
He would have still had a 2 vote majority if he had not rushed to expel Santos. That was either stupid or orchestrated.
Both.
so what is different under R speakership?
who gets to voice policy priority?
“As outlined by Gaetz, there are two or three specific republicans, former democrats, who will vote to support Hakeem Jeffries if the opportunity arises. With all of the exits from the GOP House team noted, it will be a struggle to keep the house in republican control in 2025 even with a resounding victory by President Trump”
They really should expel Gallagher now. Obviously Gaetz wouldn’t support getting rid of Speaker Johnson after he worked so hard to get him in that position. At this point I’m starting to think Johnson is worse than McCarthy, which is why Gaetz wanted him. I do NOT trust Gaetz…
Getting rid of Johnson 7 months before the November election is a ludicrous idea.
MTG tried to backpedal by saying she simply wanted to put him on notice.
More ludicrous than making him Speaker to begin with?
Tactically, he’s not wrong. Given the state of the GOP, the retirements and lack of a viable replacement, we are stuck with Johnson. Who, by the way, was endorsed by Trump. And that endorsement doesn’t bode well for his future choices because we all know that is his greatest downfall. Johnson is not America First, yet Trump endorsed him. Who is going to pick as his VP? Scott is the name mentioned most at this point and he’s Pence 2.0.
Anyway, there’s no way to get rid of Johnson without everything, and I mean everything, blowing up. The GOP would lose their majority and the Dems put Jeffries in Speaker’s seat. None of that ends well for the country.
Do you have a link? My recollection differs. I do not recall that President Trump endorsed anyone.
The only time he got involved was when Anti-MAGA, Anti-Trump Emmer was getting the GOP to rally behind his potential speakership. President Trump nixxed that.
The rounds of voting for Speaker happened behind closed doors out of the public eye. Johnson came out of the blue late in the rounds of voting, a real surprise. The pressure was building after each potential candidate could not get the required votes.
The round of voting where Johnon came out on top happened quickly, behind closed doors, late in the process. A lot of the House members were not even familiar with who he was.
Word was that McCarthy was maneuvering to take back his speakership when the upset vote happened. McCarthy was gob-smacked by the turn of events.
Maybe you didn’t mean endorse for speaker but rather endorsing him in 2022 for the House?
I wouldn’t be surprised if he was endorsed in his relection campaign in 2022. I assume Pres Trump appreciated Johnson’s efforts in 2020 to litigate against the 2020 election fraud –one of the few to step up into the arena in that fight.
Tim Scott?
The Repubs are planning on giving the House to the Dems anyway either right before or right after the election. Gaetz appears to be running cover, stalling for time. Sorry, but that’s the way it looks.
You are correct, sir.
Vacate the chair. Let the demos vote for Jefferies, out the RINOs.
Then vacate the chair again, immediately.
Even if Jefferies uses the chair effectively for 8 months, he will effectively elect real MAGA Republicans down ballot from our favorite President.
This razor thin majority is by design. If anyone can come up with a better idea on how to inflict defeat on the swamp, I’m listening.
When the republicants had the majority they did more to stymie Trump and advance the agenda then gleefully handed the reins over to Pelosi and then Schumer. Not one Senator came forward to adjourn the body so Trump could make appointments. Anyone thinking we can vote our way out of this now that election cheating is rampant is full of hopium. I pray that speaker RINO Johnson holds unto the gavel until after the election. However thats highly unlikely. Two wings of the same party.
Got to wonder if Matt Gatez is not actually announcing the next “move” by the GOPe wing of the Uni-party in the House.
Instead of “retiring”, those 2-3 Republicans (ex-democrats) declare they are now “INDEPENDENT”, then the democrats seek to vacate Johnson from the Speaker position.
This would save the GOPe wing of the Uni-party the embarrassment of handing over the House before November 2024.
After all there are democrats in the House and Senate who have switched to “Independent” but who still caucus, behind the curtains and “unnoticed” by the media, with the democrats. So, a few republicans doing so out of protest against President Trump would not raise any eye brows except for the drama in the media.
The only nuance this time these cretins would “act” like real Independents.
Is there something in the genetic makeup of GOP politicos that compels them to prove they are the Stupid Party on a daily basis?
GOP= Gutless, Obsequious, Pathetic
If these are the only people who can save us from the Marxist/Tranny lunatics then we are really in desperate straits.
Times are not normal of course, but has there ever been a time a president (Trump 2024) won in a landslide while his party lost the House?
Perhaps only in an election where he wins 18/19 bellweather districts but still loses….
Normally the winning president bootstraps up the down-tickets.
MTG’s measure will be a flare, rather than an actual artillery round. Without someone like Gaetz coming along she knows that. She would be standing on the prow of the ship as it sank by the stern.
MTG is NOT one of us..
Mike Johnson is not one of us.