# The Great Ongoing Revolving Speakership of the 118th Congress {Mike Johnson is new speaker as of 2023-10-25} **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [October 12, 2023, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-revolving-speakership-of-the-118th-congress-mike-johnson-is-new-speaker-as-of-2023-10-25/991432 "2023-10-12T02:05:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 78
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2024, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-revolving-speakership-of-the-118th-congress-mike-johnson-is-new-speaker-as-of-2023-10-25/991432/1541 "2024-03-19T14:34:50Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Trump could do that if he wanted to. He could walk down stairs **and** windsurf, probably both at the same time. I think he should give it a try! While juggling nitro… ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2024, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-revolving-speakership-of-the-118th-congress-mike-johnson-is-new-speaker-as-of-2023-10-25/991432/1542 "2024-03-19T17:45:21Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Same here- bad knees due to arthritis- going down hurts more than up. > > And yeah, I always use the handrail. This is me. And going downslope on a ramp is worse than stairs. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2024, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-revolving-speakership-of-the-118th-congress-mike-johnson-is-new-speaker-as-of-2023-10-25/991432/1543 "2024-03-21T22:04:51Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Biden is not **slowly descending** the steps. He’s walking down the steps at a perfectly normal pace. If he moved any faster he’d be jogging. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2024, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-revolving-speakership-of-the-118th-congress-mike-johnson-is-new-speaker-as-of-2023-10-25/991432/1544 "2024-03-21T22:40:48Z")
> [@Jihi](#): > > Is Mike Johnson a part of the Deep State As mentioned earlier, probably not very deep. > [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > That Biden doesn’t run down steps three at a time anymore or something? You know who used to run down steps three at a time? **Gerald Ford.** Let’s not have any of that now. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2024, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-revolving-speakership-of-the-118th-congress-mike-johnson-is-new-speaker-as-of-2023-10-25/991432/1545 "2024-03-22T13:27:47Z")
I think Biden is perhaps going a little gingerly, but that’s understandable when the cameras are aimed right at him. Better to be too slow than do a Dick Van Dyck skip down the steps. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2024, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-revolving-speakership-of-the-118th-congress-mike-johnson-is-new-speaker-as-of-2023-10-25/991432/1546 "2024-03-22T14:30:15Z")
If I were going down those steps, TV cameras or not, I’d definitely hold onto someone’s arm. But, of course, Biden could not do that. Nor could any male at any time, nor any President/Presidential candidate, male or female. (Cf. Hillary’s _wobble._) ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2024, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-revolving-speakership-of-the-118th-congress-mike-johnson-is-new-speaker-as-of-2023-10-25/991432/1547 "2024-03-22T14:32:54Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Nor could any male at any time, nor any President/Presidential candidate **[Well…](https://edition.cnn.com/2020/06/15/politics/donald-trump-health-ramp-water/index.html)** ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2024, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-revolving-speakership-of-the-118th-congress-mike-johnson-is-new-speaker-as-of-2023-10-25/991432/1548 "2024-03-22T15:03:08Z")
63 - 10 yrs ago I shattered all 3 bones in my ankle walking down a half-flight of 7 steps in my own home. (Had something in my hands, such that I was not using the handrail.). You’d better believe that since then, I’m ALWAYS looking for the handrail. Of course, on these boards we’ve seen folk post clips of Trump claiming they establish dementia, so let the RNC post what they will. The RNC news I saw recently was that apparently [donations to RNC go to Trump (and his lawyers) first. Then, if anything is left…](https://apnews.com/article/trump-campaign-fundraising-rnc-c0e8f1e7b59f70c5237e13a3462e5790) And the rubes keep lining up to be fleeced! ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2024, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-revolving-speakership-of-the-118th-congress-mike-johnson-is-new-speaker-as-of-2023-10-25/991432/1549 "2024-03-22T15:09:33Z")
> [@Dinsdale](#): > > Of course, on these boards we’ve seen folk post clips of Trump claiming they establish dementia, so let the RNC post what they will. There’s a difference, though. When a video is posted of Trump saying “Argle Bargle!”, he’s actually saying “Argle Bargle!” in the video, and it’s left up to us to determine if that is evidence of dementia or not. We can argue about the _interpretation_, but not the _facts_. But this? The GOP description of what happens in the video is just _factually wrong_. He’s walking pretty damn normally the whole time, and you can see that right in front of you, if you’re not totally deluded. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2024, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-revolving-speakership-of-the-118th-congress-mike-johnson-is-new-speaker-as-of-2023-10-25/991432/1550 "2024-03-22T15:35:17Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > …and you can see that right in front of you, if you’re not totally deluded. Yeah - that is another difference. The intended audience of this vid is eager to accept whatever they are told the vid shows, without bothering to even consider whether that jibes with what their eyes show them. (Assuming they even WATCH the vid.) ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2024, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-revolving-speakership-of-the-118th-congress-mike-johnson-is-new-speaker-as-of-2023-10-25/991432/1551 "2024-03-22T15:42:47Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > The GOP description of what happens in the video is just _factually wrong_. Of course, this would only matter if the GOP cares about facts. ---
**Author:** ![flurb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2024, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-revolving-speakership-of-the-118th-congress-mike-johnson-is-new-speaker-as-of-2023-10-25/991432/1552 "2024-03-22T15:45:03Z")
The vote to approve the budget for the remaining 70% of federal agencies is going on now in the House. As of right now, the vote is just below the 2/3 threshold that Johnson needs to pass this on suspension. ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2024, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-revolving-speakership-of-the-118th-congress-mike-johnson-is-new-speaker-as-of-2023-10-25/991432/1553 "2024-03-22T15:46:18Z")
> [@gnoitall](#): > > Of course, this would only matter if the GOP cares about facts. Well, yes, but we were discussing our own actions here at the SDMB. I assume we still care about the facts? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![flurb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2024, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-revolving-speakership-of-the-118th-congress-mike-johnson-is-new-speaker-as-of-2023-10-25/991432/1554 "2024-03-22T15:47:00Z")
Just passed by the skin of its teeth. ---
**Author:** ![DWMarch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwmarch/32/1010_2.png) [@DWMarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWMarch)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2024, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-revolving-speakership-of-the-118th-congress-mike-johnson-is-new-speaker-as-of-2023-10-25/991432/1555 "2024-03-22T15:56:17Z")
CNN is reporting that MTG has filed a motion to vacate. ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2024, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-revolving-speakership-of-the-118th-congress-mike-johnson-is-new-speaker-as-of-2023-10-25/991432/1556 "2024-03-22T16:04:08Z")
Yep, just saw that reported. It will be interesting to see how many of the crazies are willing to go through this mess all over again in an election year. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2024, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-revolving-speakership-of-the-118th-congress-mike-johnson-is-new-speaker-as-of-2023-10-25/991432/1557 "2024-03-22T16:13:02Z")
> [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](#): > > Yep, just saw that reported. It will be interesting to see how many of the crazies are willing to go through this mess all over again in an election year. Certainly Margie, Laurie and Matty are happy to get another chance. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2024, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-revolving-speakership-of-the-118th-congress-mike-johnson-is-new-speaker-as-of-2023-10-25/991432/1558 "2024-03-22T16:13:53Z")
> [@DWMarch](#): > > CNN is reporting that MTG has filed a motion to vacate. Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! \< takes breath \> Ha ha ha ha ha ha! Edit: I guess she’s pissed that the R’s are actually doing something to run the country. ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2024, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-revolving-speakership-of-the-118th-congress-mike-johnson-is-new-speaker-as-of-2023-10-25/991432/1559 "2024-03-22T16:16:36Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! \< takes breath \> Ha ha ha ha ha ha! I had a similar reaction. Mine was more of a “Bwa ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!” though. Holy cow, I thought were done with this kind of tomfoolery for now. I propse the Republicans just make MTG the Speaker. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2024, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-revolving-speakership-of-the-118th-congress-mike-johnson-is-new-speaker-as-of-2023-10-25/991432/1560 "2024-03-22T16:18:06Z")
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