Some of them are interested specifically in breaking the government.
Johnson may be in favor of the Confederacy.
And another one gone, and another one gone…
Sounds GOOD on the surface. The replacements are likely to be even worse. I despair.
Usually you see these kinds of en masse retirements from a party that’s just lost the majority.
You’d think that with such a crisis on the border the Chairman of the Homeland Security Committee would feel the need to stay in his post.
If it’s a new Congress with a GOP majority, likely his replacement will indeed be worse. Let’s hope there’s a blue wave come November.
Remember the good old days when people were impeached and there was actually a chance they could be convicted?
I remember the good old days of Nixon, when congressional Republicans had the spine to do what was right and tell him to resign.
Now we have toadies enabling a criminal.
And when the President, even though a crook, recognized reality when it smacked him upside the head.
I thought he wasn’t a crook! He even told us so! /s and kidding.
Johnson telling Politico that he expects to pass a Ukraine aid bill, once again depending on Democratic votes in order to pass the bill under suspension (which requires a 2/3 vote of the House). He’s now passed multiple government funding bills and other bills relying on Democratic votes.
What exactly was it that the hardcore FC got out of forcing McCarthy out of office?
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/03/14/mike-johnson-israel-ukraine-aid-bill-00147108
TV air time?
Attention, attention, attention.
The FC, IMHO and that of others, thrives on being seen to “keep fighting and pwning the libs and RINOs”. Muuuuch easier than to advance and pass bills, keep the government running, or answer questions about their spending or actual efforts to improve the lives of their constituents.
Eventually something will happen that enrages their base, or Trump will say something, and THEN they’ll throw another hissy fit. But they ALSO need the Democrats to play along, and they may not be sure that they will, considering what a cluster happened the last time.
Yeah, was mentioning it in another thread – all the drama has gotten the House to exactly where they would have been anyway had they let ol’ Kevin make the deals that needed making, just five months later than they otherwise would have.
And the FC is mighty proud of that 5 month delay.
I’m not going to say that I am grateful for him or that I think he’s good for the country, but at the very least he’s doing the job he’s supposed to be doing, which sadly makes him look like a paragon of statesmanship by comparison to many in his party. Including the last Speaker.
I’m not sure he’s better than his predecessor (a very low bar, granted), but is certainly better than some of the other replacement options (eyeballing you with disdain “Gym” Jordan!)
Don’t get me wrong, I loate and hate McCarthy, but when push came to shove, he did put some bills forward to keep the government funded, and equally worked with the Democrats to get them passed, which, IMHO is all that Johnson has done.
The difference is that McCarthy wanted the job so bad that he proverbially sold his soul and freedom to get it, leaving him on a tightrope from Day Zero. And, like sharks, everyone knew it - so his political ass was always hanging in the breeze. By the time (R) settled on Johnson, there was palpable exhaustion with the endless wrangling and drama, with the (D) team just smiiiiiiling away and holding our their hands. So Johnson is in a slightly stronger position,
Both are horrible, anti-American (unless you meet their very narrow definitions of American), hypocritical BLEEEEEEPs that I would (and did) happily see to have the faces of eaten by their own, but, still, yes, there are faaaaar worse in their own party.
Coming soon to a Congress near you; HOT MEMBER-ON-MEMBER ACTION!
Not with someone else’s member. No way, no how.
Come on, Speaker Johnson, when we said this Congress was a clusterfuck we meant it as a metaphor.