Johnson: Additional hurricane aid 'can wait' until Congress is back in session

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: The Hill

10/13/24 9:32 AM ET


Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Sunday said passing additional hurricane aid for states impacted by Hurricanes Helene and Milton “can wait” until Congress is back in session after the election. CBS “Face the Nation” host Margaret Brennan asked him why he thinks it’s fine to wait until November for Congress to pass more aid for Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton victims.

“Well, it can wait because, remember, the day before Hurricane Helene made landfall in Florida and then went up through the states and wound up in Senator Tillis’s state of North Carolina, Congress appropriated 20 billion additional dollars to FEMA so that they would have the necessary resources to address immediate needs,” Johnson said.

Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) was part of a bipartisan group of senators to sign a letter urging Senate leaders to think about bringing lawmakers back into session this month to enact disaster legislation before the end of the year.

House lawmakers have also urged Johnson to bring the chamber back into session. A group of Democrats sent a letter last week asking him to do so, and Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) posted on the social media platform X, “If Congress goes into a special session we can get it passed immediately. This needs to happen. @SpeakerJohnson call us back.”

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4930814-mike-johnson-hurricane-aid/

[durablend]

1. Of course he can't do it

Trumps arm is up Magic Mike's ass

[bahboo]

2. and yet Louisiana voters (luckily not affected this time)....

will vote him back in.

[dweller]

3. So , this new one developing in the Atlantic ?

If we can get the weather machines on it to guide it to Louisiana … how soon will Moses change his tune ?
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[alwaysinasnit]

4. Daaaammmn! Looks like Maga Johnson just sent a massive FU to all those affected by the hurricanes.

[2naSalit]

10. Maga Moses...

Is gonna have some 'splainin' to do when it comes out.

[alwaysinasnit]

12. ...

[The Unmitigated Gall]

5. You hear that, Trump-humpers?

Your fearless leader Mike says you can wait.

[DSandra]

17. Trump will just go and blame Biden once again...

Trump's tactics are incredibly cynical and exploit the ignorance of his followers. Although that could be said about Republicans for the longest time. Trump has been incredible at exploiting what Republicans previously laid the groundwork for.

[slightlv]

6. Anyone who can vote for this mean idiot

should be made aware constantly of what Holy Mike thinks of his xtianist duty towards his constituents... and then vote the *ucker out of office!!!! But xtianists being who they are, they don't care whether or not anyone of their group follows the bible or Christ's words... they only care about themselves. Just wait until THEIR state next needs fema help!

[TBF]

7. I hope everyone remembers this the next time Louisiana is hit. nt

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

8. Pious asshole lives in hurricane country

Karma

[Bristlecone]

9. He and his fellow shitheels will continue to flood the airwaves

With talk of how the Biden White House refuses to send aid. Aid he will not call to order and appropriate.

In other words, play politics with people’s lives, just like Jesus would do.

[BumRushDaShow]

11. We need to make sure he is a "one year" SOH and get Hakeem Jeffries in!

[sakabatou]

13. Johnson: I don't care about you people, I want Harris to look bad!

[Talitha]

14. I saw part of it this morning.

He fast-talked his way through it, indicating that Congress has already done their job, and it's the Biden administration that needs to get moving.

Had to shut it off, I could feel my blood pressure going up.

[AllaN01Bear]

15. snork.

[MyOwnPeace]

16. IF the Dems can control weather.......

why haven’t they sent lightening to kill Moses Mike and MTG?

[Evolve Dammit]

21. Shhh. We need a little more time to calibrate the machine. It's complicated...

[KS Toronado]

18. " Congress appropriated 20 billion additional dollars to FEMA"

And out of the other side of his mouth "FEMA gave all that money to illegals" Only know of a couple
elected republicans who are decent people.

[jaxexpat]

20. These days, those "couple elected Republicans who are decent people" belong in a museum.

"...and over here kids are the only remaining examples of Republicanus Decentus. They died out in the Trumpus Tantrumian era of self-extinction. Paleontologists usually cite "reality denial syndrome" as the cause of their demise while another theory considers karma the reliable factor."

Ther's no need for panic, these glacially-ponderous-but-seemingly-inevitable aspects of modern concern are merely reminders that civilization is a process, not a destination. Wisdom is wearing the proper PPE.

[Geechie]

19. Rep Luna can FATWO

She (and eleven other FL reps) voted against full FEMA funding before Helene hit.

https://upload.democraticunderground.com/100219541586]

[cannabis_flower]

24. FATWO?

[FalloutShelter]

26. Frack all the way off.

[Geechie]

34. Thank you - forgot not everybody has the PMAS

(Potty Mouth Abbreviation System)

[poozwah]

22. who?

we all know who is behind this. tillis knows it, but will he say it? tillis is like damn near every republican in that he as been castrated by donald trump. the tar that used to keep his heels firmly in place while fighting for his principles has dissappeared. he is a eunuch with no soles.

[MyOwnPeace]

23. A 'eunuch with no' what?

[poozwah]

29. balls

he has no balls. sorry bout that.
soles? well, tar heels refers to, by some, to the north carolina soldiers refusal to retreat during battle. this was told to me by a high school classmate who was the son of a north carolina congressman.

[GiqueCee]

25. Johnson would...

... gut his own children from groin to gizzard for Der Party, and do it twice for Trump. He is a self-serving weasel and a coward.
Just as an unknowing passenger in a car driven by someone who murdered a convenience store clerk, the unknowing passenger is held just as liable for the murder. By the same token, those who support a traitor, and actively do his bidding, should also be considered traitors, and be dealt with accordingly. I'm lookin' at YOU, Mikey, you miserable little shit.

[ColinC]

27. But going on face the nation can't!!

[The Wizard]

28. He's a threat to democracy

It is imperative for Democrats to take back the House to remove Johnson from the Speaker's office. He's an extremist with charm and a pathological liar for fascism.

[bluestarone]

30. Need a huge ad with him saying this

In NC and Florida!

[DENVERPOPS]

31. Mike Johnson

has also publicly stated that if Harris/Walz win, that he, unlike Pence, will not certify the election......

[BoRaGard]

32. Have all the Repubes gone to luxury vacay in Cancun?

Seems to be the G.O.P.s preferred place to luxuriate,
and do NOTHING for Americans.

[BumRushDaShow]

33. Cancun got hit by some of Milton

Costa Mujeres is just outside of it - https://uk.news.yahoo.com/lightning-streaks-sky-over-mexico-141346313.html

https://mx.usembassy.gov/weather-alert-hurricane-milton/

The track scraped along the northern coast of the Yucatan peninsula before doing the turn north towards FL (Cancun is around on the northeastern part of the peninsula, just around the bend)!

[mdbl]

35. ok, we'll just stand around in the rubble until January

Thanks for nothing asshole

[Rhiannon12866]

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