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Silent3

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5. What I need to know is if he's the type to play with government shutdowns and Ukraine aid

Wed Oct 25, 2023, 04:26 PM

Oct 2023

Getting bare-bones budget stuffed passed without enormous poison pills, and not wasting time on phony investigations and impeachment threats, is the best we were going to get out of this session of Congress anyway.

If we get that with this guy, we can count ourselves lucky.

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The New Speaker is Everything Voters Hate about the GOP [View all] applegrove Oct 2023 OP

Time to hang the wallpaper on him. nt The Unmitigated Gall Oct 2023 #1

Yup. He's a piece of shit, but he's going to hurt the R's a lot in 2024 Cuthbert Allgood Oct 2023 #2

That sounds like good news to me! calimary Oct 2023 #13

I don't think he'll hurt the GOP. The GOP think tank is very good at figuring out how to use idiots for votes. C Moon Oct 2023 #31

He is more of the fringe side. LiberalFighter Oct 2023 #34

But he comes from a family of good speakers. usonian Oct 2023 #3

"I think Gabby Johnson speaks for all of us." Magoo48 Oct 2023 #7

Mike Johnson (no relation to Gabby Johnson) japple Oct 2023 #9

ROFL!!! calimary Oct 2023 #15

I'm Particularly Glad... GB_RN Oct 2023 #32

"Howard Johnson is right!" Wednesdays Oct 2023 #37

Dude sounds like peak clownstick for the shitshow party Blue Owl Oct 2023 #4

What I need to know is if he's the type to play with government shutdowns and Ukraine aid Silent3 Oct 2023 #5

From what I've seen, he's worse than Kevin, who was controlled by the RWNJ's usonian Oct 2023 #8

Can't do it Rebl2 Oct 2023 #10

Precisely. Impossible magat demands ( do ya remember aid to Ukraine vanishing? ) usonian Oct 2023 #20

Anti-aid to Ukraine, misogynist, anti-lgbtq+. niyad Oct 2023 #11

In general if they are from the South... nt LiberalFighter Oct 2023 #6

Like John Lewis (RIP), Jasmine Crockett, Debbie Wasserman-Schultz, David Scott, japple Oct 2023 #12

Did you miss the first two words? LiberalFighter Oct 2023 #18

No I didn't miss anything. In general, "people who are black...women...queer...the South" etc. japple Oct 2023 #23

Thank you so much. (nt) Paladin Oct 2023 #36

The GOP is in power due to gerrymandering, poor schools, and propaganda IbogaProject Oct 2023 #39

There are no decent republicans. Proud Southern Belle Oct 2023 #14

at the very least Skittles Oct 2023 #40

The GOP was desperate to elect a speaker. They were showing their incompetence. keithbvadu2 Oct 2023 #16

how did he get 220 votes? bucolic_frolic Oct 2023 #17

I think the votes were there to elect Jordan, the difference, voters knew who Jordan was. Just like tfg in PortTack Oct 2023 #19

I refer you to post 14: there are no decent republicans quakerboy Oct 2023 #29

They actually elected that idiot? malthaussen Oct 2023 #21

How low can they go? liberal N proud Oct 2023 #35

Never trust a politician (or anyone, but especially politicians) who think their success... JHB Oct 2023 #22

Hopefully, Tiny Johnson will just accelerate the party's collapse. tinrobot Oct 2023 #24

We are about to encounter domestic terrorists (in suits) on their impending planned shutdown. Evolve Dammit Oct 2023 #25

A white evangelical from the Bible Belt who was a leader in election denial. walkingman Oct 2023 #26

I'm sure he'll try to be the biggest asshole in Congress right away SouthernDem4ever Oct 2023 #27

He won't have to try hard. MyMission Oct 2023 #30

"Best Way To Make Someone's Quiet Extremism Widely Known? Elect Them Speaker" chia Oct 2023 #28

Which is exactly what the radical right wants liberal N proud Oct 2023 #33

Which is why I predict the election of Johnson will backfire peggysue2 Oct 2023 #38

But he's everything Fox News loves in an authoritarian dictatorship. Initech Oct 2023 #41