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Miles Archer

(21,135 posts)
7. The "Senior Republican" had access to everything we've had access to. Every headline.
Mon Nov 24, 2025, 09:26 AM
Monday

Worst kept "secret" of all time...Trump wanted to hobble / spay & neuter Congress and reduce government to one branch, actually one person...himself.

And I don't have inside info on Johnson. It's one of two things (maybe both):

1). He saw Kevin McCarthy chewed up and spit out and said "Not gonna happen to me, no matter what"
2). He was promised "something" if he had Trump's back, right or wrong, 100% of the time.

And, as we all know, he's hidden behind Jesus every step of the way.

The only area in which Trump can be "given credit" is that he makes his intentions known, consistently. As an impulsive toddler, he must issue 2 AM fatwas on "Truth Social."

The other thing we know about Republicans is 90% of the time, when they are asked about Trump's social media outbursts, their response is "I didn't see that, and I don't comment on things I haven't seen," even though THEY ALL SEE IT.

It's not like Trump was running a soup kitchen and feeding the homeless and then turned into a bastard overnight.

He's been ANNOUNCING ALL OF THIS since the 2024 campaign. He's doing what he PROMISED he'd do. A lot of it got dismissed as "Oh, that's Trump just being Trump, he's WEAVING..."

When he said that "Dictator on Day 1" crap, he meant it. On day one and every day that followed.

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Why not force a vote on ol' Mikey then? newdeal2 Monday #1
Yep. Pretty much the motivation for my subject line. Miles Archer Monday #2
The rules were changed. Wiz Imp Monday #19
I suspect they've been ordered from on high WestMichRad Monday #20
Cry us a fucking river, House Republicans. Paladin Monday #3
Aww: IT'S SO UNFAIR! Chasstev365 Monday #4
The "Senior Republican" had access to everything we've had access to. Every headline. Miles Archer Monday #7
Right MustLoveBeagles Monday #9
And they could still remove him. At any point Buckeyeblue Monday #12
A heartwarming story ☺️ enough Monday #5
K&R spanone Monday #6
"Mike Johnson will be stripped of his gavel and they will lose the majority before this term is out." intheflow Monday #8
lWho are you, "senior House RepubliKKKan"! Jilly_in_VA Monday #10
My reaction: sakabatou Monday #11
That's the thing about authoritarians. Everyone is their tool. Duh Raven123 Monday #13
Bwa-ha-ha-ha! Martin68 Monday #14
To Sr Repug. You can remove him if you choose. bronxiteforever Monday #15
GOP got the power they wanted. Marcuse Monday #16
Tsk, tsk, what a shame PatSeg Monday #17
I think they believed Trump would become King of the Pigs, and that he'd make room at the trough for all of them Miles Archer Monday #18
Anyone with half a brain PatSeg Monday #24
That, and the death / bomb threats. Miles Archer Monday #25
Yes and Trump knows exactly PatSeg Monday #26
Well, I'm good with that. MineralMan Monday #21
For the 9,000,000th time - Stacey Grove Monday #22
File a motion to vacate. dalton99a Monday #23
There is one fact.... Grins Monday #27
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