How Do You Solve a Problem Like Mike Johnson?
American Thinker,
by
Brian C. Joondeph
Original Article
Posted By: DW626,
4/22/2024 7:27:04 AM
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
skacmar 4/22/2024 8:02:35 AM (No. 1703896)
It is not a problem like Mike Johnson, but a problem like a Republican controlled Congress. Mike Johnsons problem is herding the cats that make up the Republicans in the US House of Representatives. They have a one vote majority yet act like they have a 50 vote majority. The hard liners and RINOS fail to understand the tightrope that Johnson is forced to walk every day between factions of Republicans and Democrats. No matter what he does, someone will be upset in order to get business done.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
plomke 4/22/2024 8:03:11 AM (No. 1703897)
Its not just Mike.
Its all of them and the judiciary and the bureaucracy.
We need to remove power from the District of Corruption.
That is a good beginning...
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
stablemoney 4/22/2024 8:10:07 AM (No. 1703900)
Replace Johnson. Republicans still control the House. There is always someone to say don't fight back. No. Fight back. Get rid of Johnson. He is a lout.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
felixcat 4/22/2024 8:17:39 AM (No. 1703912)
The Dems such as Nancy Pelosi as Speaker of the House and before her, Lyndon Johnson as Majority Leader in the Senate were able to corral their cats but not Republicans. Are the Rs easier bought off and for less money than Dems?
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Flyball Dogs 4/22/2024 8:50:28 AM (No. 1703928)
The article makes a compelling case for NOT replacing Johnson before the election.
I can’t believe we were so fooled by him. I really thought he was going to be different.
Corruption of the whole House appears complete. Not sure if this can be fixed, even with PDJT in the WH.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
bpl40 4/22/2024 8:56:45 AM (No. 1703931)
Lincoln called Democracy the least best government. That is what we have in Mike Johnson. He is doing his best herding cats. What is the alternative?
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Gordon Mills 4/22/2024 9:06:24 AM (No. 1703935)
MJ is just Paul Ryan Light. Old Mr. 'I was against government spying on it's citizens until he was for government spying on it's citizens'. That probably came with a lot of cash.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Dodge Boy 4/22/2024 9:18:11 AM (No. 1703945)
Think it through. Just suppose for a minute that MTG's motion to replace Johnson gets legs and he is no longer House Speaker then says, " fine, I resign from the House effective immediately. The dims would then have the House majority and control the committees. Now I ask, what else could possibly go wrong after that before and after the general election in November?
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
DVC 4/22/2024 9:30:22 AM (No. 1703954)
Apparently almost ALL the members of Congress are able to be blackmailed by the DC Uniparty Deep State Criminal Cabal to do their bidding. Is there something dark in his past or is it as simple as "you would hate to have your family die suddenly, wouldn't you?" sort of threats.
Changing Speakers has no effect, each new person is soon under control of the Deep State, probably via FBI or CIA threats.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Rumblehog 4/22/2024 9:31:57 AM (No. 1703958)
Start by obtaining a subpoena for all his e-mails and text messages.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
ARKfamily 4/22/2024 9:38:10 AM (No. 1703964)
I place the blame elsewhere and that is on the RNC. The leadership has been very weak especially with Ronna McDaniel. They need to get their act together and define what it means to be a Republican. . .
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Socio 4/22/2024 10:06:41 AM (No. 1703985)
The fate of the country is hanging by a thread, if we make it to November, get Trump elected, the first order of business has to be the complete dismantling the Intel community and scattering it to the winds.
They are the ones that got to Mike Johnson, all it took was a couple behind closed door briefings with them and he was a different man. They are the ones that have the dirt on everyone, using it to control congress, the FBI, and the Biden Administration.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
mifla 4/22/2024 10:56:30 AM (No. 1704014)
Being a Speaker of a one vote majority House comprised of "mavericks" is not easy.
That being said, he lied about tying border security to Ukraine funding.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
Geoman 4/22/2024 12:23:44 PM (No. 1704060)
Aside from having offered support, verbally and in writing, for both McCarthy and more recently, Johnson, Donald Trump is curiously silent on his party's disarray and dissension. Many of Trump's vocal followers trash Republicans in general, claiming they will never again vote for the R candidate, throwing down an obligatory 'MAGA' to bolster their argument that there is no daylight between democrats and Republicans in Congress. Trump did not choose to run under a MAGA party and is consequently at the pinnacle of the Republican Party, where vision and leadership should be expected from any top Republican, especially in a most critical election year. I know Trump is busy with democrat lawfare, but his chosen party appears disunited at a time when it should be pulling together, under the banner of proactive conservatism, as opposed to reactive populism. Abandoning conservatism really does contribute to a Uniparty, albeit with opposing sub-factions. Reagan was able to unite the country's middle class into a landslide coalition, through his ability to consistently articulate and project a conservative vision. Trump could be just as successful at the ballot box if he borrowed more from Reagan than the "Make America Great Again" slogan Reagan/Bush used in '80.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
earlybird 4/22/2024 12:46:17 PM (No. 1704078)
President Trump is smart enough to realize that if Johnson goes now, he will be removed from the ballot and you can kiss a Trump second term goodbye. For Pete's sake, do as some have done and read this well-reasoned article. Joondolph is no fan of Johnson, but this is not the time to dump him. If he goes, he'll be replaced with a Democrat and it'll be bye-bye Trump. Some victory. Timing is everything. PDJT knows that. Hotheads don't.
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