On January 5, 2021, one day before Donald Trump’s insurrectionists stormed the Capitol, an obscure Louisiana two-term congressman named Mike Johnson met behind closed doors with fellow Republicans to decide whether to oppose the results of the 2020 presidential election.
It is indeed dangerous. And I fear that Johnson's ascendency has been at least partially obscured by the war in Israel. We'll soon see how he chooses to use his new powers.
Yes. For all the smoke, he's in the same position McCarthy was. A government shutdown is political suicide for any Republican in a swing district but mother's milk to the Gaetz crowd. Cutting off Ukraine isn't quite as bad for them, but will be vastly unpopular. He can evoke God all he wants, but in the end he's got to navigate his way through the minefield on his own.
Also dangerous. It gives bigots, anti-democrats, and others that need to be ferociously opposed a place to hide that too many decent people accept as unassailable.
It is indeed dangerous. And I fear that Johnson's ascendency has been at least partially obscured by the war in Israel. We'll soon see how he chooses to use his new powers.
Yes. For all the smoke, he's in the same position McCarthy was. A government shutdown is political suicide for any Republican in a swing district but mother's milk to the Gaetz crowd. Cutting off Ukraine isn't quite as bad for them, but will be vastly unpopular. He can evoke God all he wants, but in the end he's got to navigate his way through the minefield on his own.
Good points. Funny and really pathetic at the same time. (“In God we trust all, all others pay cash.”)
Also dangerous. It gives bigots, anti-democrats, and others that need to be ferociously opposed a place to hide that too many decent people accept as unassailable.