I grow to like Johnson ever more.

[jon-nyc]

@LuFins-Dad said in I grow to like Johnson ever more.:

So much copycat thread material…

I’ve never been more tempted to abuse my moderator powers and add an ‘s’ …

[LuFins Dad]

@jon-nyc said in I grow to like Johnson ever more.:

@LuFins-Dad said in I grow to like Johnson ever more.:

So much copycat thread material…

I’ve never been more tempted to abuse my moderator powers and add an ‘s’ …

Or add a c and remove an e…

[89th]

Too bad his last name isn't Hunt. That would make for fun news coverage.

[89th]

@Mik said in I grow to like Johnson ever more.:

He has a clarity of thought and expression that I really like. Principle, not poll. driven.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/mike-johnson-educates-cnbc-host/ar-AA1kuLkV?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=8a3d2dacd1664cd1806fca42abf47d6f&ei=30

Yeah he seems good. Too bad his melanin count is low, and has a Y chromosome, and also is a closet geigh.

[taiwan_girl]

https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/international/mike-johnson-may-be-next-house-speaker-lose-his-job

The Louisiana Republican, elected speaker in October after GOP hardliners ousted his predecessor for making deals with Democrats, sent the House home for the holidays on Thursday after passing a bipartisan defense policy bill over strong objections from 73 ultra-conservatives.

“If we do things like what we did today, then the Freedom Caucus will absolutely be a problem,” Representative Bob Good of Virginia, the incoming chairman of that rebellious group, warned after the vote on the defense bill.

The measure ultimately passed the House with more Democratic than Republican support.

Johnson had already angered ultra-conservatives last month when he averted a government shutdown by pushing through a short-term spending agreement that many considered eerily familiar to the one struck in September by former Speaker Kevin McCarthy.

[Mik]

Did Johnson agree to the same term of his speakership being challenged? I would hope not.

[Jolly]

I'm very conservative, but the 73 need to know, if you can't show the American people you can govern, you will definitely lose your majority. Minorities can delay, but cannot dictate policy.

Politics is the art of the possible.

[Mik]

Yep. Got to take care of business.

[LuFins Dad]

Those 73 aren’t conservative, they are populists. There are a few conservatives in the House but they aren’t in the Freedom Caucus

[jon-nyc]

This will be more common early next year as they lost Santos and are losing a CA seat to a retirement. The CA seat they should regain in a few months, and they have some chance with the Santos seat, but at the very least their slim majority will be down by another 2 during the time when the other appropriations bills are due.