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Lynn Geri's avatar

Meg Kinnard, “a remarkable moment in modern American politics: The House speaker turning his Republican Party against the federal and state legal systems that are foundational to the U.S. government and a cornerstone of democracy.” to support the slimy actions being described in that courtroom. OMG!!Mike Johnson has totally joined the coup... last weeks hero turned traitor to constitutional governance.

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Annie Weeks's avatar

Mike Johnson has been an election denier from the very beginning.

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Rex Farley's avatar

Sorry Lynn, but I would Never consider Mike Johnson a "hero " in any stretch of my imagination 😜

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TCinLA's avatar

Nobody did consider him a "hero". They voted for him so they could get the rest of the budget bills passed for the new fiscal year (starts October 1) and he was the most "reasonable" alternative. Given the rest of them are completely unreasonable, it was just keep the best of a bad lot and retake the majority in November.

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Lynn Geri's avatar

Hi TC, In retrospect I would say 'reasonable person' instead of 'hero.' That does not change the issue... it is not about the names we can call these people... the fact the Speaker of the House dis-graced himself, dis-graced his position, dis-graced this country shows he missed one of the basic lessons in life... NO MATTER WHAT LIFE HANDS YOU, IF YOU DON'T HAVE CHARITY OR HOPE, AT LEAST ACT WITH GRACE. I thought you might understand this.

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TCinLA's avatar

It's going to tak all uf us being heroes (doing the job no matter how scared we are) to win in November.

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Jack A. Roe's avatar

I think Johnson may have helped engineer the coup, at the very beginning.

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Tutone's avatar

Lynn - appalling.

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