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Furious Marjorie Taylor Greene Attacks Speaker Mike Johnson For Not Impeaching Biden

Just a little more than two weeks ago, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) looked and sounded pleased that Mike Johnson (R-LA) had become speaker of the House, taking a selfie with him and posting it on Twitter.

But that was before Johnson made it clear that he wasn’t about to fast-track the impeachment of President Joe Biden, which has long been a dream of Greene’s, despite the fact that Republicans have almost no evidence to warrant impeachment.

The Washington Post’s Jacqueline Alemany reported Friday that Johnson didn’t sound enthusiastic about moving forward on impeachment.

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), a constitutional lawyer by training, has taken a more reserved tone, both publicly and privately, urging members to conduct a thorough and fair investigation with no predetermined outcome. In a closed-door meeting with House GOP moderates this week, he indicated that there is insufficient evidence at the moment to initiate formal impeachment proceedings, according to people who attended the meeting.

“We’ll just go where the evidence goes and we’re not there yet,” Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) said, paraphrasing Johnson’s comments on the inquiry at the Republican Governance Group’s weekly lunch on Tuesday. “Most of us are saying, look, we can’t even get a single Democratic vote on this right now. I think the voters will reject what they are seeing when it comes to Biden [policies] — but high crimes and misdemeanors? I don’t think we’ve seen that or enough data to really make a good case and I feel like [Johnson] really agreed with us on that.”

That didn’t sit well with Greene, who went on Twitter and attacked Johnson.

Not long ago we had a Speaker that believed in impeachment so much that he launched an inquiry without a floor vote, but you were told he was bad.

After 8 R’s and all D’s ousted him, we found checks to Joe Biden and evidence of a massive money laundering scheme and now the new guy you are told is way better doesn’t want to impeach.

Such progress.

The Georgia Republican was roundly mocked for her online hissy fit.

Poor Margie! She desperately wants to be on the winning team, but she belongs to a party of liars, losers, and fools.

 

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New Speaker May Plunge The Country Into Chaos To Help Bolster Trump’s 2024 Chances: Analyst

While new Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) spoke today of bipartisanship and bringing the two parties together, there’s a very real chance he may be planning to send the United States into chaos in an effort to boost Donald Trump’s chances of winning the 2024 election.

That’s the dire prediction from political strategist Chai Komanduri, who was a guest on MSNBC’s “The Beat” today.

Komanduri told host Ari Melber:

“This was about a personal grudge that Matt Gaetz had with Kevin McCarthy. He decided to take him out. He also decided to take him out — I believe, and the facts bear it out — at the behest of Donald Trump. Donald Trump wants a government shutdown. You know, that is exactly what Kevin McCarthy’s great sin was. He did not shut down the government and create an atmosphere of chaos by which Donald Trump thought he’d climb back into the presidency. That was what this was about. It was about a government shutdown, it was about shutting off aid to Ukraine.”

That led Melber to ask:

“Let me ask you this. When you see Matt Gaetz, who seems to happy with this outcome, does that suggest that MAGA, which faces some vulnerability on being perceived as being too extreme, has moved the speakership and thus the majority to the right?”

Absolutely,” Komanduri replied. “I wish I could say Matt Gaetz lost, MAGA lost, but no, they won and America has lost. He has put in a speaker that will do Donald Trump’s bidding. Get ready. We’ll have a government shutdown. We’re going to shut down aid to Ukraine to help Trump’s major benefactor, Vladimir Putin. That’s what’s going to occur.”

Komanduri added:

“And do not be fooled by the Halloween costume you saw on display today. Matt Gaetz as reasonable, bipartisan, centrist, anti-corruption guy. That’s not who he is. That is not who Mike Johnson is. Mike Johnson is every bit the flamethrower that Jim Jordan is, he just wears a pair of glasses and dons a Clark Kent disguise.”

Democracy is on the ballot in next year’s election. If we don’t vote Republicans out of power at ever level, this republic is doomed.

 

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Openly Gay House Democrat Trolls New House Speaker – And It’s Absolutely Perfect

During a vote today in the House of Representatives that elevated Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) to the speaker’s chair, one of the Democrats who stood and announced her vote against him also managed to get a sly barb in that was clearly directed at the Louisiana Republican.

Rep. Angie Craig (D-MN) cast her vote for House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), but it was how she cast the vote that drew national attention and is getting the congresswoman both headlines and plaudits.

Today is Congresswoman Craig’s 15th wedding anniversary, so she used her moment in the spotlight to pay tribute to her wife, Cheryl, remarking:

“Happy wedding anniversary to my wife.”

Democratic House members rose to their feet in response, giving Craig a standing ovation. Here’s the video, along with another jab at Speaker Johnson:


The congresswoman also shared photos of her and her wife.

In case you’re wondering if Johnson had any reaction to what Rep. Craig said, that was provided by “PBS NewsHour” correspondent Lisa Desjardins:


Johnson, who is virulently anti-LGBT, probably doesn’t even understand that he’s about to be the punch line of a million dick jokes. After all, his last name is slang for a penis.

So by all means, have fun with that, Speaker Dickhead.