Who is Mike Johnson and why is he America's Speaker of the House?
It's the end of the world as we know it - REM
If you know the REM song referenced in the subtitle, you know that the chorus ends with the words, and I feel fine. Well, I do not feel fine and neither should you.
Depending on your perspective, Mike Johnson is either the evolution of January 6 or Jim Jordan in drag.
Just one day into his newly elected position, he announced to the world that he will be the speaking anus of the National Rifle Association (NRA).
Commenting on the mass shooting in Lewiston, ME, Johnson said that the problem is not guns, it is our human hearts. Apparently no one told Johnson that people in countries NOT suffering the plague of mass shootings also have human hearts. As in EVERY other country.
Would Johnson's solution to the human heart problem be to have them all removed?
Johnson also has some very out-of-step ideas about abortion, something about which he makes no apologies. One of his more puzzling theories is that legal abortions in some way lead to mass shootings.
Mike Johnson is a an anti-American, anti-democracy, anti-women, anti-LGBTQ, pro-Putin, Bible-thumping hypocrite who is going to do everything in his power to get Donnie Trump back in the White House, NO MATTER HOW THE 2024 ELECTION TURNS OUT.
If you doubt his devotion to Putin, watch how fast he pulls support for Ukraine.
Johnson found A Handmaid’s Tale to be inspirational and watches The Flintstones as if it’s a documentary, where people and dinosaurs actually coexist.
Johnson told Sean Hannity that he is known as a law and order guy, but he was probably just talking about the reruns he watches on TV. When it comes to America's laws, he really doesn't give a shit.
In the case of George Santos, a much needed vote in the Republican's very slim majority, Johnson says they have to let the system play out. Pretty stark contrast to his attacks on anyone investigating Donnie Trump or prosecuting him for any of his laundry list of crimes.
It's been well-publicized that Johnson was the main architect of the criminal plot to overturn the 2020 election and somehow, against all legal opinion, keep Donnie in the White House. Well publicized, but dangerously overlooked.
January 6, 2021 was just the beginning, a trial run, rehearsal for the ultimate takeover. If you think any of that is hyperbolic, you do so at America's peril.
As one might expect of a Right wing, Christian nationalist, Johnson is very much tuned into the conspiracy stratosphere, one of his favorites being the one about a dead Venezuelan president (Hugo Chavez) inexplicably fixing voting machines in swing states.
Feel free to roll your eyes.
One of the first things Johnson did after getting elected was to kneel down and have some sort of séance on the floor of Congress. Any pretense of a separation between church and state is completely gone.
The general consensus among Republicans is that what our government needs is a biblical world view. Make no mistake, this is the unabashed American Taliban.
Not to beat a dead horse (why would anyone beat a horse, dead or alive?), but I feel the need to reiterate something I said a few paragraphs earlier:
U.S. Speaker of the House, Mike Johnson is going to do everything in his power to get Donnie Trump back in the White House, NO MATTER HOW THE 2024 ELECTION TURNS OUT.
If you remember, they came pretty close last time. Now that they’ve had some time to prepare, it remains to be seen if there will be anyone able to stop them.
Yyyup!
That praying shit on the floor of congress irks me. You wanna pray? Pray and keep it to yourself. I hate that shit.