Thoughts on Mike Johnson elected Speaker of House of Representatives?

[Cubus]

He's a Republican from Louisiana and represents 4th congressional district.

[Sabretooth]

just another radical and corrupt politician that'll go after social security and such. people that live high on the hog wanna call others lazy! hell, most of these people don't have to do anything but lie and make fools of themselves. I'm not a Democrat but, there are some are decent... there's no good republican -- MAGA not not and to prove that:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7J1cGelw2Y

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[OlderAndWiser]

I am cautiously optimistic. Of course, the Democrats are alredy unleashing their hateful comments about him, simply demonstrating that the left loves to hate people.

[BarryLiverstone]

Or it’s just politics.. same as the right would be doing if jefferies was chosen

[msc545]

Unfortunately for Mr. Johnson, his voting record speaks for itself and what it says is not very pleasant or very American.

[BarryLiverstone]

Like I said, same as jefferies voting record

[WhiteSandyBeach]

Jim Jordan was the best man for the job, but the Republicans managed to fuck that up. Maybe it's time for a third party that both sides would vote for.

[Cubus]

Third party is impossible if you have single mandate districts.

[WhiteSandyBeach]

I'm not talking about winning, I'm talking about sending a message.

[Cubus]

That neither.

[WhiteSandyBeach]

The next president will be a Democrat.

[Cubus]

Depends. The presidentship hangs on Arizona and Rust Bell that are gonna be decided on extremely narrow margins.

[WhiteSandyBeach]

[TrueConfection]

I don't know that much about him. He wants Biden investigated and the demoncrats hate him, so he must be doing something right.

[madhatters4]

dems may have wished they'd thrown support at mccarthy. this guy voted to de-certify the 2020 election, has voted for conversion therapy for LGBTQ, criminalization of abortion

[msc545]

Yeah, the guy is another dirtbag authoritarian Republican with absolutely no respect for people's rights.

[madhatters4]

@msc545 additionally if they had backed mccarthy they could leverage their support for future votes. i think the democrats didn't quite thing through their decision. basically mccarthy may have been a lesser of two evils

[AviatorTom]

He seems like an average person, which is unusual for members in Congress. He has a modest house with a mortgage, does not invest in stocks, and teaches online at a college in his spare time. His net worth is much less than the millions most members of Congress have.

It's good that the House finally has a Speaker so that Congress can get some work done... to justify their $170K annual salaries.

[Red_Arrow]

Not that popular, but the Republicans have embarrassed themselves with their inability to elect a new speaker so they went ahead with him just to stop looking like fools and be able to conduct business.

[exitseven]

He seems like a good choice. He looks like a wimp but he ca nbe tough id he needs to be.,

https://www.youtube.com/embed/ESQH2tJa_Y4

[tfan1]

Well he’s kicking ass and taking names. So far so good I’d say. Especially trying to get pelosi arrested for destroying government documents in front of tv during President Donald J Trump’s State of the Union address 👍🙂

[BCRanger10]

From what I've seen so far, I'm happy with him.

[greenice27]

I think the Republican candidate may have been chosen due to the fraying of Democratic power.

[BarryLiverstone]

Glad the house can finally move on

[shortster]

Who?