The election of Louisiana’s Mike Johnson as House Speaker proves the premise that all the GOP has left are Donald Trump and hate.
As Congressman Jamie Raskin told reporters yesterday:
“Donald Trump has cemented his control over the Republican conference in the House of Representatives. He has a stranglehold on the Republican Party. Even as he faces 91 criminal charges and several of his election lawyers have pleaded guilty now to election-related offenses, one of his enablers on January 6 has just become the speaker of the House Representatives.”
Johnson’s hate of Democrats is so deep that he led a Trump-backed effort in the House to get Republicans to back a lawsuit by 18 Republican state attorneys general to overturn Biden’s election as president.
Their lawsuit had no merit and no facts — everybody, including the Republicans involved, knew that Biden had won fair-and-square — but Republican hate of Democrats is now so deep that the idea of Democrats legitimately governing after winning an election is […]
I believe you are absolutely correct, Stephan. The Republicans have more hatred for Democrocy in it’s natural state where every vote counts. Republicans believe in money and that is all they care about; and they believe in WAR, too, and believe The USA should be the police of the world, not the stopping of WAR all over the world, and every voter should know that.
Right after his (Johnson’s) thanking the GOP for electing him, he made a comment as a leader is supposed to do, after this tragedy in Maine. Not a word about guns, but, oh boy, he could mention God! He looks innocuous, but this guy is just awful!!! He’s against EVERYTHNING your readers stand for. Just a note—–did anyone see Colbert’s song about “Johnson” before he came on last night? If you can find it, it’s just fabulous!!! Those writers are brilliant!!!!
Terri Quint