... don't speak!

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[grandjean87]

Feeling a little bad for that honest, forthright speaker. 

[Motown Monty]

Mike Johnson says he won’t resign amid right-wing backlash over foreign aid to Ukraine

Republican hardliners are growing angry at Johnson’s complex plan to advance billions of dollars in foreign aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan.

Massie told Republican colleagues behind closed doors Tuesday morning that he will cosponsor the motion to vacate Johnson from his position.

The comments highlight a significant escalation of the far right’s threat to Johnson’s leadership that have dogged the Louisiana Republican since Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia filed a resolution to vacate the chair last month.

Massie was booed by his Republican colleagues after he made this announcement, according to one of the sources, and then GOP Rep. Trent Kelly of Mississippi stood up and criticized Massie, saying it’s “wrong” to not back the speaker.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/16/politics/mike-johnson-foreign-aid-plan-republican-reaction/index.html

[Nevada Convert]

The Dems need to do the right thing and cover Johnson with votes long enough to get aid for Ukraine done. Then don’t cover for him after that. 

[GoDogs22]

Speaker Jeffries, come on down

[crixus]

On 4/16/2024 at 8:38 AM, grandjean87 said:

Feeling a little bad for that honest, forthright speaker. 

[Spaztecs]

On 4/16/2024 at 11:23 PM, crixus said:

 

Anybody who would accept that job with the removal criteria is obviously into masochism.

[RSF]

Speaking of verbal faux pas....

 

On Tuesday, late-night television host Jimmy Kimmel delivered another monologue making fun of former President Donald Trump. On Wednesday morning, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee fired back on social media — in part by attacking Kimmel for something Kimmel didn’t do.

Trump, calling Kimmel “stupid,” blasted the comedian for his general performance as host of the Academy Awards in March and specifically for having read aloud, from the stage, Trump’s mid-show social media post criticizing how he was doing. Then Trump claimed that Kimmel had read out the post “right before he stumbled through announcing the biggest award of all, ‘Picture of the Year.’”

Trump continued: “It was a CLASSIC CHOKE, one of the biggest ever in show business, and to top it off, he forgot to say the famous and mandatory line, ‘AND THE WINNER IS.’ Instead he stammered around as he opened the envelope.”

 

Facts First: Trump’s claim is false. Kimmel wasn’t the person who delivered an unusual, abrupt performance in announcing the Best Picture award won by “Oppenheimer”; that was actually legendary actor Al Pacino, whom Kimmel had introduced. And the current standard Oscars announcement phrase Pacino neglected to say is “and the Oscar goes to,” not “and the winner is” as was the standard prior to 1989.

 

 

The presidential campaigns of Trump and President Joe Biden have traded barbs about each candidate’s verbal slip-ups; the Biden campaign mocked Trump on social media for this latest error.

A Trump campaign spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

[tailingpermit]

Does Donald Trump really need to be fact checked at this point?

[Spaztecs]

His senior moments though, are becoming quite pronounced 

I've love the fact he keeps confusing Nikki Haley with Nancy Pelosi

[azgreg]

On 4/17/2024 at 10:11 AM, tailingpermit said:

Does Donald Trump really need to be fact checked at this point?

Maybe truth checked. Would require far less work.

 

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[azgreg]

Rep Jackson has some excellent videos.

 

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On 4/17/2024 at 6:25 PM, azgreg said:

Rep Jackson has some excellent videos.

 

and then he got gerrymandered out of his district after the NC Supreme Court flipped. 

Now he's running for State Attorney General, and I sure as hell hope that he wins. 

[Nevada Convert]

On 4/16/2024 at 8:50 PM, GoDogs22 said:

Speaker Jeffries, come on down

The GOP deserves it, that’s for sure. 

[azgreg]

 

[818SUDSFan]

On 4/19/2024 at 1:16 PM, azgreg said:

Headline:

ATTRACTIVE CONGRESSWOMAN GETS INTO BED WITH SUSPECTED PEDOPHILE MATT GAETZ AND OFFICIALLY BECOMES LUNATIC

 

[Nevada Convert]

On 4/19/2024 at 5:06 PM, 818SUDSFan said:

Headline:

ATTRACTIVE CONGRESSWOMAN GETS INTO BED WITH SUSPECTED PEDOPHILE MATT GAETZ AND OFFICIALLY BECOMES LUNATIC

 

She’s officially been a lunatic for some time now. I don’t think Gaetz is actually a pedophile, but he is a giant POS.

This could be true or a lie. Word is that Trump is asking them not to do it now because another disastrous long embarrassing failure to elect another speaker would hurt the GOP so close to an election. 

The nuts on the right and left never seem to understand that they are not mainstream or anywhere close to the middle where most voters are, and they will never get what they want unless they’re very lucky. If they do get lucky like abortion, there will quickly be a big backlash going the other way. Compromise isn’t in their vocabulary. 

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