House Republicans pick Rep. Mike Johnson as their fourth speaker nominee

[brooklynite]

Source: Washington Post

Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.) was elected the Republican speaker nominee Tuesday in an internal vote by the GOP conference during a dramatic day in which Rep. Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) won a nomination vote but later dropped out. Johnson, 51, is the fourth Republican speaker pick since the ouster of Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.). “The intention is to go to the House floor tomorrow and make this official,” Johnson told reporters after the vote, though it remains unclear if he has the 217 votes he needs.


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[BootinUp]

1. he sounds like an idiot already. nt

[Chi67]

3. He is

And this is just one reason:

https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2022/10/20/a-national-dont-say-gay-law-republicans-introduce-bill-to-restrict-lgbtq-related-programs.html

[Mz Pip]

13. Christian Right Reactionary

Tied to Focus on the Family . Election denier, anti choice, LGBT. Basically a real little prick

[question everything]

2. I still think that some Democrats should be absent or vote Present

This circus has to end.

[Chi67]

5. NO

This is the Republicans’ mess. They need to fix it. They are anti-American liars. No way in hell should Democrats help them. If anyone should sit down and vote present, it should be the GQP. They can’t govern and they don’t deserve their jobs.

[LiberalFighter]

15. If any Democrats are absent then the majority vote is lowered

Making it easier for the candidate to win.

[ThreeNoSeep]

16. You think that will end the circus?

Interesting perspective. Please tell us how helping the clowns will "end the circus."

[Javaman]

27. Nope. This is the kind of repuke bullshit

That will get us the house back

And I believe the house Dems know this

They are waiting for, if it ever happens, the repukes to come to the Dems and ask for help. It’s at that point, they are in our pocket.

[Zmarmy]

4. What a circus

Republicans in disarray.

[Chi67]

6. More reasons

This asshole should not be speaker:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Johnson_(Louisiana_politician)

The man is quite frankly, evil.

[tonekat]

21. Another goober from Gooberville N/T

[honest.abe]

7. This guy is much worse than Emmer and probably worse than McCarthy and similar to Jordan.

If he has the votes we are screwed.

[ananda]

8. Look y'all, no Republican is going to be OK.

Period.

So I think Dems should just not help anyone
become speaker.

MAKE THEM OWN THEIR MESS!

[Prairie Gates]

9. Pretty much every faction will believe he's lightweight enough

for them to manipulate. So...

You're looking at your next Speaker of the House.

[MadLinguist]

17. I think you are right about that. He's an unmitigated racist wad of stanque, but congressionally inexperienced

GOP: "SOLD!"

[bluestarone]

10. If this ASSHOLE does get voted in,

The very next day a Democrat needs to put up a motion to REMOVE him.

[honest.abe]

11. How is that going to help??

If he has the votes today he will also have the votes tomorrow.

[bluestarone]

12. Well it will stop them from doing their business.

Everyday make them pay for this stupid rule they voted in. New person everyday.

[honest.abe]

14. Only briefly and nothing will change.

[Renew Deal]

18. They will change the rules to 10 people needed to initiate a vote

And that will be the end of that. They will effectively give away their power.

[AlGorerhythm]

19. I had never heard of this guy until yesterday.

The only time I have heard him speak was the presser when his fellow republicans booed the reporter who questioned his election certification vote.

My initial impression was that this guy is Gay... reading your post and responses concerning his hatred of the LGBT community pretty much confirms that he's one of those self hating gays who's destined to be arrested in an airport bathroom or a truck stop.

[ismnotwasm]

20. Yikes

He is also a piece of shit. A bigger one though

[Owl]

23. For sure!

[JohnSJ]

29. and more dangerous, because he has the brains that jordan doesn't have

[hibbing]

22. I had a faint bit of hope of no election denier

That was really the lowest bar I could set in my mind, and of course they are going to nominate someone who is one.
Peace

[onetexan]

24. Is he part of the House Free Dumb caucus?

[Evolve Dammit]

25. The coup continues with a Christo-fascist backdrop.

[NBachers]

26. Fuck it - I'm throwing all my support behind George Santos. Time to go full Fellini.

[JohnSJ]

28. We probably should have retained McCarthy when we had the chance. Time will tell, but if they

play the same game they did and they try to hold the country hostage when we run out of money unless we vote for some draconian piece of legislative garbage, then the next 15 months or so are going to be very bad.

[PortTack]

32. Agree...we traded awful terrible for down right evil

[SleeplessinSoCal]

33. They can't pass anything horrible because of the Senate.

That's when moderates may come to the rescue.

I'm angry this guy might win. The extremists are winning at a very dangerous time. TFG has never been more vulnerable, but they have no common sense at all and could wreck this country - happily.

[Oneironaut]

30. Does anyone by chance have a person-by-person vote breakdown?

I’ve been looking for this and no site seems to have it. Thx

[PortTack]

31. So this idiot got the votes and is now speaker...oh vomit!!

[ShazzieB]

36. He's not Speaker yet.

He's the GOP nominee to be Speaker.

[PortTack]

37. Ummmm at the time I posted...yes he was speaker

[TNNurse]

34. Truly awful.

[Kablooie]

35. Third in line for the presidency.

Whoo boy!

[Maxheader]

38. A real clown...

The wingers will delight in the psyco babble from this suthn hand job...

[Eyeball_Kid]

39. Johnson is employing the Trump Con Job script.

Meet the needs of average Americans? Since when is the GOP interested in average Americans? Johnson is actually selling his Speakership on the day before the official vote. That's all this is. I'd also be very surprised if there are no death threats going on.

[twodogsbarking]

40. The propeller on his hat spun the fastest. He wins.

[Rebl2]

41. The fact

he was one of the architects to overturn the 2020 election should be investigated. I have heard and read this several times over the last day since he won the speakership.