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michael janket's avatar

Donald Trump FULLY supported Mike Johnson regarding this ridiculous passing of a horrendous bill. There is no end to the stupidity of Trump, either. He's still pro-vaccine and he worked with Johnson to help pass this absurd bill, two nails in his coffin. US is off the rails.

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Dr. Paul Alexander's avatar

45 made a serious error there, unforced too...I cannot understand this...I support Trump fully as the next POTUS for there is no one else we have...capable...but this was bad.

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Dave's avatar

Totally agree with you, but the MAGA MORONS don't want to hear it. He's to busy playing 4D Chess?

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Dr. Paul Alexander's avatar

but Trump told Johnson not to pass FISA...702 so give him credit...Johnson went against 45...something is wrong with Johnson...I want 45 as POTUS...

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Glenn A. Melcher's avatar

FISA is deranged has no place in government . Johnson is a puppet

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Dr. Paul Alexander's avatar

see above

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petzanpz's avatar

As for 702...

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/112245329328818599

KILL FISA, IT WAS ILLEGALLY USED AGAINST ME, AND MANY OTHERS. THEY SPIED ON MY CAMPAIGN!!! DJT

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Dr. Paul Alexander's avatar

boom

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petzanpz's avatar

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/112293507314520477

Why isnтАЩt Europe giving more money to help Ukraine? Why is it that the United States is over $100 Billion Dollars into the Ukraine War more than Europe, and we have an Ocean between us as separation! Why canтАЩt Europe equalize or match the money put in by the United States of America in order to help a Country in desperate need? As everyone agrees, Ukrainian Survival and Strength should be much more important to Europe than to us, but it is also important to us! GET MOVING EUROPE! In addition, I am the only one who speaks for тАЬMEтАЭ and, while it is a total mess caused by Crooked Joe Biden and the Incompetent Democrats, if I were President, this War would have never started!

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Dr. Paul Alexander's avatar

boom, great sharing...he is right, this is Europe's baby...45 should have stood against this and against Johnson as he did against reissue of FISA...I think optics not good. his bad big MAD

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petzanpz's avatar

This is the game they want to play.

https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/04/how_do_you_solve_a_problem_like_mike_johnson.html

Mike Johnson replaced Kevin McCarthy, who broke numerous promises to his caucus including the full release of January 6 videos, a proper budget process

as opposed to тАЬomnibusтАЭ bills that Congress had little or no time to review and bringing each spending bill to Congress for a separate vote.

McCarthy was replaced by a compromise choice of Mike Johnson. As The Who sang, тАЬMeet the new boss, same as the old bossтАЭ, Speaker Johnson is the new boss,

also pushing massive omnibus spending bills, not releasing all the January 6 entrapment evidence, supporting continued warrantless spying on Americans,

and pushing endless aid to secure the borders of countries thousands of miles away from America while leaving AmericaтАЩs borders wide open.

He follows the pattern of past GOP Speakers тАУ Boehner, Ryan, McCarthy, and now Johnson. It seems Republican voters continue to ask and vote for a medium

rare steak only to be served a burnt, inedible slab of meat.

At the time of this writing, 100 House Republicans, along with all Democrats, voted тАЬUkraine FirstтАЭ, leaving America Last. As Senator Rand Paul tweeted,

Ukrainian flags fly in the chamber of the UNITED STATES House of Representatives as they vote to send more of your hard-earned money to a corrupt

foreign regime. And just like that they shout тАЬUKRAINE! UKRAINE!тАЭ while happily working to secure UkraineтАЩs borders, not ours.

The bill also included billions for Israel and Taiwan while 78 percent of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck, and 300,000 known illegal migrants

enter the U.S. each month.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he was тАЬpersonallyтАЭ grateful to тАЬSpeaker Mike Johnson for the decision that keeps history on the right track,тАЭ

meaning, the deaths of tens of thousands more Ukrainian men.

Is the family of Laken Riley, brutally murdered by an illegal alien, тАЬpersonally gratefulтАЭ to Speaker Johnson for his tough stand on our open border?

So much for Congress representing the American people. Do Americans think borrowing money from China, since America is broke, and sending it 4,000 miles

away is a good thing?

"This is the best possible product that we can get under these circumstances, to take care of these really important obligations," Johnson said Friday.

Does he have any obligation to struggling Americans? Apparently not.

The Speaker is also a believer in white privilege and systemic change. What difference would it make if AOC or Maxine Waters took JohnsonтАЩs place as

Speaker? Democrats are advancing their agenda with a Republican House Speaker. They want to keep Johnson right where he is.

Johnson is playing a dangerous game, defying much of his GOP caucus, тАЬRepublican House Speaker Mike Johnson, putting his job on the line, relied on

Democratic support this week to set up a series of votes on three aid bills.тАЭ

1- Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene wants to remove Speaker Johnson via a тАЬmotion to vacate.тАЭ She has some support within her caucus, but then what?

With a one-vote majority, the GOP is playing a dangerous game. If they remove Johnson, maybe he quits the House as did McCarthy and GOP Reps. Ken Buck

and Mike Gallagher, leaving Democrats in charge.

Former President Trump muddied the waters with his support of Johnson, тАЬTrump says he thinks Speaker Mike Johnson is тАШdoing a very good jobтАЩ amid ouster

threat from Marjorie Taylor Greene.тАЭ

I doubt this is some form of 5D chess from Trump, only the simple reality that if Johnson is ousted and Democrats take control of the House, the November

election is over for Trump.

Remember the U.S. Supreme Court decision on тАЬinsurrectionтАЭ claimed by the Colorado Supreme Court? The March 4 decision stated:

The Constitution empowers Congress to prescribe how those determinations should be made. The relevant provision is Section 5, which enables Congress,

subject of course to judicial review, to pass тАЬappropriate legislationтАЭ to тАЬenforceтАЭ the Fourteenth Amendment.

In other words, Congress, by a simple majority, can pass a bill claiming that Trump is disqualified from election due to being an тАЬinsurrectionist.тАЭ That

would be the first order of business by a Democrat-controlled House. The Senate would pass the House bill and President Biden would sign it.

If you donтАЩt believe the Democrats would try to disqualify Trump in this manner, a bill is already teed up, introduced by Democrat Rep. Jamie Raskin.

Per Axios:

Raskin pointed to legislation he introduced with Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) in 2022 creating a pathway for the Justice Department to sue

to keep candidates off the ballot under the 14th Amendment.

"We are going to revise it in light of the Supreme Court's decision," Raskin said.

Raskin suggested the bill would be paired with a resolution declaring Jan. 6 an "insurrection" and that those involved "engaged in insurrection."

The SCOTUS decision mentioned, тАЬSubject of course to judicial review.тАЭ Would that stop such a scheme? Why would SCOTUS block such an act of Congress that

they green-lighted in their recent decision?

This would explain Trump supporting Johnson. Does Rep. MTG realize how this could play out? Is she acting out of principle or is this a backhanded way of

undermining Trump? This is where the 5D chess machinations come in. Washington D.C. is indeed a swamp.

2- While I would love to see a principled conservative America First Speaker of the House, and a similar GOP caucus, we got what we got, and some GOP

members тАЬcutting off their nose to spite their faceтАЭ is not a good strategy.

Keep the House in GOP control with Johnson in charge and elect a new Speaker next year. Losing the House means losing Trump and any hope rescuing America

from its rapid decline.

A Democrat Congress and White House would stack the Supreme Court and rewrite the Bill of Rights. The border will remain open with amnesty and voting

rights for all illegals. Election laws will be changed, despite this being under statesтАЩ jurisdiction per the Constitution. That didnтАЩt matter in 2020 so

why would it matter in 2024?

How do we solve a problem like Speaker Johnson? Removing him now isnтАЩt the answer as the alternative may be far worse.

As with Maria, тАЬMany a thing you know you'd like to tell her. Many a thing she ought to understand.тАЭ

IтАЩm sure Speaker Johnson understands. He is driving through treacherous mountains with no guardrails. Is he compromised as some in the Capitol are?

The nuns thought Maria тАЬa clown.тАЭ Many think the same of the Speaker and many of his America-Last GOP caucus. So let the Congressional circus go on!

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petzanpz's avatar

Why is Trump standing with Johnson?

This might explain it.

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2024/04/17/thomas-massie-asks-speaker-johnson-to-resign-massie-announces-hell-support-mtg-effort-to-oust-johnson/#more-260178

Let there be absolutely no doubt, removing Johnson right now is giving the speaker gavel to Democrats. This Machiavellian way to remove Donald Trump has always appeared to be the Deep State insurance policy.

When the U.S. Supreme Court reinstituted Donald Trump on the federal election ballots of the five leftist states who removed him, the high court noted that disqualifying a person from presidential office could only be done by congress, not by the individual states.

If the Democrats take control of the House, disqualifying Donald Trump from federal office will be the purpose of their first legislative act. They already hold the Senate. They will do this. Thomas Massie knows this.

So, ask yourself, who exactly is controlling the action of Thomas Massie; remember, heтАЩs the former endorser of Ron DeSantis on behalf of the Sea Island multinationals (banks). Does the question answer itself?

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The difference is that a dem speaker will push legislation leaving Trump off the ballot.

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