Posted on 12/14/2023 8:46:06 PM PST by Dr. Franklin
Speaker Johnson is currently facing backlash after a photo surfaced showing him in the company of former House Speaker Paul Ryan.
The image, captured and shared by Jake Sherman of Punchbowl News, depicts the two figures emerging together from the Speaker’s suite at the Capitol. This encounter has sparked controversy, particularly given Ryan’s recent public statements criticizing former President Donald Trump.
Paul Ryan, who served as the Speaker of the House from 2015 to 2019 and the architect of FOX News cancel culture, branded former President Donald Trump as an “authoritarian narcissist” while commending the actions of Trump critics, Adam Kinzinger and Liz Cheney.
“Look, Trump’s not a conservative. He’s an authoritarian narcissist. So I think they basically called him out for that. He’s a populist, authoritarian narcissist. So historically speaking, all of his tendencies are basically where narcissism takes him, which is whatever makes him popular, makes him feel good at any given moment… He doesn’t think in classical liberal-conservative terms. He thinks in an authoritarian way. And he’s been able to get a big chunk of the Republican base to follow him because he’s the culture warrior.”
“And so I think Adam and Liz stepped out of the flow and called it out and, you know, paid for it. Paid for it with their careers. But I think, again, back to my earlier point, I don’t think he is really very good at these jobs unless you’re willing to lose these jobs.”
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The photo was taken a day before the House passed the $886 billion National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) by a vote of 310-118, following the Senate’s endorsement, which now advances the bill to President Biden’s desk.
Speaker Johnson was one of the lawmakers who voted in favor of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).
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Just another example that ”In your face” is our communist masters' (of both ruling-class parties) favorite tool to rattle the chains of tyranny that they have wrapped around our necks...
We wondered how a real American could possibly get this job, well now we know.
So what! I’m not buying what this writer is selling.
Nobody can be trusted in that den of vipers.
None of us knows why they were meeting. Maybe Ryan requested the meeting. Maybe Johnson told him to pound sand. To immediately jump to the conclusion that Johnson is dirty is not just a little premature.
President Trump is the last Republican I'm ever voting for.
The RepukeLicking Establishment apparently doesn't need the likes of me to vote for them.
“President Trump is the last Republican I’m ever voting for.”
Which is exactly why the deep state loves Trump.
Paul Ryan may be representing Lockheed Martin and Raytheon so he may had been threatening Mike Johnson. In a diplomatic way, of course.
What a crock of media bs. No one knows just why Ryan was there.
There is NO legitimate reason for meeting with that anti-Trump failure Ryan. Certainly not now.... not at this critical moment.
I'm getting off the train.
It is OUR FAULT these bastards are in office, we have spent DECADES making excuses that they are the lesser of two evil and voting them back into office!! Instead of NOT VOTING we NEED to get these bastards out of office even if it means giving the stinking seat to the Dem, after all what the hell is the difference!! WE ALL MUST correct the mistakes we have made with these asshole RINOS who are really Dems!! Trump has shown us just who these BASTARDS truly are WE MUST correct this!!
Thank you. Too many get angry about things, which is exactly what the writer wants.
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That’s very true. It took peeps 12 years to catch on to McConnell when it was rather obvious.
People defended compromised Sessions for years - and bought into obviously Fake investigations.
I am trying to like Mike Johnson...
Mike...don’t make this hard for me, I’m very much like President Trump...
I SUPPORT, ACCEPT, RESPECT, ...LOYALTY!!!
It wouldn’t take much for me to NOT like you...truth is:
I REALLY DID NOT KNOW MIKE THAT WELL.
STAY AWAY FROM PAUL, THE CREEP, RYAN... AND YOU WILL BE OKAY.
So far, Johnson has been a disappointment.
I wonder if he is being blackmailed
Horsehockey.
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