Posted on 10/26/2023 5:58:13 AM PDT by Red Badger
Mike Johnson, who was elected Speaker of the House of Representatives on Wednesday, said the FBI used Twitter to censor American speech until Elon Musk took over.
“Twitter was basically an FBI subsidiary before @elonmusk took it over,” Mike Johnson said.
“The Twitter files should be a matter of bipartisan concern for every member of Congress and every American citizen because it is a bedrock principle of our Constitution that the government does not get to decide what speech is acceptable or true.”
Watch
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On Wednesday, the conservative Louisiana lawmaker won with 220 votes in the lower chamber of Congress.
Johnson is the fourth Republican nominated since Kevin McCarthy’s ouster on 3 October.
Following the vote, Johnson said that the last-minute negotiations meant that his wife was unable get a flight to Washington for his installation as Speaker.
“She’s a little worn out, we all are,” he said.
Besides being a free speech advocate, Johnson mentioned border security, inflation and the conflict in the Middle East as some of his priorities as Speaker.
“The challenge before us is great, but the time for action is now, and I will not let you down,” Johnson said.
“We know that there’s a lot going on in our country, domestically and abroad, and we are ready to get to work again to solve those problems.”
Johnson vowed to set an “aggressive” schedule now that the House is “back in business.”
Following Mr Johnson’s election, several representatives singled out the budget issue.
“We need to not waste any time,” New York Republican Anthony D’Esposito said of the issue.
“What we’ve done the last few days is not work.”
Meanwhile, Democrats had a total meltdown over Johnson becoming Speaker.
As Breitbart reported:
After House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) was unanimously elected by the Republican majority to lead the House of Representatives, the first Republican to be unanimously elected by his conference since 2011.
According to an emailed statement posted to X by Punch Bowl News founder Jake Sherman, President Joe Biden’s 2024 campaign strongly condemned the election of Johnson, despite Biden’s congratulations in an official statement from the White House.
“MAGA Mike Johnson’s ascension to the speakership cements the extreme MAGA takeover of the House Republican Conference,” Ammar Moussa, a spokesman for the Biden campaign, said in a statement.
Katie Porter called Johnson an insurrectionist.
Ilhan Omar called Johnson an “extremist.”
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Johnson “helped engineer Trump’s coup?”
Do these people hear themselves? Sooo transparent.
“ What is an “extreme Christian fundamentalist”?”
A fine man.
Nanzi Pelosi is likely regretting that she didn’t keep her promise to have McCarthy’s back when telling him to accept the one vote challenge Gaetz used. Better the devil you know. Too bad for her.
YES
"That government is best which governs least" - Thoreau
An actual Christian.
i hope he can stand up to the sh*t storm coming his way
we are about to find out if he is a fighter
Ha ha ha,
THEY MAD!!!
Hakeem and company didn't care what we thought about the Jan 6 **** show. Why should we care what they want?
“Seven Days in May” also needs to be there.
An organized effort between the military, the MSM and key members of congress to depose a sitting President.
We didn’t know the military was involved until Millie showed up to work for Biden.
“MAGA Mike Johnson’s ascension to the speakership cements the extreme MAGA takeover of the House Republican Conference,” Ammar Moussa, a spokesman for the Biden campaign, said in a statement.
So MAGA is displacing the Pedo-admin sycophants and the Pedos are upset?
BenLurkin posted a ven diagram of 1984, brave new world and Fahrenheit 451 with “You are here” in the middle.
Our security software cuts out a lot of stuff posted on FR, especially pictures................
We need criminal penalties to punish government officials who break the 1st Amendment.
I can see it. Maybe your ISP didn’t like it.
It comes up with a warning message “Source NOT SECURE”...............
Come out swinging! Yeaaaaaa
If it is not asking for financial information or logon information I don’t think it’s much of a threat.
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