Speaker Mike Johnson has once again lost a battle against hardline conservatives for control of his own House floor — and he has no clear way out.
A small group of GOP hardliners, led by firebrand Rep. Anna Paulina Luna of Florida, effectively seized the floor from Johnson this week, refusing to allow him to move on their own party’s priorities until Republican leaders come up with a plan to pass President Donald Trump’s federal elections overhaul bill.
By Tuesday afternoon, Johnson was forced into one of the most humiliating possible positions for a House speaker: He conceded he could not regain control of the chamber and instructed members to leave Washington early. It’s the second straight week that GOP leaders have had to scrap their plans, this time losing out on nearly an entire week’s agenda.
Don’t get me wrong, if he’s the nominee, I’m voting for him enthusiastically. I don’t care who the nominee is, if it’s not a republican they’re getting my vote…
I want someone with the ability to hold the democrats together, right now, that’s first and foremost. Defeating MAGA is #1 - #10 priorities…everything else is secondary…
I keep hearing that punishing MAGA should not be the priority, but they are wrong. Whatever agenda they want to pursue, and we all have our favorite issues - mine are healthcare and student loan an forgiveness/tuition reform, among others - but we will NEVER achieve them if the MAGA Poltergeists are running around gleefully fucking everything up because CHAOS IS FUN! AND PROFITABLE!
The FIRST order of business is to crush MAGA ruthlessly, punish them mercilessly for every one of their many crimes, and then viciously purge them from our government and our society. After that, we deal with the Sociopathic Oligarchs, and OUR money.
Only then can we finally pursue an agenda that serves the Citizens.