[Mike Johnson is the new Speaker] The Great Speaker Race

[Brian4Liberty]

https://twitter.com/WarrenDavidson/status/1717014036213084312

 

[Anti Globalist]

I hope they go through every single person on the GOP side.

 

[Anti Federalist]

What's his story?

Got a lifetime ACU rating of 91 FWIW and a Liberty score of 74

 

[Occam's Banana]

https://twitter.com/MilaLovesJoe/status/1716183373113368661

Byron Donalds is the only "RINO" on that list. [1]

Until enough of the people who support the Republican party - but who also complain about those others being "RINOs" - finally figure that out, nothing is going to change. They're just going to keep getting screwed over by the real Republicans.



[1] For the reasons explained here and here.

To put it another way: the 15% figure specified by the author of the following tweet posted by AF are the "RINOs" (i.e., Republicans "in name only").

https://twitter.com/JoeyMannarinoUS/status/1715141573535502624

The other 85% are the real Republicans.

The number of RINOs may be getting to the point where they'll have a large enough minority to crack up the Republican party.

The current fiasco over the House speakership may be a symptom of this.

It's not like we're not long overdue for some kind of significant shakeup. The last time it happened was in the mid-1800s. I doubt the Republicans will go the way of the Whigs and just vanish - but who knows? If the RINOs (as identified above) can secure a sufficient plurality of the Republican caucus, they might eventually force the real Republicans into open and explicit alignment with the Democrats (which would effectively be the same thing). But for that to happen, the Republicans as a whole would have to maintain only a small margin of majority over the Democrats. If a Republican majority was too large, the RINOs (again, as identified above) would be neutered as a potent faction of the party. As Michael Malice noted:

https://twitter.com/michaelmalice/status/1715394133903266024

IOW: Those who support the anti-establishment faction of the Republican party should absolutely not be rooting for any sweeping Republican "mandates" in Congressional elections. A large Republican majority in Congress is the last thing they should want, because "their guys" will have no power if the Republican margin is not slim.

 

[acptulsa]

https://twitter.com/DC_Draino/status/1716853637891207401

 

[Brian4Liberty]

https://twitter.com/Rep_Clyde/status/1717190983387914595

 

[Brian4Liberty]

Mitt Romney opposes Mike Johnson...

https://twitter.com/IanJaeger29/status/1717212198798336452

 

[Matt Collins]

Mitt Romney opposes Mike Johnson...

Well that's a good start!

 

[Occam's Banana]

https://twitter.com/RepThomasMassie/status/1717168840021274678

 

[69360]

Seems like Johnson might get it because he has no enemies, not on merit. Works I suppose.

 

[oyarde]

What's his story?

Got a lifetime ACU rating of 91 FWIW and a Liberty score of 74

thats a 20 point improvement over mccarthys liberty score , i'll take it to start since we cant get byron donalds , how often do americans get a chance for twenty percent improvement these days ?

 

[Brian4Liberty]

https://twitter.com/USAB4L/status/1717235315826741400

 

[Brian4Liberty]

Seems like Johnson might get it because he has no enemies, not on merit. Works I suppose.

Just because you never heard of him doesn't mean he is without merit. He was actually a Matt Gaetz favorite:

Summary of Gaetz video above: He basically had the most good things to say about Byron Donalds, Kevin Hern, Mike Johnson and Gary Palmer. He almost seemed to like Mike Johnson the best.

 

[Brian4Liberty]

And Mike Johnson wins it.

 

[Brian4Liberty]

https://twitter.com/RepTiffany/status/1717238684653678934

 

[69360]

Just because you never heard of him doesn't mean he is without merit. He was actually a Matt Gaetz favorite:

Not a fan of Gaetz. By without merit, I meant no leadership experience. That might work to his advantage lately though,

 

[devil21]

And Mike Johnson wins it.

He's another Israel lackey, but interestingly he's very "far right" evangelical type, so he's probably a Pastor Hagee CUFI type who only supports Israel because the End Times eschatology they believe requires that Israel be obliterated prior to the second coming. Sounds about right these days, no? It also fits with Ukraine being made into a new homeland (or a return to the original homeland, depending on historical perspective) for displaced Israelis. Johnson says he opposes continued Ukraine funding and since it's no longer in vogue to support sending cash and weapons (which end up God-only-knows-where) to Ukraine, it probably means the Ukraine preparations (displacement and ethnic cleansing, along with basecamp for ID2020 development) are nearing completion.

 

[WarriorLiberty]

Mike Johnson is another hawk.

 

[WarriorLiberty]

https://twitter.com/RepTiffany/status/1717238684653678934

When someone says that they will be protecting American constitutional rights that already is a lie..

 

[Anti Federalist]

https://twitter.com/USAB4L/status/1717235315826741400

Winnah!