Speaker Johnson - Media and Democratic Whingeing

[Hijinx]

Left holding the bag.

 

[dave20]

The policy of allowing just one member of the majority to trigger the ouster of the speaker needs to go. There are too many immature and self serving people in the house that want nothing more than the attention they get for throwing a monkey wrench into the works when they don't get their way. Ronald Regan had the saying that getting half a loaf is better than getting none. Lately we've been getting none. Just my 2 cents.

 

[GURPS]

Finally, predictable demands have already begun for Biden to step down as President, since if he can’t run for office, how can he run the office? It only took about an hour yesterday:





Ha. If they want to remove Biden under the 25th Amendment, they’ll have to find him first.

The mind reels under the weight of the unknown. Consider the possibilities for just the next 24-hour news cycle. Will Biden turn up dead or disabled, another tragic covid victim? Who will Trump run against, while Democrats dither about who their insta-candidate will be? After a week of assassination attempts, global computer resets, and disappearing candidates, what does 2024 have in store for us next?

Maybe instead of fretting about the future, we should be looking backwards. After all, we’ll be sorry when we don’t have Joe Biden to kick around anymore. Or maybe he’s already gone! Who knows. Anyway, as we, mystified and amused, foray further into political terra incognito, enjoy this final memorial montage of Joe’s greatest hits:





CLIP: Twenty minutes of President Cabbage brain resets (19:25).

Fair warning: It’s addictive. If you start watching, it can be hard to stop. Thanks, Joe, for the memories.

☕️ DOWN AND OUT ☙ Monday, July 22, 2024 ☙ C&C NEWS 🦠

Welp. It happened. Now, what happens next?

www.coffeeandcovid.com

 

[stgislander]

Biden resigning would seem to make it easy/simple for Kamala to be the nominee. She'd already be the sitting president.

 

[GURPS]

Regardless, House Speaker Mike Johnson, who will remain at his post since Republicans retained control of the House, has asked the Ethics Committee to quash their report on their investigation into the Florida Republican, who Trump nominated to serve as our next attorney general (via Axios):

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said he'll ask the House Ethics Committee not to release a potentially damaging report on the conduct of former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), President-elect Trump's attorney general nominee.
Why it matters: Johnson said making the report public would set a "terrible precedent," demonstrating how far he's willing to go to help Trump's nominees.
Gaetz resigned from the House Wednesday — a move that would typically disband the Ethics Committee's investigation — but senators of both parties have said they want to see the panel's findings as they prepare to consider whether to confirm Gaetz.
"I'm going to strongly request that the Ethics Committee not issue the report because that is not the way we do things in the House, and I think that would be a terrible precedent to set," Johnson said, as first reported by Politico.
Johnson's comments are a notable pivot from his previous stance that he does not wade into Ethics Committee matters.
Catch up quick: In June, the ethics panel officially confirmed its probe into Gaetz had picked up where the Justice Department left off in some of its investigations.
[…]
The big picture: Trump's decision to select Gaetz — a staunch ally and polarizing figure in the House — sent shockwaves through Congress, with his critics arguing the allegations should disqualify him.
Republicans on the House Ethics Committee met on Thursday, but it remains unclear whether they will vote to release their findings.

Mike Johnson Requests House Ethics Committee Quash Report on Gaetz

townhall.com

 

[herb749]

Regardless, House Speaker Mike Johnson, who will remain at his post since Republicans retained control of the House, has asked the Ethics Committee to quash their report on their investigation into the Florida Republican, who Trump nominated to serve as our next attorney general (via Axios):

Mike Johnson Requests House Ethics Committee Quash Report on Gaetz

townhall.com

Its gonna leak out. Some Democrats on the committee will leak it to the Times or Post. Then they will all deny it. Just like the SC and blame it on a staffer.