…Johnson “has named Reps #ScottPerry PA) & #RonnyJackson (TX) to the House Intelligence Cmte. The #Intel Cmte oversees the entire intelligence community & gets some of the most sensitive intelligence about the #US & its allies.”
"The embattled Republican Speaker of the House Mike Johnson is vowing to use the arsenal of tools at his disposal, including defunding, to target the U.S. Dept. of Justice after ex-president Donald Trump was convicted in a New York State prosecution on 34 felony charges last week."
"If Netanyahu comes to address Congress, I would be more than glad to show the ICC the way to the House floor to issue that warrant."
~ Rep. Mark Pocan
Opposition to speaker Mike Johnson's (R-La.) invitation to Netanyahu has been mounting following ICC prosecutor Karim Khan's application for arrest warrants.
"If Netanyahu comes to address Congress, I would be more than glad to show the ICC the way to the House floor to issue that warrant."
~ Rep. Mark Pocan
Opposition to speaker Mike Johnson's (R-La.) invitation to Netanyahu has been mounting following ICC prosecutor Karim Khan's application for arrest warrants.
"If Netanyahu comes to address Congress, I would be more than glad to show the ICC the way to the House floor to issue that warrant."
~ Rep. Mark Pocan
Opposition to speaker Mike Johnson's (R-La.) invitation to Netanyahu has been mounting following ICC prosecutor Karim Khan's application for arrest warrants.
#Trump has his posse again. Today it’s more #Republican elected officials. Today, Trump will be joined by the #House speaker, #MikeJohnson, as well as #NorthDakota’s governor, #DougBurgum, a contender to be Trump's running mate. Also present will be Representatives #ByronDonalds & #CoryMills of Florida, & #VivekRamaswamy, who was one of Trump's primary rivals this year. Both Donalds & Ramaswamy are longshot hopefuls to be Trump's running mate.
On MSNBC just now, writer Andrew Rice said that while he was in court yesterday for #MichaelCohen’s direct, he could see over #Trump’s shoulder and Trump was editing the very remarks #MikeJohnson, #TommyTuberville, #VivekRamaswamy, et al ended up delivering outside the courthouse today. If true, that seems a very clear violation of the #GagOrder (“Making or directing others to make public statements…”).
Probably difficult to prove it unless you take Rice at his word, though.
This morning Trump was asked about his surrogates,
"I do have a lot of surrogates and they are speaking very beautifully and they come all from from all over Washington and they're highly respected and they think this is the greatest scam they've ever seen and some are Democrats they're very embarrassed by what's going on."
Later #MikeJohnson talked about Judge Merchan's daughter.
Johnson is a lawyer & Speaker of the House. He knows exactly what he is doing. #GagOrder#TrumpTrial
It's something that #MikeJohnson finally let the #Ukraine aid go through and all but you have to wonder if he waited until he knew Russia had the opening it needed.
"Mike Johnson's lies about illegal immigrants voting are] such a toxic mess of nonsense and racism that even debunking it stabs little daggers into democracy. ...
The only point of this kind of racist tripe is to preemptively explain why Trump lost."
Going to be interesting to see if Trump-endorsed Speaker #MikeJohnson is saved by the House Democrats’ motion to table Taylor Green’s motion to oust Johnson. Gift access to reporting on the situation: https://wapo.st/4brzUy4
I recommend listening to the linked #RollingStone interview:
"By RedStateRachel — May 8, 2024
👉House Speaker Mike Johnson's Christian Nationalist views are alarming👈, and Americans need to understand more about the Republican leader who is second in the line of succession after Vice President Harris.
Speaker Johnson's beliefs are far outside the mainstream, and he believes that a "depraved"...