WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, WEST VIRGINIA – : U.S. Speaker of the House Rep. Mike Johnson
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Johnson Vows to Protect Jack Smith Hours After Democrats Save His Speakership.
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) wasted little time after 163 Democrats voted to save his speakership to announce he would not use Congress’s constitutional power of the purse to stop special counsel Jack Smith’s “lawfare” against Donald Trump. The Speaker, in some of his earliest public comments after Democrats saved his gavel, refused to make any attempt to defund Smith’s office as it continues its prosecutions of Trump.
“That’s not something you wave a wand and just eliminate the special counsel as a provision,” Johnson told Politico. “There is a necessity for a function like that, because sometimes the Department of Justice — which is an executive branch agency — can’t necessarily, without a conflict of interest, investigate or prosecute the president who’s their boss, or the president’s family.”
Explain why Trump is backing Johnson. I don’t get it. Here is Greene, as you say, stepping up taking the burden off his shoulders and he is against the measure and supporting the guy who supports the guy prosecuting him. Earlier I blasted the right for not listening to him.
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When asked straightforwardly if he would write language eliminating Smith’s job into appropriations bills, Johnson replied “no.”
I am An Independent Thinker
Who Loves America with All My Heart. 
We Can Stand Against Tyranny Together! VOTE No More Rinos! MAGA! 
The term “RINO,” which stands for “Republican-In-Name-Only,” is a political label used by some within the Republican Party to describe party members who are perceived to be insufficiently conservative or too moderate. It’s important to note that the term is highly subjective and can vary based on individual perspectives within the party.
The use of the term has increased in recent years, particularly with the influence of former President Donald Trump, who has applied it to various members of the party. For example, the term was notably used against Republicans who voted to impeach Trump after the January 6th Capitol riot 1.
It’s also worth mentioning that the term “RINO” has been employed in political discourse for over a century, but its meaning and application have evolved over time. Today, it is often used in primary campaigns and political rhetoric to challenge the conservative credentials of certain Republican officeholders 2.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) disdainfully pointed out Johnson’s statement on X, writing, “Mike Johnson when asked if he will stop the witch hunt that aims to throw President Trump in jail FOR LIFE!”
Greene and Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY), who partnered to pull the trigger Wednesday night forcing a vote to eject Johnson after weeks pressuring him to end his coalition government with Democrats, had been pressuring Johnson to put up a fight against Democrats with spending bills and other must-pass legislation, such as the Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) reauthorization, currently being considered.
Wednesday afternoon, Johnson, who had already surrendered leverage on the FAA bill to the Senate, unexpectedly scheduled a vote on a one-week FAA extension that would give Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) more time to finalize a package before the Friday night deadline. Johnson then canceled House votes for the remainder of the week, giving his members a long weekend while Schumer and his Senate continued preparations to once again jam the House.
Greene and Massie forced a motion to vacate the vote hours later to let voters know where their representatives stood. The tally was revealing.
With a small but firm opposition to Johnson inside his own party, his speakership would be in jeopardy if Democrats revoked their support.
Trump earlier in the week signaled his support for defunding Smith. He signed a printout of a Greene statement about her defund strategy, writing “Great!” in his iconic magic marker.
Moments after Democrats saved Johnson’s speakership Wednesday night, Trump weighed in, suggesting the time was not right for ousting Johnson — although the time may come. “We’re not in a position of voting on a Motion to Vacate,” he said. “At some point, we may very well be, but this is not the time.”
He’s much more than a weasel, Johnson is a liar and a traitor!!
He is compromised. MTG was right and all you RINO republicans will be replaced. Johnson is a RINO. He lacks the backbone to be a speaker. Thank you MTG for exposing another weak kneed liberal suck ass. Almost from the beginning I warned all of you about Smirking Judas and his “Conservative Christian” schtick more slickly scripted and choreographed than a Broadway musical number but your “itching ears” would not listen. Stop being fooled by degenerate REPUGLICAN trash…..who wrap themselves in flags and the cross to deceive you.
- Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia
- Patrick Tommey of Pennsylvania
- Bill Cassidy of Louisiana
- Susan Collins of Maine
- John Cornyn of Texas
- Marco Rubio Florida
- Chuck Grassley of Iowa
- John Kennedy of Louisiana
- Mitch McConnell of Kentucky
- Jerry Moran of Kansas
- Lisa Murkowski of Alaska
- Mitt Romney of Utah
- Mike Rounds of South Dakota
- Dan Sullivan of Alaska
- John Thune of South Dakota
- Thom Tillis of North Carolina
- Roger Wicker of Mississippi
- Todd Young of Indiana.
- Steve Daines of Montana
- Rand Paul of Kentucky is Libertarian
Johnson is another gutless traitor who has to be jettisoned ASAP.
2 TIER JUSTICE SYSTEM AT ITS BEST!!
Probably because he knows the MR. TRUMP is going to lose on his own.
So, Why the HELL would he vow to protect him?
Trampled on DJT RIGHTS!!! WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THEY COME AFTER US??
Johnson is the biggest loser and traitor to this Republic. He has to go!
Someone close to Trump might oughta ask him how it’s working out so far after he ran cover for Johnson. Is Johnson a specious plant by the uniparty playing both sides. Heard also that the RNC which got new leadership with Lara Trump, has hired back many of the old RNC employees they fired just a few months ago? The RNC was full of weasels like Johnson.
Why hire these idiots back? The fix is in!
Seriously. What happened to Johnson? Who is pulling his strings? He’s supposed to be religious right? So I guess he’d better start getting used to the heat.
At least he can be with his Democrat friends in Hell. But yet he stays, and the damage continues.
Trump has people in his inner circle – again – that are operatives working toward his demise just like Mike Johnson is! Johnson is kicking himself with how much he can get away with by siding with Democrats. Allowing the demons of the Biden administration to prosecute Trump for bogus non-crimes is no problem for Johnson because he’s not the one being illegally prosecuted. All principals are long gone.
Just a power joyride now.
He has shown his true colour.
He is the stooge of the Demoncrat.
He is a spy for the Dems. Will do everything to ensure Trump is defeated.
The devil incarnate who hide behind the
What is wrong with the Republican Party?! We are doomed!
He’s terrible and should be gone but I have two questions for MTG: 1. Why didn’t you vote to oust McCarthy too? He’s no better than Johnson. 2. Why bring MTV to the floor knowing you didn’t have the votes?
Now he knows he’s untouchable and will probably go further off the rails.
Republicans are avoiding any controversy going into the election. If Johnson came out and said I’m shutting down jack smith it would start a whirlwind of shit with the fake news and democrats saying Johnson is interfering in the Trump special concealment case. Yes I know it’s bullshit but jack smith’s hoax investigation is in the shitter. The Supreme Court still hasn’t ruled on the doc’s case either.
So why get involved at this point let jack smith crash and burn on his own. Lastly if Trumps gets through all the hoax trials on his own he won’t owe shit to anybody in the swamp. Think about that. Let it soak in. Navarro and Bannon threw themselves into the mix over stupidity and Navarro is in jail not being able to help if Bannon goes to jail he can’t help Trump/MAGA
Be afraid, be very afraid leftists civil war is coming. Your country is collapsing right in front of you. They demoKKKrats are getting the steal ready, these evil bastards will do anything for power. Did Gaetz betray with ousting McCarthy to usher in this traitor.. this is an extremely elaborate and evil plan .. not some week trip itinerary.. trust no one, 
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The new Judas . Speaker McCarthy was also owned by the Democrats.
Judas Iscariot was one of the original Twelve Apostles of Jesus Christ. He is most infamously known for betraying Jesus to the Sanhedrin in the Garden of Gethsemane.
This act of betrayal was marked by Judas identifying Jesus with a kiss to the crowd who had come to arrest him. The canonical gospels of the New Testament describe Judas’s betrayal as being motivated by avarice, as he received thirty pieces of silver in exchange for his betrayal. However, the Gospel of Luke and the Gospel of John suggest that his actions were influenced by Satan entering into him.
The death of Judas is subject to varying accounts. The Gospel of Matthew describes that Judas felt remorse after seeing Jesus condemned to death, attempted to return the silver he had been paid, and then hanged himself. Meanwhile, the Book of Acts describes that Judas acquired a field with the money and died after falling there, leading to his bowels gushing out.
Judas’s role in the betrayal of Jesus.
Has made his name synonymous with treachery and betrayal in Western culture.
His story has been the subject of much analysis, interpretation, and speculation throughout Christian history, and he remains a controversial figure. Some texts, such as the Gnostic Gospel of Judas, portray his actions as being done in obedience to Jesus’s own instructions, suggesting a more complex character than simply that of a traitor12.
Johnson is an utter disgrace and disappointment.
He has turned his back on the principles of God, and he KNOWS it. Coward.
This guy has to be removed! He is a Sure & Real Danger to DJT! Hours, mere hours, later he is scheming with the Dems to “protect’ JACK THE SNAKE! …… I am very angry! I will not transgress The LORD’s Path. HOWEVER, we must needs raise up to protect at a much higher level, prayers and presence, PROTECTION OF Mr. TRUMP
McCarthy just hid it better than Johnson.
All that is happening in the Well of The House is a McCarthy-backed Plan. McCarthy is much smarter than Johnson. McCarthy vowed revenge on the America First Members. Or, maybe in the subject line how’s it feel when you bend over by the Marxist Uni-Party?
It’s obvious that Johnson is being PLAYED by his new Democrat GOONS because he’s that WEAK, SPINELESS and PATHETIC. HE truly believes he’s made it INTO the mafia INNER CIRCLE. BUT in REALITY he’s only their FALL GUY who will end up HANGING in some obscure hotel room somewhere with a phoney SUICIDE NOTE. The IDIOT is too STUPID to figure out that he has a TARGET on his back that his new buddies got him to paint on by himself. He’s their pet fish in a very small barrel.
Or better yet, picture of Trump with a thumbs up with the quote Trump says Johnson, “he is doing a very good job,” “MTG understands that” and “has a lot of respect for the speaker.” MTG was right and vindicated. I agree with the thought of voting for Trump and skipping the “republican candidate, but it’s getting harder to vote for Trump with some of the people he’s supporting.
This is who Mike Johnson is & who he was. It wasn’t faced when he was ridiculously given the “good man” moniker after his vote for the unlimited debt bill & then he was carelessly given even more power(to “put the speaker’s race behind us’: how’d that work out?) & it still isn’t being faced even after his multiple lies about no CRs & his votes over & over against his constituents & the rest of us.
If Elise”Bannon’s bulldog” Stefanik or Steve “table the vote” Scalise gets pushed next, both of whom vote w/ Johnson every time, then you know the gaslighting has begun…again…Bro…Trump supports Mike Johnson! Seriously, I don’t think I can continue supporting Trump. I don’t care if Trump makes dumb decisions for himself. I do care if they impact the country and clearly Trump can’t be trusted to surround himself with patriots to save it!
Johnson is a piece of crap, worse than a sheep in bible clothing.
He is a traitor to President Trump and this country.
It’s all about power, the democrats are running the house with johnson as their figurehead. Speaker in title only. All senators and congressmen who have been in office for 3 terms or more should be removed, unless they can prove otherwise. Presidents only have two terms.
I don’t think this is what our founders intended for our Republic. Congressman and Senators starting their first term as paupers and ending up millionaires on their way out.
I wonder how that happens. Mr. Bible man Johnson turned out just as I suspected, a fake, the dead giveaway was when he was voted in unanimously, it was all planned by both parties. They’re all putting on a show, don’t fall for it, wake up. The wicked always align themselves with the wicked. Always.
The Breitbart headline says it all. The US Congress does NOT work for the American People. Think about this… …
Republican In Name Only Speaker Johnson: just saved by the Democrat Party: vows to protect the lawless, and corrupt Jack Smith.
Johnson announced he would not use Congress’s constitutional power of the purse to stop special counsel Jack Smith’s “lawfare” against Donald Trump.
Johnson refused to make any attempt to defund Smith’s office as it continues its prosecutions of Trump. Political impotent eunuch!
President Trump, as soon as this stupid trial is over in New York and it results in either your acquittal or mistrial via a hung jury, please pull the trigger on Johnson and give the thumbs up sign to slit his throat, politically not figuratively, and PUSH HIM OUT!!! HE JUST STABBED YOU IN THE BACK WITH THESE STATEMENTS AND MUST FACE A POLITICAL EXECUTION!!!
MTG called Johnson out for what he is.
Now Johnson is striking back and won’t lift a finger to help Trump or the American people. Johnson now has a position of power and joins the ranks of the ruling class and his actions show the common man be damned. I think we need to be more clear about the definition of “good man.” I certainly don’t think it applies to a traitor, liar and backstabber like Mike Johnson. Is anyone still doubting Johnson is working for the enemy at this point?
Hope Louisiana patriots will vote him out in Nov.!
If you are not fighting the corruption, you are part of the corruption @RepMikeJohnson
With the protection of demos, there is no way you can remove MJ as a speaker. Then Republicans need to find out what the Democrats have on Johnson and out him themselves. Hope is on Louisiana voters. Louisiana voters in Mike Johnson’s district, vote this spineless RINO out.
This is not going to end well for Mr Johnson, hope he has a plan B for a career.
Being a total sellout has a short shelf life, and he is starting to stink already.
The DemonCrats in Congress and The Senate, Surely Laugh At Their Puppet and Proxy Speaker Johnson … Can you imagine Pelosi acting like this – She was Ruthless and Effective. Johnson is Weak and Ineffective For the Party He Represents ….. However , He is very effective for the DemonCrats . Trump doesn’t have a chance of getting anything done if he is elected!! Our government needs to be torn down and replaced with patriotic leaders who are willing to sacrifice for our nation!! Not get rich liars and thieves!!
Mike Johnson is a disgrace to the Republican Party and, as a citizen born in Shreveport, Louisiana, I was profoundly proud when you were elected Speaker of the House.
But once again, you became a turncoat to the American people and the Constitution you represent.Thank God for the Supreme Court Justices, once again reminding us of the importance of our three branches of government, two of which have undermined everything this country was founded on approximately 350 years ago. Julie Kelly deserves such adoration for disclosing the criminal conspiracy against a presidential candidate under the Biden/Obama regime. Bringing control back to the American people and the integrity of our election process is imperative to the survival of what’s left of our democracy.
But they better have someone else to take over the Speakership or we’re just going to get another bought off RINO. I knew that Johnson was a disaster from Day 0ne when all the RINOs voted unanimously for him. These people are easy to judge. I’m saying this MTG thing is 100% for show because she’s trying to repair the bridges, she burned with MAGA when she was McCarthy’s head cheerleader.