I’m just going to say it. The new Speaker of the House has a very palpable “it puts the lotion on its skin” vibe pulsating off of him. Does he have a crawlspace that needs checking? #speakerjohnson#speakerofthehouse
Like our new House Speaker I was also ordained by God, but for me it’s to write jokes on Mastodon. So if you don’t boost my jokes then you hate God. #nerlingersjokes#speakerofthehouse
The little-known Louisianan, who won on the first ballot, rallied objections to 2020 election certification, won Trump’s hedged support and has a solidly conservative voting record.
People, I think Johnson might be a True Believer, unlike most of his MAGA counterparts. That's not good. He doesn't even have millions in the bank (yet). A True Believer thinks they're god's conduit on earth and will lead other True Believers to the promised land. I'm sure he thinks god has him on speed dial.
Mike Johnson, a little-known social conservative from Louisiana, did what three nominees before him could not: win over support from mainstream Republicans and the far right.
Mike Johnson, the new speaker of the house, is just another in a line of followers direct from the Project 2025 playbook.
For those unfamiliar, Project 2025 is a conservative manifesto designed to consolidate direct Presidential control of all assets in the Executive branch of the US government, using Unitary Executive theory. This "logic" is based on the vesting clause of Article 2 of the US Constitution. It will eliminate all checks and balances on the office of the president.
This playbook includes replacing all personnel with pro-Trump supporters, banning gender-affirming care and language (even the term gender affirming), gay marriage, abortions, and anything not white, Christian, or conservative.
It would turn the US into a Christian theocracy. A place where AFAB women are breeding stock, and homosexuality becomes a criminal offense again. It would turn the office of the President into a dictatorship.
Johnson has voted against Gay Marriage, against certifying the 2020 election, and is a threat to what's left of this so-called country. His election as speaker of the house is a direct attack on freedom.
We can no longer bury our heads in the sand. We can no longer stand idly by and watch as fascism returns to power. This looks more like the Weimar Republic in 1923 than the United States in 2023.
For any who doubts that this playbook exists, or views this as some Right Wing conspiracy, I invite you to read this document for yourself. This is real. This is a threat. This is not a test.
"It put a socially conservative lawyer who opposes abortion rights and same-sex marriage, and who played a leading role in congressional efforts to overturn the 2020 election, second in line to the presidency." NYT, 10/25/23
#GLAAD#SpeakerOfTheHouse#RepMikeJohnson
Wake up people! Our system is teetering on collapse. An Alliance Defending Freedom insurrectionist coup plotting fascist is now in charge of the House. Time to drop the privileged ideological unserious nonsense. 🤦♂️
Mike Johnson | GLAAD
—Said that parents should not be allowed to let their children have access to transgender health care: “A parent has no right to sexually transition a young child,” he said at a hearing on ... https://glaad.org/gap/mike-johnson/
Seems like #MikeJohnson is going to become #SpeakerOfTheHouse. This entire time, the Republican anti establishment movement seemed divided between whether they cared more about being hardcore conservative or making the process more transparent and accountable to voters. The former seems to have won. Returning the conversation to a culture war dialogue instead of a class war works for the Democratic party as well. Pathetic. They don't care about us. #ForceTheVote
Mike Johnson: ‘Depraved’ America Deserves God’s Wrath (www.rollingstone.com)
Mike Johnson said during prayer calls with right-wing pastor Jim Garlow that "depraved" America deserves the wrath of God.
Who is Mike Johnson? Five things to know about the new Republican House speaker (www.nbcnews.com)
The little-known Louisianan, who won on the first ballot, rallied objections to 2020 election certification, won Trump’s hedged support and has a solidly conservative voting record.
Johnson Elected Speaker of the House, Ending Weeks of Chaos (www.nytimes.com)
Mike Johnson, a little-known social conservative from Louisiana, did what three nominees before him could not: win over support from mainstream Republicans and the far right.