Mike Johnson (R-LA) on his wife Kelly not being in attendance for his ascension to House Speaker:
“She’s spent the last couple of weeks on her knees in prayer to the Lord. And, um, she’s a little worn out.” pic.twitter.com/3GtQr6RxfH — The Recount (@therecount) October 25, 2023
Johnson, a legislator with a track record of anti-LGBTQ, anti-abortion, and anti–election integrity initiatives, won the speakership with a unanimous GOP vote on Wednesday. It was a feat that several of his more prominent colleagues had failed to accomplish in the last three weeks since McCarthy was ousted, and which some speculated may even be impossible.
Johnson’s ascension to a post second in line for the presidency has been the fastest in modern U.S. history, according to The Atlantic. The 51-year-old, who began his congressional career in 2017, was mentored by the likes of House Majority Leader Steve Scalise and Representative Jim Jordan. The head-down congressman has also closely aligned himself with Donald Trump, fighting tirelessly during 2020 to help overturn the presidential election results and becoming what The New York Times described as the “most important architect” of the 2020 Electoral College objections on January 6, 2021.
banjolady on October 26th, 2023 at 22:35 UTC »
My son age 43 died unexpectedly 20 days ago. One of the most ridiculous things that a thoughts and prayers person told me that god knew from the day he was born ,what day he would die. Fuck that. Why would someone think that is comforting.
ObligatoryOption on October 26th, 2023 at 19:47 UTC »
If prayers worked they wouldn't need guns.
TintedApostle on October 26th, 2023 at 19:42 UTC »
"In the history of mankind many republics have risen, have flourished for a less or greater time, and then have fallen because their citizens lost the power of governing themselves and thereby of governing their state; and in no way has this loss of power been so often and so clearly shown as in the tendency to turn the government into a government primarily for the benefit of one class instead of a government for the benefit of the people as a whole."
Theodore Roosevelt - Square Deal 1903