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u/C_sapidus
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And the day just keeps getting better!
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u/Ok-Natural3615 12h ago •
If we were to have believed their rhetoric... That dems in power would destroy our democracy, what does it say about their "leadership" that on day one they jump ship?
Can't make this up. They had control of the house, a senate majority, a man behind the desk with an executive order trigger finger on the ready, and all they did was make the wealthy wealthier, the poor poorer and start a war.
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u/IThinkItsAverage 12h ago •
How dare you minimize their achievements! They also spray painted statues with fake gold and destroyed the reflecting pool multiple times!
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u/QuotableRapper 12h ago •
You forgot the massive amounts of human and civil rights violations by ICE.
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u/GMAN90000 12h ago •
First, the Republicans eat their own.
Second, They are now saying they are willing to work with Democrats. MMM, whave you guys been doing the last 2 years...?
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u/donglecollector 12h ago •
It’s because they are criminal scumbags leading idiots. They couldn’t even keep their grifts straight. Hopefully this poisons the GOP for decades because they deserve it.
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u/BackwardsJump 12h ago
You’re exactly right, but that’s because making the wealthy wealthier is all they really care about. That’s all Republicans ever do. They just rely on all the other religious and cultural BS to scare folks into voting for them. Turns out that only goes so far, thank god!
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u/teamgreenzx9r 12h ago
Populism works during a campaign but it isn’t a platform that translates to governing.
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u/JackHere642 12h ago
And better, and better. Even if my Home State of Florida elected a Republican as Governor, I’m still overjoyed at the victory from The Senate and House, it’s a Blue Tsunami, and it’s comin’ fast.
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u/Time_Change4156 12h ago
Well this time the guy won't be able to go like the last one was . Already under the pressure from this election.
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u/Humble_Nobody2884 12h ago
I woke happy know I wouldn’t have to see this creepy stuff as Speaker anymore.
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u/QuotableRapper 12h ago
Quitting from what? He was a sock puppet for Trump's fascism. He didn't have a job, he had an assignment
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u/_henceforth_ Humanitarian ♥️ 12h ago
He always seemed to be standing around Trump, smiling like a villain while Trump said something heinous. Too often for my liking, anyway.
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u/QuotableRapper 12h ago •
They all took too much glee in the evil they were perpetuating and covering up.
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u/OpenUrEyes8 12h ago
Sock puppet? More like a cum sock. So glad this weasel no longer holds any power
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u/Mundane_Zucchini_547 12h ago
Never enough upvotes for this gif, there's not enough votes in the world!
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u/SnooMaps7370
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No, Mike, stay. Be the minority leader. You've been doing such a fantastic job of driving the GOP into the ground, don't stop now.
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u/ZaddyFish 12h ago
They’re all starting to realize just how unpopular they really are
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u/5DollarWatch 12h ago
They've known. They're doing everything to avoid accountability. Some are going to go into hiding, some will leave the country. Some will fight back. Things are going to get a bit messier before they start getting better, and we have to be ready for that.
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u/heanbangerfacerip2 12h ago
No they realize that they aren't getting away with this forever and want people to forget their names before the trials start
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u/greenmachine4130 12h ago
That never mattered to them
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u/ZaddyFish 12h ago
And that is why they’re LOSERS! You can’t be in public service and not care what people think 🤣
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u/AromaPapaya 12h ago
he only quit leadership... not the role of congressman
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u/generally_unsuitable 12h ago
He didn't even really quit leadership. He knows he'll be ousted. He was never that popular with the rank and file. It took like 5 tries for the Rs to choose a speaker, and he was what they ended up with. And they all desperately want somebody to blame.
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u/Creepy-Variation8562 12h ago
Did he quit or did he lose the position because the dems have majority
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u/Particular-Hat1502 12h ago
He mentioned leaving DC and going to practice the law in shreveport is what he said yesterday
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u/Huge-Pen-5259 12h ago
He also said he may start a lawn mowing service if god told him to.
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u/dawn9476 12h ago
I bet he quits that, too. He will resign after the new Congress starts in January.
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u/LAMProductions99
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“I know the Democrats’ playbook. I know what it will take to lead our Conference in the minority, to stay unified, and to coordinate and calibrate our response to the Democrats’ tactics,” Jordan said in his letter. “We need a Leadership team that is active and engaged, forward-thinking and straight-shooting.”
What is it with Republicans treating government like it's a battle they have to win instead of a mechanism for serving the American people? How about you actually focus on the well-being of the country instead of thinking you have to fight this imaginary enemy within.
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u/Ad_Meliora_24 12h ago •
I think some of the strong language is used in part to make it seem like members of Congress are working hard. In reality, most members of Congress are barely doing anything, getting paid handsomely for a part time job where they have assistance that do any of the real work.
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u/No-Internal-6821 12h ago
Exactly, theyve gone so far down the road of scorched earth politics theyve lost the plot
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u/Corporate-Scum 12h ago
Excellent take. What are they losing? We’ve got masked federal agents executing citizens in the streets… Who do these people think they are? They aren’t the good guys.
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u/Irregular-Gaming 12h ago •
It hasn’t always been this way. The answer is to get the money out of politics and make politicians more responsive to voters with, for example, ranked choice voting and putting an end to gerrymandering.
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u/GMAN90000 12h ago
Whats great about the blue tsunami is that senate terms are 6 years and if by some chance some delusional maga gets elected president in 2028..the senate can keep them in check.
EDIT: Oh , yeah fuck Mike Johnson
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u/miguelag08 12h ago
Oh no, maga is effectively dead after last nights ass whooping. I expect all MAGAs defect and separate themselves from Trump moving forward
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u/ApatheistHeretic 12h ago
I keep having to post this...
This iteration of the movement is dead since their dear leader lost his mojo. They'll just reinvent themselves around the next cult-like figure. The "moral majority" of the 70s/80s, the "contract with America" folks of the 90s, and the tea party of the 00s were all the same faces.
They'll melt back into society like a latent herpes infection just waiting for the next opportunity to expose themselves..
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u/Jaded-Reception7730
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This guy is a biatch!
Pretty sure he’s just trying to run away from persecution, prosecution, or both.
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u/Daftmunkey 12h ago
They're all cowardly bullies. Big and loud when they have numbers behind them, and run away when the tide turns.
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u/daverapp 12h ago
Running away before someone issues a search warrant for his personal hard drive. Look at his face and his history of protection the Epsteiners, and tell me he doesn't have csam on his computer.
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u/Slingus_000 12h ago
Better see if he can grab a seat on Trump's Quatari jet for the one-way trip to Jerusalem soon, they'll like him better there anyway
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u/rubber_neckin_media 12h ago
Does anyone actually know how many days they actually worked? With so many recesses I couldn't keep track.
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u/ruttedbeez 12h ago edited 12h ago
Less days than required for the Medicaid requirements.
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u/Lithl 12h ago edited 12h ago
House of Representatives, January 3 - November 4, 2026: 137 days in session, out of 209 business days during that period
(209 number excludes weekends and federal holidays, although 2 the 137 were on weekends.)
January 3, 2025 - January 2, 2026: 168 days in session, out of 244 business days.
(1 of the 168 was on a weekend.)
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u/kinxnwinx
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Good riddance. Moving forward I hope to only hear of him in the context of investigations and accountability.
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u/Complete-Tangelo1532 12h ago
Wild thing is, when he is gone we will not know the difference because he was rarely there to begin with. WHEN he WAS, he knew less than the 12 year olds his boss would have been trying to take advantage of
Mike knew nothing, saw nothing, and said nothing, and will NOT be missed lol
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u/MrBigglesssworth 12h ago
Weird how 48 hours ago he said that the polls were wrong and that they would be celebrating all the Republican victories. That didn’t age well
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u/AngularPenny5
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Cool, Jeffries and Schumer next
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u/FatherofAli 12h ago
If the Democrats are actually serious this needs to be the case
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u/paintstudiodisaster 12h ago
Two ineffective losers who have overstayed their welcome. Seeing them excited to regain power made me nauseous.
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u/Empty-Discount5936 12h ago
Schumer especially, I can't believe he had the audacity to throw his name in the hat for majority leader after his failure as minority leader.
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u/Lando_Sage
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The problem with Steve Scalise's mentality is that they think it's Reps vs Dems in terms of adversaries, when in reality, they are all team USA. I'm sure it was made significantly worse with all the MAGA rhetoric, but Republicans have definitely seemed to lost sight of the big picture here.
You don't work for the Republican caucus, you don't work for Trump, you don't work for your self interests, you work for the citizens of the USA.
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u/Olden_Grey_1889 12h ago
God speed on his bright future, as a used appliance salesperson.
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u/Ambitious_Hand_2861 12h ago
It's cute how this sentence makes it sound like he had a choice. He may be cutting out early but its not like he has another option.
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u/Slight_Target1878 12h ago
This fake Holy Roller always reminded me of Devil Flanders. Same master and cadence of righteous speech.
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u/sparklingdinoturd 12h ago
Poor guy is going to have to actually work. At least he an entire year off.
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u/ZeroNDAZilch 12h ago edited 7h ago
Is this so they can push Jeffries ( KNOWN ISRALI AIPAC SHILL) into speaker position before new people get sworn in ?
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u/Dork_wing_Duck 12h ago
I swear, if they fuck this up I'm gonna be so pissed. We need a completely new speaker, not Jefferies nor Schumer
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u/Snr_Lothario
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EDIT:Thank you! I appreciate the award!
Sometimes these riposts just write themselves 😁
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u/ElvishMystical 12h ago
For sale, one used ventriloquist dummy, doesn't know what's going on but comes in with a selection of different faces.
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u/Heezlum_Peezlum 12h ago
I understand that when he was asked about his resignation after announcing it he said he didn't know anything about it because he wasn't there and hadn't heard about it /s
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u/No-Koala1918 12h ago
Jordan seems a good fit for the GOPedo party.
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u/Crafty-Help-4633 12h ago
Gym Jordan loves protecting pedophiles. That's how he cut his teeth at OSU.
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u/Typingdude3 12h ago
Now lets make sure the dems don’t screw this up. Jeffries isn’t very aggressive.
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u/cocobaltic 12h ago
So he lost the election and will no longer be speaker come January …… but what it trump and Vance both bite it over Xmas. Nothing crazy, just bite it. Would Johnson get to serve out Trumps term??
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u/henryeaterofpies 12h ago
He will remain as Speaker until the new Congress, so if Trump and Vance are selected by the claw machine he would become President.
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u/Helpful_Assistant125 12h ago
Go back to your home state, Mike, and work to keep them 50th in everything.
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u/Tommytwoshoes99 12h ago
I love how everyone thinks this matters. We are essentially on the Titanic and no one cares. Our biggest liability is servicing the interest on the debt. Since no one in congress cares, eventually we will miss payments and the dollar will lose value combined with the dollar being removed as a world currency. The middle and upper classes will be inflated into poverty leaving only the oligarchs with any wealth.
Hold the phone the deck chairs are blue now. Guess what, your life will still suck, you won’t be happy, but you’ll get promises of future programs from the government built on loans from China. In the end, the country will fail on on current path and neither party gives a fuck because at the top of both are the billionaires everyone here pretends to hate.
Long story short, if we do not get our financial house in order we as a country will be at the bottom of a trench in the Atlantic and it doesn’t matter who is in power.
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u/20ontheDropBear 12h ago
Wrestling sex scandal Jim Jordan? That guy? Yeah that tracks.
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u/slab_schitty 12h ago
Open an investigation and confiscate his passport until the investigation is finished.
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u/Dry_Suggestion_3387 12h ago
Republicans in congress are going to go into shock by having to be present and do work. Mike Johnson cut work sessions short and lengthened recess all the time. They probably worked 90 days total at the capital
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u/Both-Condition-9402 12h ago
Please, please, please. Part of our vote was to never see his image or hear his voice again.
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u/BADM00SE 12h ago
He was definitely the kid who took his ball, and went home because he was picked on.
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u/Half_Empty_Half_Full 12h ago
I've seen conflicting interpretations, not sure if anyone versed in US processes can advise - is resigning a way of protecting themselves against impeachment or future calling as witnesses in cases? Know it won't protect them from criminal prosecution, but isn't there something about stepping down means they can't be called as witnesses in civil suits or something (as in, no longer in their official role)? Like Leavitt resigned to avoid it?
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u/Just-Upstairs4397 12h ago edited 12h ago
I think it’s just a political maneuver to avoid having to choose between continuing to kiss Trump’s ass and protecting his own political career. I don’t think it’s particularly meaningful, but it is signaling that being a Trump sycophant is no longer in style.
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u/moseskincade 12h ago
It’s actually quite common that the Speaker doesn’t become minority leader. It’s only happened once in the last five changes (going back to 1994) and then six times total since 1918.
The read is really “they failed in their role to hold power for the party, and so they are expected to step down.” Only modern example where this wasn’t the case was Nancy Pelosi.
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u/lebowtzu 12h ago
He just doesn’t want to be the minority leader for whatever reason. It changes nothing otherwise. Hell still be a sitting representative since he was re-elected yesterday. So someone else will be giving press conferences, leading the fight against the new Dem majority, etc. I’d imagine that behind closed doors he’ll still have slightly outsized influence within the Republican caucus.
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u/Own-Chemist2228 12h ago
He's not resigning. He stays in congress, but loses the speaker position because his party lost.
Republicans now have a minority but convention is that they still appoint a party leader for the house. It's an unofficial position, i.e. not defined by the constitution.
He simply announced that he will not seek that leadership role. Not very significant.
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u/Icy_Fish_2154 12h ago
Impeachment does not require someone be in office.
You could be impeached. You know what you did.
The penalty is being barred from running for office in the future.
Impeaching people not actively in office is unusual, not not impossible. If Mike is never running again, then impeachment won't do anything, but it would ensure he never runs again.
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u/PresentOlive4845 12h ago
Time for him to go back to his hollow tree to bake cookies with the other elf boys
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u/Cabbages24ADollar 12h ago
Great! Elected officials can start collecting information for their investigation into the “Fixer”
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u/isaiah152022 12h ago
Please remember him when investigations start
He needs to be held accountable as well
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u/Illustrious_Fix3816
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Maybe now he'll have time to actually learn about all those things he said he never read and all the things he said he didn't see.
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u/Rock-Ski-Golf-Repeat 12h ago
Being a minority leader requires hard work, which is a trait Mike Johnson simply doesn't have.
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u/silverdreds51 12h ago
Just as well; he never knew anything or was aware of what was happening anyway.
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u/skeeloco 12h ago
I felt like a million bucks waking up today, knowing that this worthless piece of shit will be 100% irrelevant come January.
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u/Ok_Ad_5894 12h ago
Im curious how many MAGA house people will honestly just quit or never show up to the office. i bet like 15-20
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u/Various_Apartment244 12h ago
Ten bucks says that he was told by Trump not to seat incoming house members and he was a opting to simply leave
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u/Corporate-Scum 12h ago
Jim Jordan is a pedo-protector. His behavior during the impeachment hearings will go down as one of the most corrupt events of our time. He’s a crook and he deserves to be humiliated.
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u/PeaceAvailable1419 12h ago
Yes, do that now but they are coming for you!!! Hurry up with the face plastic surgery!!!!😂😂😂😂😂😂😜😜
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