Having “slept” on the elevation of Mike Johnson to the Speakership of the House of Representatives, this author and blogger has woken up to the horrors of this MAGA Republican, who seems to be a “nice” person on the surface, but has horrendous views on so many issues!
This man, now two heartbeats away from the Presidency, is a rabid social conservative who is vehemently opposed to abortion, gay rights and gay marriage, and has a hardline Christian view of marriage and family, more like the 1950s and earlier!
Johnson also led the Election Denier movement in support of Donald Trump, and has never backed away from refusing to accept that Joe Biden is President.
Also, he has spoken in favor of changing Social Security and Medicare and Medicaid.
Johnson is the Speaker with the least government experience since the 1880s.
He is also not a supporter of Ukraine in its war with Russia under Vladimir Putin, and is likely to have a difficult relationship with President Biden, Vice President Harris, and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer.
So, while the whole fiasco of the Speakership battles is likely to harm the Republican Party in 2024, for the next year, and including through the lameduck session after the Presidential Election of 2024, there could be a massive crisis in acceptance of the election results with a Trump supporting MAGA Republican in charge in the House of Representatives!
“Multimillionaire Johnson has also made the outrageous claim that forced births are necessary to fund Social Security,” said Lawson, referring to the Louisiana Republican’s attempt to blame Roe v. Wade for depriving the U.S. of “able-bodied workers.”
(I would point out that imgration from Latin America has more than filled this precieved void.)
New House Speaker Had Proposed Trillions in Cuts to Social Security and Medicare | Truthout
https://truthout.org/articles/new-house-speaker-had-proposed-trillions-in-cuts-to-social-security-and-medicare/
Well…. Here We Go!!
A MAGA Congressman from South Carolina just proposed an Amendment to cut the annual salary of Jennifer Granholm, who.is Secretary of Energy, to $1.00