Speaker Mike Johnson’s appearance at Trump’s felony trial marks a remarkable moment in US politics

https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-speaker-mike-johnson-court-09aef3de395fa77843f2600f40da6ac3

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  2. I think it’s an admission that getting shit done in congress isn’t happening for him, so might as well go someplace where shit is getting done to see how it works.

  3. He thinks that intuitively illegals are voting, but he has no proof. This guy is nuts

  4. Well, this is a good way to be sure that the Dem’s don’t decide to save his pathetic speakership again… Way to go!

  5. How is Trump able to gather so much dirt on so many people?

  6. It’s easy to see who Trump has kompromat against by who he gets to show up at his trial to “support” him.

  7. All Republicans believe if you keep telling a lie, sooner or later it will be taken as a truth.

  8. Remarkable that integrity is flat out dead in the GOP, I guess. “The party of law and order” my ass’s ass.

  9. Kissing the ring … the encrusted shit ring around his asshole.

  10. I wonder what Johnson’s son thinks of his fetish for being cucked by a 78 year old man with doody diapers.

  11. He volunteered to change Trump’s diaper today. It’s considered an honor in conservative circles.

  12. Soft on crime Republicans attend the trial in opposition to “Law and Order”. It’s a supplication to the crime boss.

  13. Regardless of whether Trump committed the crime or not, there’s been evidence and testimony of some extremely shitty, unethical behavior, and they should be ashamed of supporting that alone.

  14. George Orwell — ‘The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.’

  15. I am in NYC right now and I passed the fox news building and they had a banner saying “Go out and show your support for Mike Johnson visiting the trump trial” or something like that and it is so fucking mind-blowing to me they get to be considered news after saying something like that.

  16. He pissed off all the MAGA last week, now he has to appease them again.

  17. From both a poltical and non political perspective, this is fucking stupid. The speaker of the house endorsing anyone accused of nearly 100 felonies should absolutely be a career suicide. But even taking that out of the equation, the speaker of the house attending the trial of a random civilian is completely baffling and a complete waste of time

  18. The lengths that corrupt sycophants go to stay relevant.

  19. I love when politicians cry huge blubbery tears about stuff that happens to them as being ‘all about politics.’ Asshat- you’re entire job is about politics- if you don’t like ‘playing politics’ go be a Wall Mart greeter –

  20. Mike Johnson is the most bland piece of shit walk in the Earth today.

  21. This was always a misunderstanding. They aren’t “Hard on crime”, they are into “hard-on crime”. Nothing tingles their pringle like a good round of breakin’ the law.

  22. MAGA prostitutes parading around the former orange turd that prostituted the Presidency – call it what it really is folks!

  23. Nothing remarkable about a Republican choosing party over country.

  24. I want to know what he’s promised all these people? Their loyalty was bought and I want to know the price!

  25. These assholes spent the entire 2016 campaign chanting “lock her up!” Then they learned that a person has to commit a crime for that. And now here’s Rick Scott, claiming that the prosecution of a crime is a crime in itself. I honestly don’t understand how Republicans tolerate themselves. In well-written movies, and in most of life, the bad guys don’t understand they’re the bad guys. But if I spent a single day being Rick Scott, or any of these other goombas, I would despise myself for the rest of my life. 

  26. House leader and court jester? He’s a busy clown

  27. We are witnessing an American fascist regime takeover. We’ve been witnessing it for a while but it’s about to solidify into the shape it’s going to be. This election is going to be meaningless either way. Joe Biden is the only obstacle left.

  28. Next time they vote to remove him as speaker every Democrat needs to vote for Jeffries and let the GOP shitshow implode.

  29. Another “Law-n-Order” GOPer who doesn’t give a shit about laws. They always discount the work of grand juries without whom we would never get justice.

  30. Can everybody back the duck up and let the plaintiffs, defendants, jury and the judge decide where this needs to go?

  31. we saved him from MTG only for this lickspittle to pull this stunt?

  32. The amount of Americans that think trump is God’s chosen candidate.

  33. This is the ‘Jump the Shark’ moment for the MAGA movement, it is all downhill from here.

  34. Was his son’s porn detector app going off while he was near Trump?

  35. Yeah, it’s a big moment when the complete and utter hypocrisy of fake christians is on full display as they worship an orange rapist and adulterer.

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  37. Can Merchan extend the gag order to the people who are clearly trying to help Trump circumvent his gag order? They’re criticizing his daughter, it’s more than an opinion on the case obviously.

  38. > It was a remarkable moment in modern American politics: The House speaker turning his Republican Party against the federal and state legal systems that are foundational to the U.S. government and a cornerstone of democracy.

    If the courts are not be trusted prosecuting Trump then they are not to be trusted in prosecuting anyone. Mike Johnson (R) Speaker of the House is publicly coming out against rule of law and the US Constitution.

    The insurrection continues …

  39. I don’t want to, but I have to believe that these guys are entirely aware of how much damage they are doing to the foundations of the country (undermining the trust in the bedrock institutions). I mean, they’ve been doing it for ages, tearing down people’s trust in everything and everything (even the USPS, CDC, etc.) but when they convince a significant fraction of the people that the legal system is corrupt against Trump — when in fact it’s been bending over backwards to be as lenient as possible to him — it’s just going to exacerbate the breaking of the country. It’s a scary time for the US – these are the kinds of times when armed revolution or fascism or coups or terrorism happens – when public trust erodes to this kind of degree. The shitty part is that this erosion is entirely made up by republicans (except for like… when the GOP actually corrupts institutions) – they have been lying and eroding trust with no basis in fact.

  40. I hope they keep hanging their hopes on this pants shitting loser.

  41. God’s “chosen one” is protecting a sex offender. Hahah!

  42. Everyone, Mike is an evangelist and thinks Trump is the Chosen One.

    This is where I don’t understand how a so called Christian can accept this kind of behavior from an ex president.

  44. They have the signed checks and the hush money plan was literally written out and confirmed by all witnesses involved. WTF does Trump have over these people?!?

  47. They just stand there and Lie.

    Ever since Reagan the GOP has been pushing nothing but Actors.

    It’s so fake.

  48. As a citizen of the United States, this is beyond embarrassing.

    He should be there to ensure Trump’s gets convicted for his crime. Not to support a crime boss.

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