Don’t boast if you can’t support it. Johnson forgot that rule. He didn’t do his due diligence in fact-checking. He’s getting hammered for his falsehood. He was trying to make Trump and Congress look good with all that they’ve done. No, Mr. Johnson, that’s a fail. He crows about things he makes up. And if he’s the stereotypical Republican, he thought he would be believed.
In today’s world, with all sorts of information at our fingertips, checking on a statement is easy to do. It happens to me, and there is much gratitude for the information provided. And it’s also good that any of our readers feel they can do this. Being wrong is embarrassing, yes. Johnson should know that very well by this point, but perhaps his ego won’t accept that he’s wrong, at least not in public. He likely gets fact-checked a lot. And again, we know that a Brain is not required to be in Congress.
Many thanks to Raw Story:
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) tried bragging about how productive Congress has been under GOP leadership, only for X’s community notes to call him out. In a Friday post, the account for the MeidasTouch political news network pointed out a “brutal community note” that appeared below one of Johnson’s posts. In Johnson’s post, he boasted that “House Republicans passed over 70 bills this week alone,” and touted that the number “adds to our total of over 900 bills passed through the House so far this Congress.”
However, the community note pointed out that “the 119th Congress was the least productive in history,” referring to the current Congress. “No Congress has enacted less legislation or laws,” the note went on, and even called out the House Speaker himself. “Johnson has cancelled a total of 63 scheduled voting days in the House, granting members an extra 2 months PTO, with no House votes scheduled until after the election.”
Yes, Mikey, we call bullsh!t on you. That’s a pretty big load that’s been dumped on you, and for good reason. Your boast is no more than a hopeful whisper in the wind. That’s pitiful. The spine he thought he had was only borrowed, and it’s left him now. This simply adds more to the “Johnson is a wimp” list. No wonder he made Speaker. He’s such a wuss; it’s easy to talk him into or out of something. But this little gem is all his own. Will we be able to get a new Speaker next year? Sure, it’s not the easiest job, but. Here’s hoping!
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When it’s time for a new speaker of the house, why is it that nobody wants the job? It should be a prestigious position, so there should be clamor for it. But the current speaker seems to have been chosen for his blind acquiescence to Trump. It’s crazy! Trump is crazy (understatement)! Something needs to be done. I would go to DC myself and kick Trump’s, but I can’t afford the gasoline needed to get there from where I live.
Oops, Reeg, double-posted, but I’m not sure how. Nevertheless, this is a great comment! I think many of us feel the same way. There’s someone I’d *like* for Democrats to pull in as speaker, but I’ve talked about it twice and decided to let it rest.
When it’s time for a new speaker of the house, why is it that nobody wants the job? It should be a prestigious position, so there should be clamor for it. But the current speaker seems to have been chosen for his blind acquiescence to Trump. It’s crazy! Trump is crazy (understatement)! Something needs to be done. I would go to DC myself and kick Trump’s, ass but I can’t afford the gasoline needed to get there from where I live.
When it’s time for a new Speaker Of The House, it’s likely the House will have a Democratic majority, and Hakeem Jeffries the likely shoo-in as Speaker. There’s no reason to believe he wouldn’t want the job.
Recall the aftermath of the 2022 midterm elections, when the GOP took a razor-thin majority that included members of the disruptive “Freedom Caucus” into the new congressional session, and Kevin McCarthy, who lusted after the speaker’s position after years as minority leader, wound up making concessions to the disruptors to win their “support” that led to the circus of 15 rounds of confirmation ballots before his actually “winning” the speakership, and months later to a “no confidence” vote from his caucus, and his ouster from the speakership. Recall also how long it took and how much wrangling took place before the GOP caucus “settled” on Johnson, with the House incapacitated until a Speaker could be elected.
No Republican wants the job, given the fractures within its caucus, but the Democrats don’t share that feeling…..
At least as far as we know right now. Hakeem Jeffries might not want to position, and have someone else do so. It’s hard to tell these days.
No, Susan, on the basis of what you wrote in this piece, I see that the community note in “Raw Story” did not call “bullshit” on Mike Johnson.
You wrote that Mike said:
“House Republicans passed over 70 bills this week alone”
and
the number (70) “adds to our total of over 900 bills passed through the House so far this Congress.”
You wrote that the community note said:
“the 119th [current] Congress was the least productive in history”
and
“No Congress has enacted less legislation or laws.”
and
“Johnson has cancelled a total of 63 scheduled voting days in the House, granting members an extra 2 months PTO, with no House votes scheduled until after the election.”
Susan, please note that the House and Congress are not the same entity. Johnson talked about the productivity of the House, while the community note talked about the productivity of Congress. Congress includes the Senate. Johnson does not have and does not claim authority over the Senate. The assertion that Congress did not pass many bills does not disprove the assertion that the House passed “over 70 bills this week alone.” It is not primarily Johnson’s responsibility to ensure that the Senate passes bills that the House sends to it.
In addition, the assertion that Johnson cancelled many voting days does not establish that the House was unproductive. Indeed, it suggests that the House was highly productive on the days that it was in session.
I have no intention, Susan, of praising anything that Johnson or the House did this term. I am merely pointing out that your central assertion that somebody had called “bullshit” on Johnson’s claim is unsupported by anything in your message. Perhaps you can find another, better source for your assertion. Thank you.
David, I am well aware that Congress is made up of the House and the Senate.
I can’t take this bad piece down because there will be problems with a 404 Not Found and that would be very bad for the website. The call bullshit was referring to people, including us. It seems I should have put in “I”, but I am trying to get away from first-person writing. Oh, well.
I have not even been writing for 2 full years yet.
Since my writing is so bad, why do you read it?