Speaker Johnson to appear at courthouse amid Trump hush money trial

[Tom of Temecula]

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) will appear at the Manhattan courthouse Tuesday as former President Trump sits for another day of his hush money trial.

Johnson is the latest Republican lawmaker to visit the court amid Trump’s ongoing criminal trial, which has kept the former president largely off the campaign trail as he vies for another term in the White House. Rep. Cory Mills is also joining Trump at the courthouse on Tuesday, the Florida Republican told The Hill.

The Speaker’s trip to New York comes less than a week after the House overwhelmingly blocked an attempt by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) to oust him from office, an outcome that some have attributed, in part, to the former president’s backing of Johnson.

Trump voiced support for Johnson on a number of occasions amid the ouster threat — including during a joint appearance at Mar-a-Lago — and he posted on social media urging Republicans to vote to table Greene’s motion to vacate. That Truth Social post — which called Johnson a “good man who is trying very hard” — published minutes after the vote closed, however.

https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/4662191-mike-johnson-donald-trump-courthouse-manhattan-hush-money-trial/

And there it is. The transaction.

Link to tweet

[underpants]

1. By himself or will Empty Greene have him on a leash?

[Taraman]

2. These creatures of Mordor

What do they see as the future?

[Escurumbele]

4. I didn't know what "Mordor" meant, so here it is for anyone else who doesn't know. Appropriate though.

MORDOR: In J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional world of Middle-earth, Mordor is the realm and base of the evil Sauron. It lay to the east of Gondor and the great river Anduin, and to the south of Mirkwood. Mount Doom, a volcano in Mordor, was the goal of the Fellowship of the Ring in the quest to destroy the One Ring. Mordor was surrounded by three mountain ranges, to the north, the west, and the south. These both protected the land from invasion and kept those living in Mordor from escaping.

DISCLAIMER: I did not read or watch "The Lord of the Rings".

[Escurumbele]

5. The bottom of a bus, because they all end up under the bus, trump is the champion of throwing

people under the bus, to him they are all expendable, they all have their useful life, when that life runs out, under the bus they go. How people cannot see that I cannot understand, but my theory is that they all think they are special and it will never happen to them, until it happens.

By the way, just in case, this is a response to your question "What do they see as the future?"

[johnnyfins]

9. FASCISM

[WestMichRad]

3. The parade of ass kissers continues...

[ananda]

6. As a lackey seeking to intimidate the court?

Just three words for you Mikey...

not gonna work

[Escurumbele]

7. He is also auditioning for VP.

[70sEraVet]

8. A song title comes to mind: "Stand by Your Man"!

So, where's Melania? Maybe she's just not into country music.

[Escurumbele]

10. Send that idea to the Lincoln Project, they can come up with a video using that song. Brilliant!

[70sEraVet]

12. I suspect there are folks on Lincoln Project who read DU!

Thanks!

[Retrograde]

11. Doesn't he have a country to ruin?

I mean, run? Isn't Congress still in session? Why are so many Reps and Senators running off to NYC to stand in front of cameras?

These are all rhetorical questions: they want to be publicly seen kissing the ring.

[OldBaldy1701E]

13. Again, are you paying attention Louisiana?

Second to last in education... second poorest state in the Union...

And, your guy is in another state cheerleading a rapist and overall scumbag?

You sure you want to keep voting for this guy, evangelicals? You really think he is representative of your god?

Or, is it just that he represents your bigotry and hate?