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Friends, Johnson was shook. And he was mad. And the facial expressions from the weakest, most ineffective House speaker in American history were alone worth the price of admission. Shoot it directly into our veins!
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But whats Johnson so upset and lying about with this? Why is he grimacing like somebody just jizzed inside his biblical anti-masturbation software, which we are sure voids the warranty? And whys he so mad at Chuck Schumer?
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Yesterday in a press conference, Johnson said he was confident that Senate Majority Leader John Thune would allow amendments, in order to fix all his concerns with the discharge petition passed by the House. Im very confident that when this moves forward in process, if and when it is processed in the Senate which is no certainty, that that will be that they will take the time methodically to do what we have not been allowed to do in the House, he whined. Amend this discharge petition and to make sure these protections are there.
After which Thune promptly made Johnson his bitch.
More: https://www.wonkette.com/p/mike-johnson-is-freaked-by-the-epstein
Lettuce Be
(2,351 posts)Since Johnson said he expected the senate to mark-up the bill and return it to the house, I have to wonder if he expected their mark-up to take awhile, then once they sent it back, more delay due to Thanksgiving, so later and later it goes, and finally back to the senate, but when? So he voted yes for a bill he does not support? Wow, what a patriot. Just my best guess
zorbasd
(511 posts)secret plan to stall it in the Senate. And it blew up in their faces. SWEET!!!
sheshe2
(95,024 posts)marble falls
(69,600 posts)... and thought the Senate would balk so he could fix the order in reconciliation. Like Democrats did not see that lame scam coming.
The GOP didn't want to put their names on it so made it a joint resolution, anonymously. If that doesn't show how scared they are of both TACO and voters back home, nothing does.
orangecrush
(27,675 posts)stopdiggin
(14,774 posts)(at the direction of 'Dear Leader'). And then got promptly, and publicly, knifed in the back by - Dear Leader.
Thus becoming the public face of humiliation and defeat ...
And the wimpy little cheese-d*ck weasel that he is.
It'd be enough to piss off any sycophant ass kisser !
Bluestocking
(417 posts)sheshe2
(95,024 posts)"Mike Johnson Is FREAKED By The Epstein Vote. So What's Really Up His Ass? www.wonkette.com/p/mike-johns...
— Evan Hurst (@evanhurst.substack.com) 2025-11-19T21:26:30.928Z
BOSSHOG
(44,219 posts)Everybodys making him their bitch, and apparently hes got something up his ass.
Initech
(106,978 posts)Boo1
(58 posts)He couldn't keep his caucus in line and neither could his ally Trump. Given that he's clearly opposed by a group with some power within his party and it just became a lot easier to walk over to that side.
Thune passed that thing through the Senate as fast as he could because he didn't want his name anywhere near it.
ananda
(34,075 posts)Boy they're determined.
Cha
(316,016 posts)Looks like his "confidence" was Shattered.
Lawrence O'Donnel was very happy with Leader Schumer last night.
TY, she
sheshe2
(95,024 posts)Mahalo, Cha.
Cha
(316,016 posts)Nice headline... Hope they're not pulling some kind of Fast one.
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Thune said Tuesday evening that, while he had talked with the speaker about the bill, he and Senate GOP legal counsel decided the legislation was sufficient. The Senate effectively approved the legislation by unanimous consent mere hours after House passage Tuesday afternoon without provisions sought by Johnson, including additional victim and whistleblower name protections.
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Asked if he would press Trump to veto the bill if the Senate didnt amend it, Johnson said he would cross that bridge if necessary. He also raised national security concerns about the bill Tuesday.
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/11/18/congress/johnson-thune-epstein-files-gop-00658475
sheshe2
(95,024 posts)I guess Bondi finished the redactions. We will soon see if he is even mentioned once.
Cha
(316,016 posts)finished that post.
Of course just as we Suspected when Traitor Took a Sharp 180 Turn and wanted them Released. Traitor Miller and Bondi had a new Plan..
Doctor the Files and call out to Release the Files.. Maybe no one will notice the Depths Pedo Rapist went to in order to Keep them HIDDEN
sheshe2
(95,024 posts)I think the original plan that Mikie and friends wanted was the Senate revisions so that it would bounce back and forth between Senate and House to debate ad nauseum.
Cha
(316,016 posts)Yes, That was then...
Now we Know that if Traitor's name is in the files in any capacity.. he would not sign it.