'Knock it off': Speaker Mike Johnson tries to stop Republicans from campaigning against each other

[Dulcinea]

(CNN) House Republicans, who have seen their time in the majority devolve into a seemingly endless series of internal party feuds, now have a new problem: GOP lawmakers targeting other sitting members in their primaries.

In at least four primaries – in South Carolina, Illinois, Texas and Virginia – Republican members are actively campaigning against one of their own, inflaming tensions in a conference where emotions are still raw in the aftermath of Kevin McCarthy’s unprecedented ouster atop the House.

Speaker Mike Johnson has had enough. “I’ve asked them all to cool it,” Johnson told CNN at the House GOP retreat in West Virginia last week. “I am vehemently opposed to member-on-member action in primaries because it’s not productive. And it causes division for obvious reasons, and we should not be engaging in that.”

“So I’m telling everyone who’s doing that to knock it off,” Johnson added. “And both sides, they’ll say, ‘Well, we didn’t start it, they started it.’”

https://www.yahoo.com/news/knock-off-speaker-mike-johnson-110029850.html?.tsrc=daily_mail&uh_test=0_00

[Walleye]

1. Ha! He thought he was taking over the House of representatives, responsible adults, instead he has unruly children

[FSogol]

2. I'm sure he'll be succesful. Johnson is the strong leader that his party needs!

Fight you assholes.

[Grins]

3. "I am vehemently opposed to member-on-member action"

I keep a file I titled, “Only one Party…”
To highlight things Republicans do that Democrats DON’T.

Primarying fellow Republicans is practically the raison d'etre of their Party, and “Knock it off,” ain’t gonna’ stop it.

It’s in their DNA. It’s their way of punishing members for being insufficiently venomous toward the nation and the American public. It’s been going on for decades.

While I can think of a couple instances where incumbent Democrats have been primaried, it is minuscule compared to the ravenous savages in the Republican Party.

[PatSeg]

4. Yeah, like anyone is going to listen to Mike Johnson

No one in their right mind wants the position of republican Speaker of the House. That caucus is beyond control.