I predict in a couple years we’ll find Jeff Sessions and Mike Pence are advising Johnson.
This keeps happening, and it’s completely on one side.
True. I tend to agree with those who are saying the deep state is either blackmailing Johnson or threatening him in some way. It’s not easy to believe that that sort of thing happens in our government, but events of the past few years leave little doubt that it happens.
Something seems different about Johnson’s betrayal. Unlike Boehner, Ryan and McCarthy, he didn’t spend decades rising through the establishment ranks. His ascendency to the Speakership took the establishment of guard, as did McCarthy’s ouster as Speaker. I think he probably came in with good intentions but was flipped at some point.