Rep. Thomas Massie has had ENOUGH ...

Twitter/X ^ | April 16 | Rep. Thomas Massie

[RandFan]

@RepThomasMassie

I just told Mike Johnson in conference that I’m cosponsoring the Motion to Vacate that was introduced by @RepMTG

He should pre-announce his resignation (as Boehner did), so we can pick a new Speaker without ever being without a GOP Speaker.

@RepThomasMassie

Friday, we have one less Republican in the majority as Rep Gallagher leaves instead of finishing his term.

As a going away gift, Speaker Johnson plans to force the senate to take up Gallagher’s bill to ban tiktok and give Presidential power to ban websites.

But still no border.

[RandFan]

Strong words

[Kazan]

A replacement MAGA party would quickly collapse the Republican party. The Republican party would be finished.

We're very close to that being a necessity in order to save the country.

Nothing about the Republican party resembles a representative republic.

[cowboyusa]

Ww have to see if they cheat again, and then if so, make hard decisions.

[bimboeruption]

>>>>Ww have to see if they cheat again, and then if so, make hard decisions.<<<<

If they cheat again and win, our Free Republic is finished.

It’ll be too late for decisions.

[Aria]

Sundance's opinion: "Speaker Johnson is correct in that if the House GOP fractures and gives control of the House of Representatives to the democrats, the primary purpose of the dems will be to eliminate Trump. Keep in mind the Supreme Court reinstated President Trump on the ballots of several states by ruling that only congress could remove a candidate from a federal ballot. If democrats take control of the House, they will create legislation to do exactly that."

[Reverend Wright]

When the Repubs are in the minority, they vote 100% conservative. (eg. ObamaCare)

In the majority is when they “compromise”, or don’t act.

Turfing Johnson = punishment for treason, and making RINOs vote conservative for a change.

Dems with one seat majority won’t do anything. Hint they didn’t in 2021-22.

[drSteve78]

Props to Massie for calling out feckin eejits.

[Golden Eagle]

Who the hell cares of Jefferies takes over?

Another horrible opinion from resident Ivan.

[montag813]

Masshole and MTG are just proving what moronic tacticians they are. This benefits only Democrats and Biden.

[Mr. N. Wolfe]

I agree with you.

The fear-mongers don’t provide solutions. They prefer the status quo.

Hakeem Jeffries is the boogieman that they trot out in order to scare people who do offer solutions.

Kevin McCarthy was rightfully deposed. Mike Johnson needs to be replaced too and the sooner the better.

The Republicans need to be an opposition party. Nothing else will do.

[Golden Eagle]

Masshole and MTG are just proving what moronic tacticians they are. This benefits only Democrats and Biden.

It all started with the showboating of Gaetz too. I didn’t really like McCarthy as our Speaker, but we were actually doing much better then than we are now. Giving us a name this time, before they go blowing things up again, shouldn’t be too much to ask.

[Arkady]

For those who are worried about a so-called majority, I say wake the H-up! When your leader does the same things pelosi would do, what exactly are you arguing for? No speaker in recent memory has stood for us, quit pretending otherwise.

[TECTopcat]

Exactly right and this is why Dems win and we lose as we run around in a circual firing squad. If the motion passes , Trump loses, BTW: I and others $ donaors got tweets from Trump or at least the Trump campaig today supporting Johnson

[for-q-clinton]

Exactly. Make the dems stick together on issues and expose them.

[maddog55]

Presidential power to ban websites??? I think not.

[quantim]

Darned right! Just on the FISA warrant alone he ought to be thrown out - did you know he voted before all the votes were in?

He didn’t have to vote at all as a tie would have effectively killed the bill, but no. Johnson is the epitome of the GOPe just like McCarthy, in fact those types make up most of the uniparty and why we can’t get rid of them. Free speech? Not anymore as the FBI will be funded to use warrant free spying on you, me, J6’s and half the population of the US.

But no real matter as the GOPe has put us on our knees, blindfolded us, and accumulated so much debt that our country will collapse soon enough anyway.

[nitzy]

I don’t think that is true.

To accomplish the stuff you list, the Dems would need enough Republican Senators to break a filibuster.

[pierrem15]

Or they can just drop the filibuster: seeing a one-party dictatorship within grasp, you can be sure that’s what they’ll do.

[Bratch]

Thomas Massie Asks Speaker Johnson to Resign – Massie Announces He’ll Support MTG Effort to Oust Johnson

April 17, 2024 | Sundance | 21 Comments

At a certain point after following politics closely, you move away from reacting to events and begin to focus on proactively predicting events.  You start to develop a mental tuning fork that finds the frequency of DC compromise.   In essence, you begin to assemble data and take notes on visible activity that indicates compromise.

Those notes then becomes predictive data and you keep it visible for later reference when trying to review motives and motivations for the DC schemes. Generally, if you keep close watch and take good notes, you will catch around 80% of the public datapoints that highlight the path of the political compromise.  Things that make other things make sense.

The origin of MTG’s dark motives and her individual compromise originates in the timeline of her marital breakup, sexual exploits with former Speaker Kevin McCarthy, and eventually divorce.  MTG, Lauren Boebert and Sean Hannity all have this origination timeline in common.  I’m not sure what originates the Deep State compromise with Massie yet, when that initial touch took place, but I do know it goes back much further in the timeline of his congressional tenure.

Thomas Massie now joins with MTG in calling for the removal of Speaker Mike Johnson.

Let there be absolutely no doubt, removing Johnson right now is giving the speaker gavel to Democrats.  This Machiavellian way to remove Donald Trump has always appeared to be the Deep State insurance policy.

When the U.S. Supreme Court reinstituted Donald Trump on the federal election ballots of the five leftist states who removed him, the high court noted that disqualifying a person from presidential office could only be done by congress, not by the individual states.

If the Democrats take control of the House, disqualifying Donald Trump from federal office will be the purpose of their first legislative act.  They already hold the Senate.   They will do this.  Thomas Massie knows this.

So, ask yourself, who exactly is controlling the action of Thomas Massie; remember, he’s the former endorser of Ron DeSantis on behalf of the Sea Island multinationals (banks).  Does the question answer itself?

Accept things as they are, not as you would prefer them to be.

When we *think* we have found the bottom of the corrupt and conniving state within the DC system… Pause, have a nice cup of coffee, then remind ourselves we’ll never find the bottom of this level of corruption; it’s ‘effen bottomless.

*AHEM*… Gnome’ sayin?

WASHINGTON DC – […] Massie’s decision was not well received during the meeting, according to several members in the room. And Republicans across the conference, including some members of the Freedom Caucus, quickly pushed back on the idea of booting Johnson, noting it would spark chaos without a clear successor — a repeat of the House’s nightmare in October.

[…] Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) said after Tuesday’s conference meeting that he still thinks they can avoid a vote to terminate Johnson’s speakership. But one GOP lawmaker, granted anonymity to speak candidly, was less optimistic: “Folks are very discouraged. … We are screwed.”

The simmering rebellion isn’t a total surprise after Johnson on Monday evening announced his plans to send four separate bills to the floor — on aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, plus a fourth with other miscellaneous provisions. That sparked pushback from Greene and some other conservatives, who have long opposed attempts to send further cash to Ukraine. And that opposition to Johnson could grow as the week goes on.

His first major hurdle on that package will be getting it through the Rules Committee, where hardliners of his conference hold three GOP seats. But he’s expected to succeed there; while conservatives could block the bill if they unite with Democrats on the panel, Rep. Ralph Norman (R-S.C.) said on Tuesday that he will vote for the rule, which sets the parameters of the House’s floor debate, in committee.

But it gets tougher from there. To even bring the package up on the floor, Johnson will need a majority of the House. And given conservative opposition he’s almost certainly going to need Democratic support. Typically, the minority party does not help on so-called rule votes, but some have signaled they’d make an exception for Ukraine aid. (read more)