Posted on 12/22/2023 9:33:17 AM PST by RandFan
Speaker Johnson is facing backlash after a photo of him alongside former House Speaker Paul Ryan surfaced.
The image, taken by Jake Sherman of Punchbowl News, showed the two emerging from the Speaker’s suite at the Capitol.
This has generated controversy due to Ryan’s recent remarks which criticized Donald Trump and praised those who spoke out against him, such as Adam Kinzinger and Liz Cheney.
As Speaker of the House from 2015 to 2019, Ryan was also seen as an architect of FOX News’ cancel culture and deemed Trump an “authoritarian narcissist.”
“Look, Trump’s not a conservative. He’s an authoritarian narcissist. So I think they basically called him out for that. He’s a populist, authoritarian narcissist. So historically speaking, all of his tendencies are basically where narcissism takes him, which is whatever makes him popular, makes him feel good at any given moment… He doesn’t think in classical liberal-conservative terms. He thinks in an authoritarian way. And he’s been able to get a big chunk of the Republican base to follow him because he’s the culture warrior.”
“And so I think Adam and Liz stepped out of the flow and called it out and, you know, paid for it. Paid for it with their careers. But I think, again, back to my earlier point, I don’t think he is really very good at these jobs unless you’re willing to lose these jobs.”
(Excerpt) Read more at dougbillings.us ...
Anyone else a believer in the saying about the company you keep...
Concerning !
BS! People get pictures taken with all kinds of people, do you really want all the pics of Trump posing with “X” trotted out?
Worry about what MAGA Mike DOES not who he stands next to.
Please...they work together. Conclusion that they conspire is just as stupid as the picture of Pelosi and Newt “conspiring”.
I care very little for ‘optics’ and a lot about results.
There are a number of stories and legends behind Missouri’s sobriquet “Show-Me” state. The slogan is not official, but is common throughout the state and is used on Missouri license plates.
The most widely known legend attributes the phrase to Missouri’s U.S. Congressman Willard Duncan Vandiver, who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1897 to 1903. While a member of the U.S. House Committee on Naval Affairs, Vandiver attended an 1899 naval banquet in Philadelphia. In a speech there, he declared, “I come from a state that raises corn and cotton and cockleburs and Democrats, and frothy eloquence neither convinces nor satisfies me. I am from Missouri. You have got to show me.”
https://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/history/slogan.asp
I know MAGA bigbob would not care to stand next to Paul Ryan. Speaker Johnson should have a similar aversion to that POS.
Freepers again fall for RAT propaganda. Lol. No group eats their own like Republicans
And PAUL RYAN IS A DO NOTHING GOOD DEMOCRAT!!
Exactly. Its Washington DC, for God's sake. Its a place that runs entirely on people you know, and connections you make. Its what politics is all about. This photo by itself means absolutely NOTHING.
Yep ... plenty of pictures out there of Trump with Clintons and Epstein.
Concerning!
Or maybe not ... who the hell is Doug Billings and why should I give a piece of cow flop what he’s “concerned” about?
Concern troll is very CONCERNED.
I’m thinking more along the lines of, “Keep your friends close and your enemies closer”.
Kindly do not appropriate federal funds to feed/house invaders or to reimburse entities that have done so.
Media trying to create suspicion and doubt between new speaker and base.
I couldnt dare be in the same room as him
Wonder what Ryan was offering?
I had high hopes for Mike Johnson. Turns out he is a fraud
Don’t @ me but I once shared an elevator with Dianne Feinstein.
It’s because of Mike Johnson, a pro-life bill got killed in Louisiana. His excuse was he didn’t want Republicans to lose power. The man’s a Christian with no faith.
This is at least the second attempt to breathe life into this worthless story.
“Freepers again fall for RAT propaganda. Lol. “
God bless em. People do fall for all sorts of nonsense.
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