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It was all in the timing for new House Speaker Mike Johnson
American Thinker ^ | October 27, 2023 | Robin M. Itzler

Posted on 10/27/2023 10:51:52 AM PDT by chickenlips

Self-serving Representative Matt Gaetz had absolutely no plan beyond “oust House Speaker McCarthy.” Some America First Patriots who support Gaetz claim that his actions “exposes” RINOs in Congress. That makes as much sense as Titanic passengers being happy the ship hit an iceberg because that “exposed” that the luxury liner lacked sufficient lifeboats.

Finally, after three weeks of chaos, Republicans have a Speaker of the House! We wish fourth-term Conservative Representative Mike Johnson of Louisiana complete success. He is currently the vice chairman of the House GOP conference. An attorney by trainng, he’s a former conservative talk radio host and columnist and a man of deep Christian faith who strongly believes in the U.S. Constitution.

But let’s have an honest conversation. By October 25, Republicans absolutely knew they had to elect a speaker and conclude the Gaetz-produced quagmire. Every House Republican from RINO to MAGA knew the situation could not continue another day. While Democrats enjoyed the mischievous entertainment, the American public was growing weary of the clown show.

Johnson's win was all in the timing.

Based on the trajectory taking place in the Republican caucus, if Rep. Mike Johnson had been nominated immediately following McCarthy’s ouster, he would have lost the House floor vote, just as Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan lost the House vote early in the process. Had Louisiana Rep. Steve Scalise been nominated on October 25 when Republicans knew they had to elect a speaker and move forward, Scalise probably would have won the gavel. Johnson is the better choice between Scalise and Minnesota Rep. Tom Emmer, who was also in the running for a few hours.

As Carl Hulse wrote following the vote in “...Man of the House”: SNIP>>>>>

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Editorial; Government; Political Humor/Cartoons; Politics/Elections
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To: chickenlips

The AT writer who cobbled this diatribe together is definitely a product of public ejuhmuhkayshun.


21 posted on 10/27/2023 11:40:45 AM PDT by quantim (Victory is not relative, it is absolute. )
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To: chickenlips

He Matt Gaetz had the Courage to do the Right thing. Do the Next right thing and leave the results to GOD. That’s how it works!


22 posted on 10/27/2023 11:40:52 AM PDT by COSIllinois
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To: central_va

God Bless Matt Gaetz. It’s call COURAGE!


23 posted on 10/27/2023 11:41:46 AM PDT by COSIllinois
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To: gibsonguy

Amen!


24 posted on 10/27/2023 11:42:10 AM PDT by COSIllinois
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To: chickenlips

Gaetz did good.


25 posted on 10/27/2023 11:44:39 AM PDT by TangoLimaSierra (⭐⭐To the Left, The Truth is Right Wing Violence⭐⭐)
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To: jeffc

Agreed.


26 posted on 10/27/2023 11:45:33 AM PDT by TangoLimaSierra (⭐⭐To the Left, The Truth is Right Wing Violence⭐⭐)
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To: cymbeline

“That’s using the F-letter!”

$$$$$$$$$$$$

Forget! Forget anyone who thinks otherwise.

8^)


27 posted on 10/27/2023 11:50:56 AM PDT by Eccl 10:2 (Prov 3:5 --- "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding")
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To: Olog-hai

28 posted on 10/27/2023 11:52:45 AM PDT by Eccl 10:2 (Prov 3:5 --- "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding")
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To: chickenlips

I would have much preferred Gaetz be Speaker. Robin’s obviously a democrat.


29 posted on 10/27/2023 12:03:27 PM PDT by Cen-Tejas
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To: Eccl 10:2

They should all be thanking Matt Gaetz for shaking things up.


30 posted on 10/27/2023 12:34:43 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: chuckb87
His “plan” after getting McCarthy replaced was to trust the Constitutional process. F anyone who thinks otherwise

Thank God there were enough adults in the room to put out the fire. Gaetz was not one of them. Y'all wouldn't be backslapping and high-fiving each other if it had turned out differently. Hindsight is always 20-20.

31 posted on 10/27/2023 1:01:00 PM PDT by Chad C. Mulligan
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To: Eccl 10:2

Well said!


32 posted on 10/27/2023 1:05:35 PM PDT by pghbjugop
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To: Chad C. Mulligan

Well said also!


33 posted on 10/27/2023 1:06:14 PM PDT by pghbjugop
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To: Georgia Girl 2

“They should all be thanking Matt Gaetz for shaking things up.”

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

Absolutely. We all should. Sometimes the making the change that is needed can be a rough process.

But a month from now, no one will remember any jagged edges in the process, but only that the needed change was made.

God bless Matt Gaetz, and everyone else who stands in the gap.


34 posted on 10/27/2023 1:16:59 PM PDT by Eccl 10:2 (Prov 3:5 --- "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding")
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To: chickenlips

I, too, feel it was a God thing that Johnson was selected. Time will tell, of course; in this sinful world in which we live, wolves in sheeps’ clothing seem to be the rule, rather than the exception. LORD hear our prayers.


35 posted on 10/27/2023 1:18:51 PM PDT by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing)
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To: Eccl 10:2

I agree, the American Thinker article is out to lunch.


36 posted on 10/27/2023 1:39:35 PM PDT by ganeemead (everything )
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To: chickenlips

The plan was to get rid of McCarthy.
Period.
The plan was successful.


37 posted on 10/27/2023 1:39:56 PM PDT by joe fonebone (And the people said NO! The End)
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To: chickenlips

The author is wrong on so many counts, and I trust that he is FOS regarding Gaetz' big picture thinking.

But at the end of the day, even if you choose to accept that Gaetz only had the short term plan of removing McCarthy ... who gives a rat's ass? McCarthy didn't keep his promises and now McCarthy is gone. Gaetz successfully implemented a plan, unlike the RINO do-nothing crowd, and for that We the People are infinitely better off.

High five, Gaetz, instead of peeing in our Wheaties.


38 posted on 10/27/2023 1:43:26 PM PDT by so_real ( "The Congress of the United States recommends and approves the Holy Bible for use in all schools.")
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To: chickenlips

39 posted on 10/27/2023 2:31:36 PM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: chickenlips

McCarthy was on the Deep Dark Side.

Not much more downside available to explore.


40 posted on 10/27/2023 5:24:41 PM PDT by Paladin2
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