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Mike Johnson Suggests He’ll Quit Congress If Voters Reject GOP in Midterms (truthout.org)
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In a Fox News interview that aired earlier this week, Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) indicated that he might retire from the House of Representatives altogether if Republicans failed to retain control of Congress following this year’s midterm elections. The statement is a stark departure from his previous comments this year, in which the speaker indicated little possibility…

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[–] fodor@lemmy.zip 4 points 21 hours ago

Well yeah. He is worth nothing as a minority member. Nobody from any party respects him.

[–] obvs@lemmy.world 56 points 1 day ago

Well we all know how much Republicans stand behind their word, so this will surely happen!

[–] baines@lemmy.cafe 6 points 1 day ago

can we skip retirement straight to jail?

[–] Flying_Hellfish@lemmy.world 28 points 1 day ago (1 children)

He won't be speaker so he's taking his ball and going home?

[–] adarza@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 day ago

paul ryan did the same, but earlier (didn't run for re-election), first time around

[–] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 23 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Don't threaten me with a good time

[–] myyass@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Came here to say the same.

[–] Microtonal_Banana@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It would be awesome to never see his face again.

[–] heartSagan5@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I haven't seen Paul Ryan from Wisconsin, and I hope the same for this chud.

[–] friend_of_satan@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

Because he's a chicken shit.

[–] jackal@infosec.pub 13 points 1 day ago

Let’s fucking go! Get them into retirement so it’s easier for them to transition to prison.

[–] _stranger_@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

I bet he's already shopping for villas in Argentina. Or wherever mormons think is exotic. California?

[–] jode@pawb.social 4 points 1 day ago

You can go pump iron with Paul Ryan and listen to rage against the machine together

[–] 4am@lemmy.zip 9 points 1 day ago

I can only get so erect

[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 15 points 1 day ago

Oh no. What will we do?

Is this meant as a threat or motive, because I thought even Republicans weren't fond of him.

[–] st3ph3n@midwest.social 13 points 1 day ago

Do it, pussy.

[–] Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io 13 points 1 day ago

Please, I can only get so hard!

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 points 1 day ago

he was only useful as a non-kevin mcCarthy replacement, nothing more.

[–] Jax@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 day ago

I'd prefer he quits life, but I'll take what wins I can get

[–] whalesnrainbows@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If he does, it might be the first time a man has ever made me cream my pants

[–] jdr@lemmy.ml 1 points 21 hours ago

Cool

[–] DonkeyStar@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

I’m sure he’ll claim God visited him again and told him not to.

[–] thefluffiest@feddit.nl 6 points 1 day ago

That’s definitely worth more than 5k quid

[–] Malica@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 day ago

They'll run for the hills, all the guilty ones

[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

What could he possibly hope to gain by saying this

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

🙏

[–] Rom@hexbear.net 4 points 1 day ago

Probably means he has a cushy lobbying job lined up so he's looking for an excuse to leave

[–] aramis87@fedia.io 5 points 1 day ago

It's no fun being in the minority party. It's even less fun when you've burnt through most of the personal goodwill you might've had from members of your party.

[–] HorreC@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

He can still be charged and maybe see some sort of action against him for his roles in the USA unlawfulness?

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 3 points 1 day ago

Sure 🙄

[–] Doomsider@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago

He knows he is fucked because of all the shady shit he has done. A literal traitor to the American people.

[–] j5y7@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago

Save us the trouble and do it now.

[–] pierre_delecto@hexbear.net 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Back to the goon cave

[–] skujcici7755@lemmy.zip 1 points 20 hours ago

With his son, monitoring each other.