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2024-12-22 Home Front: Politix
Tucker Carlson on Speaker Mike Johnson's Betrayal: ‘There Is Something Profoundly Wrong'
[Breitbart] "There is something profoundly wrong," Tucker Carlson said when discussing the latest actions of Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), who soured many conservative allies after initially offering a 1,547-page spending bonanza and ultimately handing the Democrats a win.

Eduardo Neret, a former producer for Carlson and a conservative commentator, brought up the disastrous spending bill negotiated by Johnson, which essentially thrust Johnson’s future Speakership in the air.

"On the eve of Trump’s inauguration, right before Christmas, he tried ... to shove through a 1,500 page spending bill that would have given Chuck Schumer all of the leverage with the debt ceiling going into next year," Neret said.

"I mean, there was a lot more than that in the bill, but, I mean, I guess the point is, like, what’s up with that?" he asked.

"There’s something profoundly wrong," Carlson began, noting that on top of that, Johnson’s number one priority, seemingly, has been funding Ukraine.

"I don’t understand it exactly, but I watched him make the number one priority of his Speakership funding Ukraine without any audit at all, at a time when the U.S. border was open, the United States itself was being invaded, and his priority was protecting the borders of a country whose language he doesn’t speak, he knows nothing about; it’s not America," Carlson continued, asserting that it is "not the only country that he’s — whose interest he’s put above ours."

Carlson noted that such behavior could be described as treasonous.

"And so, you know, I don’t overstate it. I think that’s a — it’s a kind of treason, yeah, and it’s very common in Washington," he explained, clarifying that Johnson is far from the only politician in D.C. who has operated that way.

"He’s not the only one, but I, you know, once you see that, then you lose all faith in a man," he said of the Speaker, lauding Elon Musk for blasting the original deal on social media and essentially stopping it.

"I wasn’t shocked by what happened, but I was very pleased to see Elon Musk just, just basically stop it singlehandedly, which is amazing," he added:


Posted by Besoeker 2024-12-22 01:56|| || Front Page|| [11131 views ]  Top

#1 Perhaps Johnson was just moving a pawn in the Trumpian 4-D chess game?
Posted by Bobby 2024-12-22 02:30||   2024-12-22 02:30|| Front Page Top

#2 Johnson appears to not have the fortitude requisite to what we need for speaker. Like the drunk guy in Texas that lasted so long, I can’t discern a process that removes him and replaces him with someone better.
Posted by Super Hose 2024-12-22 09:34||   2024-12-22 09:34|| Front Page Top

#3 Well, you need to start somewhere.
Posted by Procopius2k 2024-12-22 11:20||   2024-12-22 11:20|| Front Page Top

#4 I'm curious: there are no drone reports when it is a media rage. ‘There Is Something Profoundly Wrong'. Over the years, 8-10 Trillion dollars were spent on Black ops or even rouge black ops. So Chuck Schumer proposes more restrictions on freedom for us. Provoke fear, then provide control.
Posted by Dale 2024-12-22 12:10||   2024-12-22 12:10|| Front Page Top

#5 Given that Johnson was the only choice both the more hard core republicans and the squish republicans says a lot about him. He is a bit squishy
Posted by DarthVader 2024-12-22 13:45||   2024-12-22 13:45|| Front Page Top

#6 The problem is that the job requires someone who knows how to wheel and deal, and knows all the pressure points of the various parties — a closer. So no matter how wonderful the young guys and the new guys coming in for the next session might be, they won’t be able to do what is an entirely thankless job. I suspect that ot be successful it takes at least 5-10 years of orienting and observing.
Posted by trailing wife 2024-12-22 15:45||   2024-12-22 15:45|| Front Page Top

#7 I am getting sick and tired of people on both sides saying this or that is treason.
The Constitution defines treason as:
Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort. No Person shall be convicted of Treason unless on the testimony of two Witnesses to the same overt Act, or on Confession in open Court.
Posted by Rambler 2024-12-22 18:53||   2024-12-22 18:53|| Front Page Top

#8 GOP lovers got what they asked for when they dumped Kevin McCarthy and voted in Johnson.
Posted by DooDahMan 2024-12-22 19:50||   2024-12-22 19:50|| Front Page Top

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