Gallego: Johnson 'probably going to lose the Speakership'

[Uncle Joe]

Democratic Sen. Ruben Gallego (Ariz.) said Thursday that Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.) was likely to lose a chance at another term as House Speaker over his decision not to bring the lower chamber back in session amid the government shutdown.

“Johnson sent his team home, not necessarily just to put pressure on us, but so he doesn‘t get pressure from his own members,” Gallego said during a Thursday appearance on CNN’s “The Source.”

“He‘s barely going to win, and he‘s probably going to lose the Speakership next year. But he‘s putting his members on a plank that‘s not reversible,” he added.

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“It is a failure on Thune and Johnson, not necessarily because they‘re shutting down, but also they just didn‘t even bring it up to their membership. They didn‘t bring up, ‘Hey, we need to start negotiating to come up with a path out of this,’” Gallego told anchor Kaitlan Collins on CNN.

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5549715-house-speaker-government-shutdown/

[Justice Brandeis]

1. I could see Marge teaming up with Massie and the Democrats to force a vote

Bookmark that.

[bucolic_frolic]

2. That strikes me as a remarkable call

not least of which because it comes from a House member close enough to judge what he's hearing from other members of both parties.

[FakeNoose]

3. I hope Gallego is right, but even if he isn't, this is proof how WEAK Johnson really is

[llmart]

4. When I see a picture of him...

the first term that comes to mind is "milquetoast". If you look it up in a dictionary, you'll see his picture.

[Warpy]

5. Yes, please, as soon as possible.

because he is the absolute worst I can remember in my lifetime, which has been a long one. It's not just he's a crook, we've had those before. It's not that he's the disloyal opposition, we've had those before. It's not that he's a champion lickspittle for the asshole in the White House, we've certainly had those before.

It's that he's passive aggressive in how expresses all these attributes, refusing to do his own job and making sure no other member of Congress does his or her job,, either.

Marshmallow Mike has got to go. I don't care if a fire breathing MAGAt succeeds him, we could use a witless lightning rod, someone to campaign against in 2026. Johnson is just the man who was never there and we need someone willing to do his fucking job, even if he does it badly. Johnson won't.