While Congress Debates the Danger of Tik-Tok, Ukraine’s Soldiers Are Dying
/How does House Speaker Mike Johnson sleep at night?
Fighters in Ukraine are running out of ammunition and House Speaker, Republican Mike Johnson of Louisiana, refuses to bring the U.S. aid package to a vote. (Shutterstock photo from Shark9208888)
Recent headlines hailed the efforts of our courageous House of Representatives to ban Tik-Tok as a threat to national security.
This on the heels of news last month that Ukrainian soldiers have been forced to retreat from Avdiivka, a city of some 32,000 on the frontlines of Ukraine’s fight for freedom.
Putin’s army has reduced the city to rubble. During the four-month-long siege which became the symbol of Ukrainian unity and bravery, estimates of Ukraine’s casualties mounted to almost 50,000.
In the end, these soldiers sacrificed in vain. They were forced to evacuate because they were running out of ammunition.
And it’s all because Donald Trump’s lackey, House Speaker Mike Johnson, refused to let the military aid package for Ukraine come to the floor for a vote.
Instead, he holds debates over Tik-Tok.
This is the best we can get to lead Congress? Just how does Speaker Johnson sleep at night?
As far as I can see, Johnson couldn't lead a two-car funeral. It’s a disgrace. He no more represents the America I live in than I look like the Metro-Goldwyn Mayor lion.
It should not come as a surprise. An oft times overlooked fact is that he represents the State of Louisiana. It’s a nice place to visit, but I wouldn't want to live there. His part in the leadership of that state is certainly exemplary. But not in a good way.
It’s ranked 50th of all U.S. States for just about everything bad.
For example, Louisiana is the second poorest state in the country, with a poverty rate of 17.8 %. Only Mississippi ranks lower, which is no surprise. And, the Pelican State’s overall rank is 50th among all the states in the United States according to U.S. News and World Report.
Here’s how it measures up on these important rankings:
Crime & Corrections #50
Economy#50
Education #46
Fiscal Stability #38,
Health Care #45
Infrastructure #49
Natural Environment #49
Opportunity #48
Thanks for your leadership, Mike. As they say in the deep South, it’s clear that you don’t know shit from Shinola.
Human Rights Campaign President Kelley Robinson, called Johnson “the most anti-equality Speaker in U.S. history,” reminding us all that he is anti-everything: anti-choice, anti-LGBTQ, anti-gun safety, and anti-democracy.
By the way, he also believes he has been chosen by the Almighty to be the leader in Congress.
“I believe that Scripture, the Bible is very clear, that God is the one who raises up those with authority. He raised up each of you. All of us. And I believe that God has ordained and allowed each one of us to be brought here for this specific time,” Johnson said after his election.
By all accounts, he also leads the most ineffective congress in the nation’s history.
Even Republicans don't like him. The smart ones anyway. One of the national organizations I have become increasingly aware of is The Lincoln Project. It’s a political action committee founded by a group of well-known Republican strategists whose main goal is to stop Donald Trump from being elected a second time.
They have this to say on their website:
“Mike Johnson’s elevation to Speaker put one of the most undemocratic Members of Congress second in line to the presidency. As the Architect of Sedition, Mike Johnson led the charge to invalidate the 2020 election in the House and helped to incite the bloodshed of January 6th. He made “sedition palatable” to other Members of Congress who were not inclined to go along.
This lunatic is two heartbeats away from leading the free world in the Presidential line of succession, right behind the Vice-President.
It has often been said that the great thing about America is that anyone can grow up to be president. The problem is, they often do.
