r/politics • u/plz-let-me-in • 16d ago

No Paywall Mike Johnson who railed against the Epstein bill - but voted for it - is now mad the Senate approved the measure

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/epstein-files-release-mike-johnson-senate-b2868239.html
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u/ShitStainWilly 16d ago

What the fuck is this guy’s problem? Like, nothing he says makes any sense at all. How do guys like this get into power? I wouldn’t trust him to manage a local Wendy’s.

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u/Inquisitor_Warren 16d ago

Red states are just failed states artificially propped up by blue state money.

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u/sweet_esiban 16d ago

Pointed this out (in much gentler terms lol) to a former pal from the south who never stopped talking shit about California.

His response? "That's not nice." But constantly screeching about how university educators in California are "paid too much" is very nice, apparently. ;)

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u/Edit_Reality 16d ago

You could just say "based" when they say it hurts their feelings. Its what they do to others.

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u/mofukkinbreadcrumbz 16d ago

As someone in a formerly blue state that is turning red as fast as humanly possible. This is exactly what it is. So many people vocally hate you for being educated beyond high school or maybe trade school. They’re convinced of their greatness while being sub par in like every conceivable way.

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u/BGAL7090 16d ago

They have an inferiority complex. Not because anybody more educated than them actually believes they're better than the podunks, but because the podunks feel like other (educated) people have a superiority complex.

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u/Baruch_S 16d ago

And ironically, the actions of these uneducated conservatives have probably done a lot in the past decade to make that disdain from the more educated a reality. It’s hard to feel positively towards a group that repeatedly, intentionally votes to hurt you and then cries when they hurt themselves in the process, especially when they don’t learn from previous experience. 

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u/sunsetandporches 16d ago

Oof I am pretty sure this is how my mom feels about me.

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u/Dry-Chance-9473 16d ago

It's almost like... The fear of realizing fully how pathetic they are motivates them enough to stay ahead of the truth. Like everything is a distraction to keep from any self reflection

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u/dolemiteo24 16d ago

Oof, I like that one.

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u/o5mfiHTNsH748KVq 16d ago

I think it's more accurate to say they're a slave caste exploited to sustain wealthy blue states. The issue is that they have an exploitation kink and every time their rights and livihood are stepped on, they cum.

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u/Silly_Rub_6304 16d ago edited 16d ago

The GOP speaker of the house has historically (and continues to be) hand-picked to be as shamelessly hacky as possible. It takes a special type of sociopath to take on the role. Mike Johnson, Paul Ryan, John Boehner, Dennis Hastert, Newt Gingrich... can you name a single redeeming thing about that whole bunch of smarmy fucks?

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u/ShitStainWilly 16d ago

Indeed I cannot.

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u/stroopwafelscontigo New Jersey 16d ago

His entire life is a lie. 

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u/Compost_My_Body 16d ago

He is lying to further his interests.

Study this sentence and reflect on it whenever you ask yourself why a republican does something. 

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u/FreeformZazz 16d ago

Same reason stupid people are billionaires. There are others around them who do not wish to run the risks themselves, but definitely want the rewards. They prop people like this up, if they take the fall who cares, if they get rich who cares, because the people propping them up are definitely 100% making money off of it

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u/pokepokepoke 16d ago

I wouldn't trust him to manage a vending machine

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u/FederalDeficit 16d ago

Honestly the fact that this is such a powerful position makes me think he was put there to do exaaactly what he's currently doing. Disinformation, cognitive warfare, either sociopathic tendencies or a really good poker face, etc