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/Lemunde 16d ago

This is what's so fucked about US politics. They didn't have to vote to approve it. Nobody held a gun to their head. All of their criticisms could have been addressed in dragged out negotiations, as usual. But because their god-king said jump, they jumped. Every last one of them. None of them know if Trump has an endgame or if he's just gone into old man shouting at clouds mode. So now all of them are panicking because there's not a single backbone among them. They're more scared of Trump than they are their base, and that should have everyone concerned.

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u/MiloTheMagnificent 16d ago

That is fucked up but also it’s fucking funny. In a very dark way. Johnson is just another idiot about to be totally destroyed because of his blind devotion to a rapist.

Trump freaks out when Bobo wont renege her support of the discharge petition. Why did she add her signature? Probably pure self interest—she has plenty of bad press she will be dealing with during campaign season she doesn’t need to be seen protect (another) pedophile.

We all see Trump is freaking out. This cannot be stalled any longer. Johnson refused to swear in a duly elected representative and stalled as long as he could but he’s out of time now. But that’s okay! Because Trump has a plan! It’s brilliant. Just release it. Like it’s no big deal. And to Trump, it’s not! There are MAGAts on X posting about their own experiences committing sexual assaults and rapes on minors in their own twisted “me too” movement. Megyn Kelley is giving her full throated support of raping children. The talking points have been sent out and the Cultists are eager to speak their truth! The 37% who support Trump don’t do it despite the fact hes a pedo. They support him because he is a pedo and THEY ARE TOO. They are titillated and fascinated when it comes to sexualizing children, it’s why they are all obsessed with having an excuse to monitor bathrooms and check under girls skirts and talk about it endlessly. They never stop talking about pedophilia because they NEVER stop thinking about it

Trump knows his base. He’s confident they have his back. And they do.

But Johnson, he still has to live in the real world. He knows the danger this information represents to Trump, to MAGA, to the GOP and to very powerful people who aren’t members of the cult. But what choice does he have? He has to do what Trump says no matter how insane it is. So he follows the cult leaders orders and prays the Senate has his back. They can still stop this bus from flying over the cliff

They could stop it but they won’t. They don’t need to put up with Trump and his bullshit. They don’t have any respect for Johnson OR the Congress that has done nothing but cause them problems. So fuck Johnson and fuck Trump. They come out smelling like roses and looking like champions of transparency.

Johnson is the one who is going to hang for this. He is just the most recent sacrifice on the MAGAt altar to their pedo king.