'It's not our job': Democrats getting sick of saving Johnson from GOP dysfunction
It has become an established pattern that the Republican Party in the House is so dysfunctional that it is unable to use its majority get anything done. Instead it has been Democratic support helping Speaker Mike Johnson from going down in flames. Rep. Jim Himes joins to discuss the awkward politics for everyone involved.
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#GOP #MikeJohnson #Democrats
It isn't about saving Mike from Marjorie. It's about saving America from Marjorie by not letting her dictate to the Speaker of the House.
Why doesn’t she run for speaker
The House rules need to not give one single Congressperson that much power. She's just one of 435. She should be a nobody.
Let's get the aid to our friends and allies . According to one maga politician she said if Marg moves to vacate than a couple of moderates will leave congress. That will flip congress to the democrats. If that is true I don't think she will do it. But she is stupid so let's see what happens.
@@itsmeprasad1987 Because she knows she would never win. Ever. Even the crazy lunatics know a crazier lunatic when they see one. All I can say is "space lasers", as I sadly shake my head wondering what happened to the USA.
Then stop voting fascists like Maga-t Thatcher Gangrene and we won't have these problems
Im no fan of Mike Johnson, but if he's willing to pass legislation, that is good for the country, then we need to move forward. Bipartisanship isnt a bad word. It's the way our government works. So put party aside and let's get on with business. Trump and his cronies have created the greatest division in our country since the Civil War. It's time to put MAGA in our rearview mirror.
This is the ONLY time he agreed with us on ANYTHING. We need to drop Johnson, MTG, and Gropert
@@MasterOfViewershipI agree with your assessment of the situation. But their own party will bring them down once we get a few bi-partisan measures through. Greater stability and help for the people, will only help Dems. It’s the long game.
🙏 amen
The Republican Party is MAGA, and we aren't putting MAGA in the rearview mirror by saving MAGA theocrat Mike Johnson, the guy who led the House legal effort to steal the 2020 election for Trump.
rundoetx,if he’s willing to take a bipartisan approach to this bill,and not allow Moscow Marge to hijack it,I’m not going to say anything about voting him out, just yet.
That Gosar is one wierd dude. Vote Blue.
He's a freak.
His own family has urged people to not for him. Yet he was elected, tisk, tisk.
No, I don't think I will.
@@thom8728 he’s one of insurrectionist on J6.
Give the guy a break. After all, he's over 300 years old.
Why does Gosar always look like he just escaped from a mental institution?
Because gosar just came out of a mental institution
Just as stupid group as the three Amigos. Phonies playing representatives. Children playing adults.
Wow, that was a Google rabbit hole that I definitely should have done on an anonymous tab. 😂 Apparently it can be a side effect of mixing basically uppers and downers. That might be an inaccurate generalization. I’m wording it this way, though, because it can result from improperly taking legitimate meds. As well as, you know, not legitimate meds. I’ve noticed him doing this many times in the last few years. It makes me wonder whether these older legislators don’t realize how widespread these speeches are, and how easy it is to look up….weirdness on display.
@@irenafarm I Googled, also. And one article suggested amphetamine use. trump abuses speed. He doesn't have the bobble head but his speeches are just as looney as Gosar.
@@irenafarmI'm wondering if Gosar might have Parkinson disease. He jerks all over and has hard time controlling his head movements, just like someone with Parkinson.
Seven more months of this dysfunction and we’ll have a government again.
Only if we remind people to vote Biden 2024 and Democrats in Congress.
@@KateWittr u nuts
I Absolutely hope so!!
Or three more House Republicans can resign now ASAP and Democrats take the majority.
If the Government can survive this crap. This is exactly what Putin wants! GOP dysfunction plays into Putins plans.....🤬
Country over Party Patriotism over Person Elections over Entitlement VOTE BLUE
I think you need to read what you posted very carefully.
@@neondystopianI was thinking the same thing
@@midwesttraveler2485 they certainly did not spec into awareness when they created their character, LOL
Pelosi lied about the build back better bill, cause a lot of people to lose their homes, etc . Promises made promise was broken by the Democrats, which hurt their own constituents the most. One thing I can't stand is liar and cheater, dishonest and a betrayal.
You forgot corporations over taxpayers. Keep voting BLUE and get corporate rule. Not that GOP is any different.
Just get the Ukraine aid passed
Take it up with the GOP trying to cater to autocrats abroad by weakening our actual allies.
Here here!
This!
Amen!
Yeah
Can we pleeeease get these people out!!!! Omg!!
VOTE 💙 💙💙💙💙💙💙💙🌊🌊
@@sandyd3686 Absolutely!💙👍🏽
Not while dems are saving them
Don't count on it! You forget that they are voted in by the folks back home who love and keep voting for these fools. You have a lot of people to blame for this tom foolery.
you'd have to fix gerrymandering at the state level first. alot of the far right clowns are in districts where they will never lose a general election and only have to worry about the primary, so they naturally go further to the base instead of towards the center.
I'm still Republican. I will never forgive Moscow Marjorie and the Twitter faction for what they have doneto Ukraine.
No problem Liz, liberal here .. we don't need anyone to switch parties, we just need America to vote Dem to keep our Democracy intact.
@@barrywassel3899 not gonna lie, this is the most sensible comment I’ve read all day. We all have to come together to keep democracy and remove the conspiracy theorists and those who want to destroy it.
Will this Republicans still vote for Trump? I’m betting that answer is yes! He’s the problem.
My suggestion if you are truly concerned about Ukraine? Don't vote in November. Trump has made it clear that he will throw Ukraine under the bus as soon as possible because of his inexplicable fascination with Putin And so his victory will make the 6 month delay in supplies look like a mild hiccup.
@@user-vt4eh1os3m Part of the issue is that Republicans have responded to every election for decades in one of two ways: When they win, it's because the american people like their policies and it's clearly a mandate to continue to pull the Overton window further to the right and campaign on more extreme measures then before because that's clearly what the people want while purging/marginalizing members of the party who don't want to support this. When they lose, Clearly they weren't extreme enough; they need to push harder to get those hearts and minds and thus win the next election. This is how you're country wound up with Trump and MAGA; you have a bunch of people who have been pushing more and more extreme ideologies for the better part of 16 years and the ultimate result was a man who couldn't pass a middle school exam on civics being given the most powerful office on earth and utter lunatics who would rather burn the country down then engage in the time honored tradition of horse trading.
218 votes makes Jeffries Speaker of the House...
Yep I'm hoping for more to retire or quit. Jeffries might get in sooner than we thought.
@@jenniferjeantummy
@@kylekoronatummy for real
What does "tummy" mean? I am all 68 yo here!
Actually there are currently 431 members in the House of Representatives, so the Democrats ONLY need 216 to make Jeffries Speaker.
This gop dysfunction helps the dems in the 2024 elections. 🎉
VOTE 💙 💙💙💙💙💙💙💙🌊🌊
BIG time.
It doesn’t do much to help the country of the world though
@@neilkurzman4907 Actually, it does.
Well, I suspect it means their corporate sponsors certainly get cold feet. No point in bribing someone who are incapable of getting things done.
Vote Jeffries 🩵
Just an FYI - there are currently 431 members in the House of Representatives, so the Democrats ONLY need 216 to make Jeffries Speaker. That is just three (3) Republicans to cross over.
🫡sensible choice Fine person
Jeffries..all the way..sensible politician..decent person.m
@@gustavodeugarte9460 Jeffries.🇺🇸🙏🏻💙
Billions on bombs for death showers while people starve, struggle, and cannot pay for basic needs in America. We are getting robbed by corporate hijack of our government.
Johnson is a snake so handle with care.
Hmmm, to me Johnson seems rationale (although, the born-again Christian ideology gives me pause). Jimmy Carter was through and through a devout Christian and a good person...hoping that Perhaps Johnson would act in the interest of All Americans. Voting for any politician is a gamble - look at Biden and the burden he is saddling U.S. taxpayers with for his open-border policy - look at Trump who very likely gave away U.S. government secrets to his "buddy" Kim Jon Ung and who knows what other entities or celebrities he gave that info to to impress them with "his power." Not to mention that he allowed the Saudis to make an absolute fool of him as they egged him on to perform their sword dance.
I'll second that comment, he's got previous for election shenanigans and I'm concerned for November.
Smug faith is its own evil.......
Yes he is
Marjorie should take one-way ticket to Moscow. Hightime to get back home
Is it so that ;The Republicans in the US will make the USA a dictatorial country like Russia, China, etc.
Gosar is the villian from every Scooby Doo cartoon wrapped up in a greasy slimeball.
Yet, the voters in the Arizona district he represents continue to send him back to Congress - despite Gozar's own family saying he's unfit to serve. It's the poeple in AZ rather than Gozar himself.
@@marshcreek4355 I know, I've lived there before.
Until that moment comes when the Dems can gain the leadership, they should indeed work to keep Johnson as Speaker. That doesn't mean help him pass every bill he puts on the floor. But he does appear willing to buck the anti-democratic, pro-Putin wing of his party. So yes, it is the job of the Dems to vote in a fashion that gives America a functioning government.
Keeping jhonson won't do that as long as the motion to vacate is there this is going to happen EVERY TIME we want to pass something? Open your eyes dems we're already to throw migrants under the bus to pass the republican border bill. Don't fall fr the trap of partisan politics dems are just as bad
I heard a democratic congressman say it isn't their job to keep Johnson as speaker. Meaning they will vote for Hakeem every time.
Johnson was a key player in the attempt to overthrow the results of the 2020 election. Dems need to work with him to get the Ukraine aid deal (which should've been done MONTHS ago!!!). After that they can drop him back in the GQP hyena pit and watch with a satisfied smile while they tear each other to pieces. Whatever the Dems do, they should not help Johnson keep the gavel. Insurrectionists like him should not be allowed to be this close to the presidency.
No, it isn't the job of the Dems to keep a theocrat who played a lead role in trying to steal the 2020 election as Speaker.
It's their job to elect a Speaker...
We do not want A DICTATOR🤬 We do not accept Crazy. We want sanity‼️
And an actual house that functions properly!
Explain that to maga voters.
We don't want a Dictator not even for one day
sanity? By having a president that is mentally incompetent? lol, tell us another one . . .
@@ai-d2121you don't even know what a "maga" is or how many of "them" are out there, you are just a parrot
Jared Moskowitz, calls these three. The Three little pigs 😂
I love how he said he would vote for Johnson just to cancel MTG's vote.🤣🤣🤣
Imagine how interesting her district is in GA to elect MTG to represent THEM in Congress….She is right out of the movie Deliverance.
Fitting
@@katem.8816 Oh, I kind of pictured MTG in "Poltergeist" or "The Exorcist" (?). You know ... somewhere where she is "pocessed by demons" (?)
@@katem.8816damn, banjo music just started playing in my head!
I like how Jakim Jefferies referred to MTG as Moscow Marjorie Taylor Green.
Hakeem Jeffries and Mike Johnson thank you for working for the people
Vote 💙 2024 and save America democracy and the 🌎
BLUE TSUNAMI 💙 💙 💙 💙 💙 💙 💙 💙 down ballot all the way 🌊 🌊 🩵 🇺🇸
The Pain is in Ukraine.Send the aide.
This is not about Mike Johnson. It is about our COUNTRY.
Johnson gets a one time pass for helping Ukraine.
Not after delaying it for six months.
As much as I hate defending Mike Johnson, I do think it was a wise idea to split the aid packages into four separate categories. At least this way, SOME will get passed. Hopefully Ukraine is one of them.
He doesn't get a pass for delaying it. Every day matters in a war and he let 6 months go by with no vote. Dems should vote against him if the vote gets called
@@Macrochenia I think someone gave Johnson a history lesson or some state department people filled him in. You are right- Johnson was stalling in the worst way.
@@katem.8816Possibly, but the part that worries me is that the US is governed by representatives who need history lessons, before deciding to do the right thing.
Amen Rep. Jim Hines! The American People, want to see Congress function & get things done! That is what You are being paid to do! ---------- Psalm 27.
Vote all Democrats in 2024! Save women Right!
😅😂😅 NOT. Why don't you tell me what a woman is. Your Democrat representatives do NOT know 😅
🌊💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙
Right!
A very important point the so called West has, is woman rights. The freedom to be more than the pet of a man and this really answered a good hidden after the usual comment slogans man, so he answered to me in a long exchange: For me you are just a toy I play with and put in the shelve when I am bored. I said thank you, that was the truth now, no more questions.
Is not about voting for johnson ,is about saving America
Saving America by saving an election denying speaker who already tried to overturn one election and is plotting to try it again because he worships donald trump? How does that saving work? Or did you forget about those tiny details?
@@zimvader25wow 😳😲 u watch way to much Tv Maybe 😏 get your water checked.. lead harms the brain cells
@@zimvader25Exactly 💯
Lol your country is in two different proxy wars at the same time at the expenses of the people.
Save America close down the government stop funding harm
Green Gosar and Massey brought to us by gerrymandering and ignorance
Democratic leaders should offer to vote for and save Johnson if he agrees to put the border bill up for a vote.
Was just thinking same thing❤ maybe he will surprise us🙏❤️
No one should trust America if MAGA continues.
I like it!
Mike Johnson is an insurrectionist.
You guys are seriously dumb. There's absolutely nothing you can do to stop MAGA.
Now dont be stupid. Backup Johnson so the bills can get through. They are more important than all the internal crap that has been going on for many months now
YES! RIGHT ON!
Exactly. The Ukranians are close to the breaking point. Mikey Johnson already has blood on his hands, Let's not make it any worse.
Any vote to vacate would happen after the votes on these aid bills. So the aid could pass _and_ Johnson could get turfed.
This is how Democrats and Republicans used to help each other and get needed things done, back in the bipartisan Reagan-O'Neill era.
That was before Newt Gingrich trained the Republican to see the Dems as “the enemy”.
There will never be a United States of America while leaders are dividing the states of America. Bipartisanship is the only way.
Just as stupid group as the three Amigos. Phonies playing representatives. Children playing adults.
"are you still going to call us the most evil thing that happened to America?" Johnson - Of course but please save me if they try to stab me again
Hakeem Jeffries for Speaker! It would only take a few Republicans not running for reelection to make it happen.
Mike Johnson depends on the democrats to save him
Everybody in America is depending on the Democrats to save them. Baffling times.
Then they will bite the hands that helped them after that.
The House actually passed a bill? Who do these people think they are.......EMPLOYEES OF THE UNITED STATES OR AGENTS OF RUSSIA? WE, THE PEOPLE, WILL DECIDE IN NOVEMBER!
This MAGA House is the least productive in decades . VOTE BLUE 2024! Democrats get things done.
Love the use of defenestrated to describe the ousting of McCarthy 😂, most MAGAs would probably not know what it means
Being Putin fans, you'd think they would.
I'm none of those guys. I don't know what it means. So, moot.
If you spent time typing that you don't know it instead of googling the answer, that's wholly on you.@@joemendyk9994
@@joemendyk9994are you savvy enough to know you can Google the definition?
That's THE first time I've ever heard someone in public use that word!
I think Moscow Marge is the best way to say it. kinda gives a simpsons flavor to it
Let's face it Moscow Marge won't be happy with anyone. I think she believes she will be the next speaker. Lol
I hope so she great
@shawngouza139, you really like her, don't you, Vladimir?
She doesn't. She has no interest in governing. And she's just barely smart enough to know that she'd never get the votes, because just enough Republicans hate her that she'd never get the votes.
@@shawngouza139 Try again in non-gibberish - blagodaryu vas, KKKretin...
@@jefnel200 If you only knew what she stood for and not brainwashed by the liberal media
Johnson has white Christian nationalism in mind for all citizens.
And Mike Johnson is an insurrectionist.
😂😅 WOW, demobrats aren't RACIST and full of hypocrisy at all. 😂😅 Pathetic
Thank God I hope your right
@@Nothingbutlovehere369peaceful protest
RACIST
VOTE BLUE STRAIGHT DOWN THE BALLOT
Dems absolutely should not save Johnson. He will turn on you.
I get wat u mean, but we could get someone even worse!!!
As will the next until the majority is regained...
@@stephaniebrooks8044true like g y m, gym jordan
I sort of agree, but, on the other hand, the D's could extract alot of concessions from Mike in exchange for supporting him. Particularly if Mike only has a couple of votes to spare in any upcoming legislation.
Mike Johnson is an insurrectionist.
If they don't save him,they take the chance of getting someone even worse!!! And get nuthin done!!!
Or they can vote for Hakeem Jeffries to become the house speaker.
@@kenchan4267 Luv it!!👍🏽
Johnson will block everything after this. Not much to lose for a chance to get Jeffries the Speakership.
How on earth could they get even less nuthin done? Zero equals zero.
@@charleholst3881 True. But if we get one of the loons from the freedom caucus, it would be worse!!
If Johnson gets to pass aid to Ukraine and Israel, Democrats should not cooperate in ousting Johnson. The next guy, or girl, could be even worse...
No, the next guy or gal will be even less experienced, and cost them more seats...
Bold of you to assume they could elect a replacement speaker😂
Nothing wrong with a coalition. In other countries it is normal
you need more the two parties to make it work
@@jenifferschmitz8618 may as well already consider "moderate" Republicans and "Freedom Caucus" Republicans to be two different parties at this point.
@@OptimusWombatI wish they would make it official. Go ahead and split from the crazies and just get stuff done
Exactly. The Dems are already a pretty loose coalition. The GOP is severely divided. We’ll get more parties in the future. We have to make some grassroots changes first like neutering the Electoral College (National Popular Vote Interstate Compact), and ranked choice voting. Meanwhile, it would be extremely good for folks to see how coalition governance works for us. No one alive has ever seen governance outside the two-party monopoly.
@@irenafarm I don't know if the Dems would really support a more parliamentary style. They know it would shrink them like it would the GOP. The DSA and Greens would definitely work on increasing their size. They'd work with the Dems, but the party would still lose a lot of power
Unless Democrats can some how gain the Speakers spot they need to pass the bills. Get it done 🙏
Just an FYI - there are currently 431 members in the House of Representatives, so the Democrats ONLY need 216 to make Jeffries Speaker. That is just three (3) Republicans to cross over.
@gregorybiestek3431 which 3 are going to cross over and vote for a dem? Be realistic...
@@nicolasolton I am - 18 Republicans are NOT running for re-election. As such there is NOTHING the MAGA crowd can do to them. Among those 18 are several who might cross over Debbie Lesko, Kay Granger, Cathy McMorris Rodgers, Brad Wenstrup, and Greg Pence. All of them voted Against vacating the Speakership. All of them are old 1990s Conservatives who are retiring because of the MAGA crowd, and All them are old-fashion good government types. Since they are walking out the door, they just MIGHT want to kick the MAGA crowd where it hurts one last time.
Democrats could have gotten the speakership but they weak butts rather have aid for Ukraine pitiful
@@nicolasolton .... Not sure of who crossed over but lawmakers voted 311 to 112 with one member voting present to pass the house Ukraine bill plus Israel & Taiwan aid was passed as well. Mike Johnson should take the same action on the border bill. Then he can say he did something vs. MTG being a total waste.
Paul Gosar was great in all of those walking dead zombie shows, he should have stuck with that.
Close up he does look like he is a bag of dead skin sloughing off 🤢
As far as the house is concerned the red tsunami just keeps getting smaller everyday.
Stick with Trump, big red wave coming...right?
I think it's a red drip by now 😁
It’s actually hard to imagine someone less palatable than Mike Johnson. I’m glad he’s moving forward with this desperately needed legislation. But the man is a crazy zealot in the pocket of a psychopath. Unless Greene or Gosar or one of the other looney tunes ended up as Speaker, it’s hard to do worse.
It's all fun and games until you have to govern. Johnson is learning that now.
'It's not our job' - No, but it IS your job to save USA, and for that you need to save the world, so as long as GOP refuses, you have to do it.
Your rationale is precisely what will start the next world war... be careful what you wish for.
I have no issue with Democrats saving Speaker Johnson as long as the Ukraine aid package passes. Plus it will mean Mike Johnson knows that going forward he will need to compromise with the Democrats on all future matters
It would be in effect, a co-Speakership. That’s fine. It wouldn’t last long because it will make the crazies untenably crazy and more GOP will peace out.
Well how many times have they saved him? I was not aware they saved him. If he passes aid for Ukraine they need to save him again. Otherwise they might end up with MTG as Speaker.
I don't like Johnson. However I believe that Democrats should do the right thing and stop MAGA Republicans from ousting Johnson as speaker because he has done the right thing.
I agree especially if they can get something out of it. These bills need to be passed, but don't save his neck unless there is something in it for them.
He has done the bare minimum, all while disingenuously blaming Dems for his party’s failures. He deserves no help from Dems. Especially when we have a very real chance of taking the Speakership for ourselves. We could get so much more done with the ability to set the House agenda.
@@mattleathen445 I agree, but even if Jeffries got the gavel, wouldn't it be the same issue? Dems wouldn't have enough members to move legislation either. They would need a few Republicans to vote with them and no way any Republicans are gonna cross the aisle. Dems would however be able to bring more bills to the floor to vote on, but they would still need some bipartisanship to get anything done.
Its not yet Jeffries time. Maybe next year..?
Not only that, but I fear that if Johnson does get ousted, someone way worse will take his place.
Why not force Johnson to put the Senate border bill on the floor for a vote in exchange for Democrat help ?
And make it so the current budget goes until the end of the year. Right now it ends in September. MAGA could hold the budget hostage again and mess with the election.
💯
We should call our dem Reps and suggest exactly that!
It may not be your job (speaking to House Democrats here) to save Speaker Johnson, but it *is* your job to deliver the best possible outcomes to your constituents. Work with this dude. It will not be pleasant, but it's better than having deadlocks all the way through Inauguration Day 2025. Do your job. America deserves it.
that's exactly what they did
@@thomasd4738 I was addressing the title of this video which says "it's not our job': Democrats getting sick of saving Johnson from GOP dysfunction"
@@S0ulinth3machin3 That's fair. Sorry if I overreacted.
@@S0ulinth3machin3I think it’s natural that Dems are expressing frustration at acting in good faith and having that trust abused repeatedly. The current minority right wing rule took 40+ years to craft. It’s going to take years to peel that onion. It’s frustrating, but the work and mental/emotional effort will be more than worth it. They’ll come around. The Big Tent is held up by our mutual faith in the rule of law and the American people.
Waiting seven months to “do the right thing” isn’t the right thing.
Sure it is. Remember when Biden turned in classified documents years later and you said the oppositr
That’s the part of politics that are hard to swallow. It takes a special kind of person to be able to play the role. Similar to scientists in their roles and nurses and teachers in their roles and mothers and fathers and bus drivers and customer service in their roles and
Hope the democrats are grown-up. Bipartisanship is healthy.
We can be bi-partisan when republicans learn how to be decent human beings again.
I completely do not understand how anyone can profess to believe in jesus can also be a Republican.
Profess.
Spelled the same, so.......caps on the P.......I guess? If so, makes you one of the creepy ones. Wait, you didn't cap the J in Jesus for him so....whatever.
"PROFESS" being the operative word. Christianity is a practice; not a declaration.
@@joemendyk9994 Profess: claim that one has (a quality or feeling), especially when this is not the case. No caps necessary for jesus as caps are only needed for nouns, not myths
@@jonroesler8155 Tell that to the christians, especially those who demand everyone around them live their lives by christian "values"
Make Jeffries Speaker and people vote blue in 2024 for governing
Moscow Marge, Gosar and the othe CONgressman should stay in Russia Some fed up not extremists Republican will resign once they started to oust Mike Johnson
Time to be real. Regardless of what anyone thinks, Johnson is the key to getting the People's work done. Moving forward, Congress must continue to act in consensus until the end of the congressional session; at which time he will be replaced by Leader Jeffries. Everything between now and then is about holding your nose and getting work done!
Johnson refuses to allow a vote on the bipartisan border deal. Until he resolves that issue, his House is only on the verge of doing the absolute bare minimum.
@@mattleathen445 True enough. But it's still vital to get aid to Ukraine.
It wouldn't be a GOP bill unless someone was getting impeached or removed or pay reduced to a dollar. It's the only legislation they're primarily interested in.
A better outcome would be Johnson stays as Speaker and the other three clowns get sent packing
Obviously, Johnson grew with the responsabilities. Also didn t want to be the one who ‘s name will be the one in history books who let the world peace and democracy down.
His kid joined the Navy. 😂
What a pathetic unfolding of US politics.
Buy 3 republicans and make Jeffries the speaker.
What a concept! Getting things done 😅! Vote blue 💙🇺🇸
It’s a disgrace that it took so long for him to do the right thing and bring the vote.
Maga Mike now needs to bring fwd the bipartisan border deal and we can finally start to address the massive immigration problem. Then, they can all run on the fact that a border deal passed under their watch.
Why Should democrats save Johnson? If he can't even lead his own party why should he lead the house of representatives?
If he is willing to work with the Dems then they should save him.
This way at least something gets done. Do you realy think MAGA replaces him with somebody better....a snowball has a higher chance to survive inside an active volcano.
@@rooster1012 Dems should not reward him for doing his job......Republicans would never do the same if the tables were turned, they would pass the bills and turn right around vote the speaker out......
@@gilde915 Or you find one republican to cross over and make Hakeem Jeffries speaker........
They are voting for him so he will pass the bill for Ukraine, republicians do not want him to pass the bill, so democrats will help him if he helps Ukraine,
Us Europeans are getting our popcorn ready for another exciting episode of "Dysfunctional Democracy"
Pretty sick and tired of this chaos caucus and MTG. Massie is my rep and so disgusted by him
Leverage people; If the time comes on voting to oust Johnson, Democrats should insist that Johnson publicly state that Joe Biden legitimately won the election. It would be very weak of Dems to save an election denier who is now Speaker. Also think of the up coming general election, what role will Johnson play should trump lose in November?
Mike Johnson IS AN INSURRECTIONIST!
Take everything you can get from Mike if you decide to support him, Dems
Go for gold Congress. Pass the vote!
I agree with rep(D) Jim Himes from Connecticut
Goesert has mainge
How did the Dems or whomever get Johnson to bring up Aid for Ukraine FINALLY? Was he actually supporting the idea months ago?
Why wouldn't Dems support Johnson. He's finally getting something done. Will a GOP replacement be better?🙄
Isn't it time for certain Congress people to stop being referred to as, the honourable gentleman/gentle lady and lead with the correct term of Comrade.
*REMINDER...* When Kevin McCarthy, desperate to become House Speaker, caved to the demand to add the _'Motion to Vacate'_ by a single House-member, Mike Johnson was among the House Republicans who *VOTED FOR* the _'Motion to Vacate'_ to be established.
Your comment was plagiarized by scammer.
@@EthelredHardrede-nz8yv -- Not sure how one would scam off my Comment upon the factual history of Mike Johnson's and House Republicans' House-voting hypocrisy. But thank you for the notification nonetheless. *:)*
WHO ELECTS THESE MAGA WEREWOLVES, SERIOUSLY!!!!!
the dumbest of the dumb
Donald Trump Donald Trump is the one who endorsed all these crazy people just like he did with the judges in the prosecutors that he put in when he was in office come on people wake up you don't see this there's something wrong with this country if they don't see what's going on it's called the rich people trying to take over the country again and it's got to stop he's being funded by all the rich people all the billionaires we need to stop this and its tracks
White guys
Where no one else is running
@@CortexNewsService no they all cheated to get in your Tom Marjorie Taylor Greene you're talking about Matt gaetz all of them they changed the maps do you no is no one pay attention to what is going on in this country the maps were changed in 2020 it was Donald Trump who was trying to cheat with the election how dumb can people be now these guys are really starting to pee me off because you're not thinking the Republican party is trying to take over the freaking country and get power and don't care if any of us get killed it's about power people start waking up
The dysfunction in the House is ALL of our problem. As is Moscow Marjorie, the would be dictator.
The Kremelin Causus - MTG, Massie, Gosar, Jordan
Gosar is a nut
I think Mike Johnson had an attack of conscience
Biden and his military cabinet schooled him.
He used to be principled. It's a very heartening development.
Not conscience, reality.
Well spoken! 😀
Nice to have a straight talking politician! Complete sentences and answers the question!!!!!
It's not the Dems job but rather their responsibility to unite to enable what is best for the Country.
They're getting nothing out of it, and he's on Fox talking isht about them. Let him sink in the cesspool his party has created.
The House needs to come together and pass aid the Ukraine TODAY. This is an all hands on deck moment. Don't fail!
About a third don’t want to do anything for Ukraine because they didn’t do Trump a favor
💙💙💙Biden/Harris vote blue 2024
The GOP can't do nothing right !! They were so proud of BARELEY winning the house & have been fumbling ever since !! How they are not embarrassed as a party is mind boggling !!
As a Canadian, I have to say that some of the best legislation, for the people, comes from minority governments where parties have to work together.
What part of "Johnson wants a national abortion ban" do people not get? Why are Dems supporting Johnson? In no way should he be third in line to the presidency.
Because the choice is either Johnson, or a total collapse of Congress which would objectively hurt Americans.
They are not supporting him. Watch the news.
Just this time. It's not an easy move. But it's the only way. Jim Hines says it well...
Because Democrats are politicians. They don't care about your rights, they care about politics. Your rights are a way they can get elected.
@@janettighe7242lol they're kissing his back on every issue
Vote these Maga Republicans out
Good interview. Coalition good.
"I'm going to do the right thing." - Johnson If that was true, he would not be Speaker.
After November they will have a larger majority as well as the Senate.
😆 cultist Republicans have been on a losing streak since your reality star got into office
In your Maga crazy dreams.
Senate will go to Republicans, but polling shows the Dems will probably get the House.
The leaves will turn blue