“Speaker” Mike Johnson humiliates himself on live national television
Mike Johnson is still Speaker of the House for some reason, even though his skillset and personality are more compatible with being unemployable. Johnson’s job at this point is apparently to go out and take pies to the face so that Donald Trump won’t have to. Johnson is playing into that role with all the gusto of someone who has nothing else left to cling to.
House Republicans have had to stop holding town halls with their constituents, because even in red leaning districts, Americans are outraged at how Elon Musk is trying to destroy federal government social programs. While appearing on live national television today, Mike Johnson made the laugh out loud claim that these protesters are merely paid props:
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Johnson: The videos you saw of the town halls were for paid protesters
Collins: A Republican acknowledged they were his constituents.
Johnson: They had Democrats come and fill the seats pic.twitter.com/EnPfxMaled
— Acyn (@Acyn) February 27, 2025
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No really, Mike Johnson went on TV and said this. Even after the CNN host pointed out that one of Johnson’s own Republican colleagues had confirmed that these were real constituents, Johnson still doubled down on it. Cable news hosts don’t seem to want to fact check anyone these days, so it’s really humiliating for Johnson that he said something so laughable, even CNN was willing to correct him.
