“Speaker” Mike Johnson suffers Freudian slip

| 8:00 pm EST November 5, 2023
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It seems, somehow, some way, my name is on the email lists of just about every Republican politician in office right now. Josh Hawley has emailed me. Tim Scott has emailed me. Ted Cruz has emailed me. Donald John Trump, saying we’re special friends, has emailed me.

I am sure some people beam when reading THAT email and assume they really are special friends to Trump, not understanding that about 20 million people (at least) are getting the exact same message.

I don’t know how they get my name, but they do. However, in all my years of receiving junk emails from junk Republicans, I must admit I have never received a fundraising email quite like this before: “I refuse to put people over politics.” Bold font. Underlined. “Which is why I need your help.”

Wow! Someone sure decided to tell the truth on this particular day. Or they did not. The second option for this insane email that proudly exclaims not to give two shits about the American people is that someone, of course, screwed up. Someone made a Freudian slip.

Ah — the Freudian slip. In this particular case, I do believe this slip shows the real feelings of the one who sent it. It was Speaker Mike Johnson. Congratulations, Mr. Speaker! This here is an EXCELLENT way to fu## up your first week on the job!

I’m sure this is not like a SIGN — A BAD PORTENT, or anything, for your Speakership! Yes, folks. This email came from the Johnson office. I ask you — who could be so stupid, so insane, so bereft of proofreaders that they would send out this super-fail of a fundraising email?

The answer, of course, is Clark Kent himself. I mean — how long would it have taken to proofread a few lines? This is not an error that can have any good excuse. “I refuse to put people over politics!!” They do SAY that Freudian slips are sometimes big truth-tellers. In Johnson’s case, I think he hit a home run on THAT front.

“Can you send forward with a donation today?” Ah — now we get to the “ask” part of the email. The answer, my dear Johnson, is no. Hakeem Jeffries appeared to get a big kick out of this email, saying: “House Democrats will continue to put people over politics. Why is that an issue for our Republican colleagues?”