"Senior House Republican" whines about being "treated like garbage" by Trump and MAGAt Moses Mikey wanting it to happen

[Miles Archer]

"The crux of MTG’s message is that Trump and House Republicans are abandoning all of the president’s priorities, falling into complacency and are on the brink of squandering their razor-thin majority," the outlet reported in its email newsletter.

"Let’s dispense with the caveats," the (Punchbowl) newsletter added. "MTG has never been representative of the House Republican Conference writ large. She clearly has a bone to pick with Trump and the leadership. MTG may have her eye on the governorship — that chatter picked up again over the weekend. She was also never a fan of Speaker Mike Johnson."

“This entire White House team has treated ALL members like garbage. ALL," said one senior House Republican. "And Mike Johnson has let it happen because he wanted it to happen. That is the sentiment of nearly all — appropriators, authorizers, hawks, doves, rank and file. The arrogance of this White House team is off putting to members who are run roughshod and threatened. They don’t even allow little wins like announcing small grants or even responding from agencies. Not even the high profile, the regular rank and file random members are more upset than ever. Members know they are going into the minority after the midterms."

“More explosive early resignations are coming," that senior House Republican added. "It’s a tinder box. Morale has never been lower. Mike Johnson will be stripped of his gavel and they will lose the majority before this term is out.”

https://www.rawstory.com/marjorie-taylor-greene-reitrement/

[newdeal2]

1. Why not force a vote on ol' Mikey then?

They at least have that power before retirement.

The answer is simple: Republicans lack the courage to do what's right and are complicit. They just whine in private but take no action.

[Miles Archer]

2. Yep. Pretty much the motivation for my subject line.

I dunno, I guess I had a different upbringing.

If someone's treating ME like GARBAGE (and, like most people, I've gone through that) I either make a clean break and purge them from my life, or I suit up and go into battle.

I don't cry about it anonymously. I do something about it.

[Wiz Imp]

19. The rules were changed.

It's no longer possible for a single representative to force a vote on the speaker. It now requires 9 Representatives (I think) to call for and force such a vote.

There have been a handful of Republicans publicly criticizing Johnson, but I don't believe there have been at least 9 which would be needed to force a vote.

[WestMichRad]

20. I suspect they've been ordered from on high

… not to rock the boat. Since most of them still want to hold office after the midterms, they don’t want to get primaried… or face whatever Kompromat the overlord threatens them with.

Besides that, who would they replace Mikey with? Nothing but a team of spineless wimps in that caucus. Remember how much they’ve struggled just to land on him.

[Paladin]

3. Cry us a fucking river, House Republicans.

If you were too stupid to see all this coming, then you're too stupid to be legislators. Either do something constructive about it, or shut the hell up.

[Chasstev365]

4. Aww: IT'S SO UNFAIR!

Your party twice had the opportunity to remove this cancerous tumor on American society and you let him off the hook.

But more over, you could impeach the treasonous fuck in less than a week, but you won't. So cry me a river.

[Miles Archer]

7. The "Senior Republican" had access to everything we've had access to. Every headline.

Worst kept "secret" of all time...Trump wanted to hobble / spay & neuter Congress and reduce government to one branch, actually one person...himself.

And I don't have inside info on Johnson. It's one of two things (maybe both):

1). He saw Kevin McCarthy chewed up and spit out and said "Not gonna happen to me, no matter what"
2). He was promised "something" if he had Trump's back, right or wrong, 100% of the time.

And, as we all know, he's hidden behind Jesus every step of the way.

The only area in which Trump can be "given credit" is that he makes his intentions known, consistently. As an impulsive toddler, he must issue 2 AM fatwas on "Truth Social."

The other thing we know about Republicans is 90% of the time, when they are asked about Trump's social media outbursts, their response is "I didn't see that, and I don't comment on things I haven't seen," even though THEY ALL SEE IT.

It's not like Trump was running a soup kitchen and feeding the homeless and then turned into a bastard overnight.

He's been ANNOUNCING ALL OF THIS since the 2024 campaign. He's doing what he PROMISED he'd do. A lot of it got dismissed as "Oh, that's Trump just being Trump, he's WEAVING..."

When he said that "Dictator on Day 1" crap, he meant it. On day one and every day that followed.

[MustLoveBeagles]

9. Right

They brought this on themselves and, unfortunately, the rest of us.

[Buckeyeblue]

12. And they could still remove him. At any point

I'm certain Democtratic Representatives and Senators would be will to make it bipartisan.

[enough]

5. A heartwarming story ☺️

[spanone]

6. K&R

[intheflow]

8. "Mike Johnson will be stripped of his gavel and they will lose the majority before this term is out."

Hope for the future!

[Jilly_in_VA]

10. lWho are you, "senior House RepubliKKKan"!

Take off the mask and let us see you for real. Stop hiding!

[sakabatou]

11. My reaction:

[Raven123]

13. That's the thing about authoritarians. Everyone is their tool. Duh

[Martin68]

14. Bwa-ha-ha-ha!

[bronxiteforever]

15. To Sr Repug. You can remove him if you choose.

You have agency and you choose not to use it. That sounds like a you problem.

[Marcuse]

16. GOP got the power they wanted.

[PatSeg]

17. Tsk, tsk, what a shame

What did these fools think was going to happen?

[Miles Archer]

18. I think they believed Trump would become King of the Pigs, and that he'd make room at the trough for all of them

Instead, he bellied up to the trough and said "MINE! ALL MINE!"

Why they thought the outcome would be different is beyond me.

[PatSeg]

24. Anyone with half a brain

could see where this disaster was headed. Trump has pretty much let the whole world know who and what he is. His first term was just a preview.

I honestly think that the majority of them are afraid of him and his mindless followers, not to mention there is probably a fair amount of kompromat involved. I wonder if we'll see a lot of early retirements in congress.

[Miles Archer]

25. That, and the death / bomb threats.

Trump has become extremely skilled at blowing that dog whistle every time someone crosses him. And by labeling Republicans who "do the right thing" as "RINOs," he's already raised the ire of his more unstable cult members.

Sure, they are worried about their careers. I think they are equally worried about their safety, and that is NOT unwarrented.

[PatSeg]

26. Yes and Trump knows exactly

what he's doing alerting his base to do his bidding. He can't stand the lowlifes, but he is more than willing to use them like a private militia.

[MineralMan]

21. Well, I'm good with that.

We could do with more of it. Let's see serial resignations and special elections. Bring it!

[Stacey Grove]

22. For the 9,000,000th time -

white people could stop this pedo shitstain and his nonsense any time they want: THEY CHOOSE NOT TO.

[dalton99a]

23. File a motion to vacate.

Fight!

[Grins]

27. There is one fact....

Been saying this for quite a while.

The hatred the Reich had for Boehner, followed by the hatred they had for Ryan. Then the big one: McCarthy. For whom it took a historic FIFTEEN ballots to get elected. He was Speaker for all of nine months, then the GOP's internal Coup d'Etat. For the first time in congressional history the House voted to remove an incumbent speaker.

Competition from "Gym" Jordan, and Steve Scalise, and Tom Emmer - all of them hated internally within their own party. So bad they settled on noted closet case and Leader of the Anti-Socialist Forces, Patrick McHenry, who was so "I've had it!," he quit Congress soon after, to be Speaker pro tempore.

After another 7-plus ballots without resolution, they settled for the most inoffensive, unobjectionable GOP Speaker they could get. That guy was Dennis Hastert. A child predator.

My argument: Republicans are incapable of governing.