Good morning, kids. Very early appointment this morning so I'll keep it short. The first of the two big stories is Speaker Mike Johnson, who is turning into the Paul Ryan of Kevin McCarthys, gets to keep his speakership mostly because the Democrats have turned him into the Joe Biden of Nancy Pelosis.
Eleven Republicans in the House of Representatives voted against the motion to table Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s (R-GA) motion to vacate, ousting Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) from his position.
Reps. Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Eric Burlison (R-MO), Eli Crane (R-AZ), Warren Davidson (R-OH), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Thomas Massie (R-KY), Alex Mooney (R-WV), Barry Moore (R-AL), Chip Roy (R-TX), Victoria Spartz (R-IN), along with Greene, were the Republicans who voted against tabling the motion to vacate.
Greene’s motion to vacate came after she filed a motion to vacate Johnson from his position as speaker of the House in March. Conservatives in the House have argued that Johnson has capitulated to the Democrats and [so-called quote-unquote "president"] Joe Biden.
In April, Johnson proposed a $95 billion foreign aid package. The package sent roughly $26 billion to Israel, $61 billion to Ukraine, and $8 billion to supporting allies in the Indo-Pacific.
On Monday, Greene and Massie met with Johnson for roughly three hours in an attempt to propose accountability measures to ensure Johnson would not advance an agenda that Republican members of the House opposed.
After the meeting, Greene said that she and Massie had engaged in a “very long discussion with Speaker Johnson” and would be meeting with him again the next day. Greene added that she had been “patient” and “diligent” and that nothing “has changed.”
There are those who will place the blame on this at MTG but considering the actions of Johnson, as well as the sudden resignation of several GOP congress-critters right during an election year that all but evaporated our majority in the House, is she really where the blame lies? And lest we forget Kevin McLuntz who was replaced for basically doing what Johnson is still doing. The rot is indeed ugly, dark and deep. MTG's only fault, if you could call it that, was being openly as angry about it as we all are.
Yes, we’re on Hamas’s side now. It’s as official as it can get without Old Joe Biden asking Congress for a declaration of war against Israel: the Biden regime has thrown the weight of the United States government behind the effort to save Hamas. As Israel begins its action in Rafah against Hamas’s last significant forces, Biden apparatchiks have come out strongly in support of the jihadis, attempting to kneecap Israel’s efforts by withholding crucial and previously agreed-upon arms shipments. . .
. . . The Biden gang pressures Israel and not Iran or Hamas because this is all about securing the Arab Muslim vote in Michigan and elsewhere. The pressure on Old Joe has been high for months. Back in November, Nihad Awad, executive director of the Hamas-linked Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), who infamously said that he was “happy” about Hamas’ Oct. 7 jihad massacre of 1,200 Israelis, declared at a pro-Hamas rally: “No cease-fire, no votes. No votes in Michigan, no votes in Arizona, no votes in Georgia, no votes in Nevada, no votes in Wisconsin, no votes in Pennsylvania. No votes for you anywhere if you don’t call for a ceasefire now.” A ceasefire, like cutting off Israel’s arms shipment, would allow Hamas to survive. That’s why Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Ramallah) agreed, adding: “The American people won’t forget. Biden, support a ceasefire now. Or don’t count on us in 2024.”
. . . The U.S. government has gone all-in on saving Hamas, just as Israel has a chance to realize its stated goal of destroying the organization forever.
Why is the Biden regime betraying an ally, a course of action that could have repercussions with other allies and potential allies for generations to come? Why has the regime essentially switched sides in Israel’s conflict with the same jihadis who scream “Death to America” as well as “Death to Israel”? It’s all about getting that vote in Michigan, as well as expressing the left’s hatred for particularity and for groups that refuse to efface all their individuality and join the collective. But the longer this keeps up, the Biden regime will not just imperil Israel, but the nation that had been the Jewish state’s great defender. Not that any of its apparatchiks will care about that.
Hopefully, Israel still has enough munitions stockpiled to finish off the cockroaches in Rafah or at least get them on he sly from the Saudis or Emiratis, perhaps even Egypt, none of whom have any love for the mythical "Palestinians" and their backers in Tehran.
And yet the chants of "Genocide Joe" don't seem to be dying down regardless of what Joe's fellow incest aficionado Bro-Fo Omar claims.
That's it for today. Talk amongst yourselves. As Stormy Daniels would say, "No holes barred!" Except Paul/Kurt, et al. Hasta mañana.
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