Here Comes MAGA MIKE

 Friday November 3rd, 2023

My Dear America:

It appeared to be good news at first.

After three weeks of Ridiculous Republican Shenanigans the Republicans in the House of Representatives had finally decided on who they were all in favor of becoming the new Speaker Of The House - A Position that is two heartbeats away from becoming the President of the United States.

The New Speaker's name was Mike Johnson.  He was a Congressman from Louisiana.  Unlike those other Lucky bastards whose names had been brought up as possible Speakers and had been discarded like trash by the members of the Republican Party in the House, Johnson had failed to piss off enough other members of the House Republican Party and Donald Trump to cause them to vote against him for Speaker.

My wife and I caught his first speech on the House Floor shortly after he was voted in as Speaker.  He seemed pretty normal.  He seemed like a nice guy.  He was well spoken as he talked about Bipartisanship and working with the Democrats.  He was saying the right things, after all.

Could this be it?  Could the House Republicans have actually chosen a Speaker who was, or at least could be, the Right Man for the job.  It seemed that way to me, at first, before MSNBC and other news outlets began dishing out the bad news about Mike Johnson.

YIKES.

Where the hell do I start.  

A clue as to where Mike Johnson stands is the fact that after he was elected Speaker he was immediately endorsed by Donald Trump.

And why wouldn't he be.  He was a Trump insider long before January 6th, 2021. 

He traveled with Trump at times on Air Force One and supported much of Trump's Right Wing agenda while Trump was in the Oval Office.  

He was also one of Donald Trump's staunchest supporters on the House Judiciary Committee during the Trump impeachment hearings.  

He was such a Trump Acolyte that he was chosen by Donald Trump to be a member of Trump's Defense Team during the Senate Impeachment Trial in which Trump was acquitted.  

Mike Johnson was also a lead organizer of the December 2020 Amicus Brief in support of The "Texas v. Pennsylvania" lawsuit that Texas Republicans pushed all the way to the Supreme Court where it finally fizzled out.

Mike Johnson has also been identified as the "Architect" of the scheme in which MAGA Republicans in the Congress voted against certifying the 2020 Election on January 6th, following the invasion of the Capitol by Trump Followers.

Johnson, along with all other House Republican Leaders in 2021 voted against establishing a National Commission to investigate the January 6th Insurrection.

While running for Congress in 2016 Mike Johnson  pledged that as a member of Congress he would cosponsor and vote for the U.S. Term Limits Amendment which would limit Congressional Candidates to only three (3) House Terms.

Johnson is presently serving in his Fourth (4) Term in The United States House of Representatives.

Johnson also has a long history of Anti LGTBQ Rhetoric.  His wife, Kelly runs a Counseling Business that Advocates that Homosexuality is comparable to Bestiality and Incest.

Johnson is of course an ardent opponent of Same Sex marriage and defended Louisiana's same sex marriage ban before the Supreme Court in 2004 and 2014.

Throughout his Career Mike Johnson has authored several bills aiming to restrict abortion access.

Johnson opposes the legalization of marijuana including medical marijuana.

Mike Johnson is a climate science skeptic who has accepted more campaign cash in his Congressional career from the oil and gas industry than any other industry.

Johnson sits on the House Armed Services Committee and unfortunately supports ending American Military Aid to Ukraine.

Mike and his wife Kelly had a Podcast in which they espoused their Radical and Extreme Views.  Now that Mike has been elected Speaker of the House the Johnson Couple's Podcast has strangely disappeared from the Podcast Universe.  

What has recently begun to bubble up with regard to Mike Johnson is that in his hometown of Shreveport, Louisiana it was common knowledge to some in town that when he was younger he frequented a Gay Bar in town and reportedly occasionally hooked up with men.  It is also reported that a Male Prostitute in New Orleans is about to go public regarding his relationship with Mike Johnson.  What a surprise that another radically Anti Gay Republican may possibly be OK with getting some Gay Action on the side.

Clearly with MAGA MIKE in the drivers seat in the United States House of Representatives we are in for some tough times.  His election may not only shut down our government but may also be responsible for the Death of Democracy in Ukraine.  Clearly MAGA MIKE will be OK with the return to the Oval Office of Donald Trump and this time out will be willing to make the Coup Successful in the House of Representatives if Donald Trump doesn't win legitimately.  The House may finally have a Speaker but we who are not residents of Trump's MAGA World are in for some serious difficulties in the coming months if I can read the tea leaves correctly.

Well, maybe now is not the time to be a naysayer.  So I will try my best to give Mike Johnson a chance to show that he can actually be Bipartisan and Responsible in the coming months.  

Lets all hope for the best but also prepare for the worst as Mr. Johnson begins his term as Speaker Of the House Of Representatives in the Congress of the United States of America.

Sincerely Yours

Jerry Gallagher