misdeeds of his dear leader. Twisted little dweeb.

current and former members of the Republican Party.
The House/The Senate. The Administration. The Judicial.

...is from Louisiana & she's so embarrassed that this dork is from her home state.

Just asking questions, though. Why would he protect pedophiles otherwise?

Some people are in there that I suspect are "supremely" important. Or just the orange Oompa Loompa.

He is a vile disgrace, covering for child molesters and their enablers, one of which he has become.

Their desperation says a damn lot.

of a pastor. So when you use the word "Sanctimonious" I think that is a symptom

Synonyms include holier-than-thou and self-righteous. All of these words certainly apply to Johnson. I have zero respect for him, because he's a hypocrite and a spineless today. I'm not, however, aware of any evidence that he's a pedophile.

Leaving all the above aside, he is, very definitely, a Trump sycophant. He has repeatedly demonstrated his willingness to bend over backwards to do the Orange Hellbeast's bidding, and this situation is no different. Trump obviously doesn't want the Epstein files released, and I'm sure Mikey will have hell to pay if he fails to prevent it from happening. I'm sure he would be willing to go to great links to avoid that. He doesn't need any motivation other than that.

I am both bemused and amused at how quick so many people here are to assume he's a pedophile, that he's trying to "protect pedophiles," or even that he's been directly involved in Epstein's pedo/sex trafficking activities, AS IF his obvious desire to keep Trump happy isn't more than sufficient motivation for his actions.

Johnson is sanctimonious, but there are many ways to be sanctimonious, not all of which include pedophilia.

Didn't he "adopt" a young black man. Before he married his wife? Or is thar some other repuke hypocrite?

and I'm certain that Epstein provided boys for some of his "friends".

I don't know whether Mikey was high enough on the food chain to partake in Epstein's offerings, but I do believe that he's a predator like most of them.

The more they prattle about god and their "personal relationship" and how much more moral they are than other people, the more likely they are to be doing shady things of all kinds. People who use religion as a bludgeon are not believers in anything but their self-perceived superiority.

you are a man.

people he knows, or works with, or who fund GOP candidates - that's another story

Among other things, the timeline doesn't fit. Mikey was born on January 30, 1972. If his Wikipedia article is accurate, he seems to have spent his entire life in Louisiana prior to being seated in Congress in January 2016. It's hard to see how he would have ever crossed paths with Epstein, who was arrested for the last time on July 6, 2019.

I get wanting to suspect the worst of that sanctimonious stuffed shirt, but the idea of his ever having been associated with Epstein’s pedo/sex trafficking activities is extremely farfetched, imo.

But I'm quite sure he wants to protect Trump. That is all the motivation he needs.

Also see my other reply in this thread, as to why it makes no sense to suspect him of being associated with Epstein's activities: https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220678539#post50

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A writ of mandamus is a court order compelling a public official or lower court to perform a required ministerial duty when they have failed to do so, or to correct a clear error. This "extraordinary writ" is not used for discretionary acts but only when a party has a clear legal right to the action, there is no other adequate legal remedy, and the duty is mandatory under law. Filing a petition for mandamus, often to expedite an agency's decision-making or correct an erroneous judicial ruling, leads to a court review to determine if the writ should be granted.
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I tried it once and it went through.

The voters spoke with an overwearing victory so he will not swear her in, silencing these voices. So sick of the GTP (Grand trump Party) and their impunity.

who should've been locked the fk up with the rest of them. So, no surprise there.

"We do as we please.
Others must do as they're allowed."
(Paraphrased here From "Ripper Street&quot

“Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.”


That line—written by Frank Wilhoit—has become a popular aphorism to sum up the hypocrisy and moral bankruptcy of the modern Republican Party.

https://pylimitics.net/wilhoits-law/

He wouldn't even (you know what with you know whom) unless Jesus gave him a written permission slip.


IN TRIPLICATE.

He's covering. He's an enabler.

I don’t think he’s a real Christian, he just plays one for the cameras and for money/power.

Well then this is amazing news, because sooner or later he'll have to swear her in.

Then she just 'votes', and bam, they're out!?!

Sweet!

Not very Christian, if you ask Christ

This is the same kind of dirty shite.

I’m sorry but if you win an election you should be immediately able to vote on bills and motions. I mean what’s to say if the Dems win back the house they will even allow them to be seated?

And it ain't Jesus Christ.

This is the Republicans' was of admitting that Democrats are the people's choice, but they will do everything they can to prevent that choice from determining who governs us. Republicans despise Thomas Jefferson, channeling John Locke in the Declaration of Independence, asserting that governments derive "their just powers from the consent of the governed."

If the "consent of the governed" can be extrapolated to mean majority rule, the Republicans lose power. They obviously don't want that. Ergo:whatever method, legal, illegal, or in-between, can be employed to prevent the will of the governed from being carried out--those methods are, in Republican minds, legitimate. It is Jefferson who is, in Republican minds, illegitimate. After all, what did Jefferson know? All he did is write that Declaration of Independence that they all pretend to cherish so much, they all carry a copy of it around with them. The Republicans are with us inasmuch as they consider the pursuit of happiness a legitimate goal. When it comes to life and liberty, that's where they differ from us. That's where it turns into "not interested" for them.

and if stumble across some mention in the supermarket tabloid front pages will be told it's for the good of the country, flag, patriotism, nazionalism, and dear fuhrer.

Hope I’m wrong and Johnson allows an orderly transition but I fear this is only the beginning of blocking Dems from being sworn into their rightful positions.

It would only take a few on their side to topple his speakership.

We just have to accept that fact.

Not saying Mikey wouldn’t have thought of it on his own, but why make it easy for them?

he just going to refuse to swear in all democrats that win in the future? She or the party should sue him if that’s even possible. That’s part of his job and it’s dereliction of duty not to swear her into office.

should resolve this.

A writ of mandamus is a court order compelling a public official or lower court to perform a required ministerial duty when they have failed to do so, or to correct a clear error. This "extraordinary writ" is not used for discretionary acts but only when a party has a clear legal right to the action, there is no other adequate legal remedy, and the duty is mandatory under law. Filing a petition for mandamus, often to expedite an agency's decision-making or correct an erroneous judicial ruling, leads to a court review to determine if the writ should be granted.

But we're playing Stud Poker.

they're "raptured" down, not up.

he should be replaced as Speaker. What he is doing is preventing the people who live in that AZ district from having legal representation. Maybe THEY need to sue him. They certainly have "standing."

There's nothing to wonder about. Rules, "norms", laws
- none of that mean anything to them. For us, when the opportunity comes around -match that energy.
Take back our country.

cocaine fuel orgies

... somebody blocks the scoreboard from being updated.

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It's all about keeping their asshole in power. This is more reason for him and his ass kissing goons to be removed!

You know he is taking orders from trump. When will people wake up and see the light?????

These fuckers ignore all rules with no consequence.

in the Epstein files?

Mike Johnson refuses to swear in a Democrat who won her election in a landslide just so he can block a vote on the Epstein files. bsky.app/profile/acyn...

— Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) 2025-09-26T23:53:34.818Z

We voted for Adelita Grijalva. We pay our federal taxes. Mike Johnson, swear in our representative so we can have our damn representation, you coward!

The only way republicans can win is by cheating.

Would that stop the vote until she is seated? (quorum call)

Enough said

Of course he did. She would be the deciding vote on the discharge petition.