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Rep Jamie Raskin not pulling any punches re: Speaker Mike Johnson appearing at Trump's NYC trial. (Original Post) kpete May 2024 OP
K & R....................... Lovie777 May 2024 #1
I love Raskin! He certainly has a way with words. Lonestarblue May 2024 #2
He would make a great AG in Bidens next admin BonnieJW May 2024 #4
johnson is proving to be a johnson Marthe48 May 2024 #3
And a gelded johnson at that! iscooterliberally May 2024 #23
But, please tell us.. Old Crank May 2024 #5
If nothing else... Hugin May 2024 #6
Whoa! He nailed that sucker. Timeflyer May 2024 #7
Bazinga! 🔥💥 sheshe2 May 2024 #8
Now, now Cosmocat May 2024 #9
Now, noe Cosmocat May 2024 #10
Call for chickens to come home to root. usonian May 2024 #11
Laughing in NJ NJCher May 2024 #31
The problem with Mike Johnson, and many other far-right religious types is that... patphil May 2024 #12
refuge poozwah May 2024 #13
Perfect description of TFG and Johnson in one sentence- well done Raven123 May 2024 #14
People will never get it ScratchCat May 2024 #15
Damn, that pretty much explains it. ificandream May 2024 #29
Tell it, Jamie! Truth to power. StarryNite May 2024 #16
Only a fundamentalist theocrat can say for sure... dchill May 2024 #17
Pharisee Johnson is a whitewashed tomb Dorn May 2024 #18
Yeah, the New Testament Jesus tended to make the authorities uncomfortable. PatrickforB May 2024 #22
Gotta admit mikey didn't look too happy about being there lindysalsagal May 2024 #19
Neither do I, mike being a republican theocrat, sucking up to trump is just business as usual for mike. republianmushroom May 2024 #20
Pretty good! n/t PatrickforB May 2024 #21
Jamie Raskin knows the business end of a pointy stick Brother Buzz May 2024 #24
I hate the idea that the Dems saved his butt. Peregrine Took May 2024 #25
Other then taking time in the work week for this personal trip... Think. Again. May 2024 #26
Raskin is a -national- treasure; thanks for sharing him, MD. Hermit-The-Prog May 2024 #27
Need some aloe for that burn Mike? Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2024 #28
Raskin pretty much summed it up! Way to go! SupportSanity May 2024 #30
Leadership. Passages May 2024 #32
Bet that Raskin wrote that in less than 30 seconds. no_hypocrisy May 2024 #33
Jamie Raskin FTW! ProudMNDemocrat May 2024 #34

Hugin

(34,210 posts)
6. If nothing else...
Wed May 15, 2024, 09:52 AM
May 2024

This parade of slime is exposing Trump’s speed-dial contents. In a sane society individual investigations would ensue, probably alphabetically.

Cosmocat

(14,829 posts)
9. Now, now
Wed May 15, 2024, 10:24 AM
May 2024

Donald Trump is an imperfect man doing God's work, unlike Joe Biden, an incredible family man and genuinely practicing Christian, who embodies all that is evil in the world.

Cosmocat

(14,829 posts)
10. Now, noe
Wed May 15, 2024, 10:24 AM
May 2024

Donald Trump is an imperfect man doing God's work, unlike Joe Biden, an incredible family man and genuinely practicing Christian, who embodies all that is evil in the world.

NJCher

(37,095 posts)
31. Laughing in NJ
Thu May 16, 2024, 03:08 AM
May 2024

Yo Donald, getcher character witnesses right here.. We’ll send ‘em right over, after they get out of the Menendez trial. It’s a 2 minute walk.

patphil

(6,688 posts)
12. The problem with Mike Johnson, and many other far-right religious types is that...
Wed May 15, 2024, 10:44 AM
May 2024

Religion is a tool they use when it suits them, but it's left in the toolbox when it doesn't.
It's all a matter of convenience and public show.

poozwah

(201 posts)
13. refuge
Wed May 15, 2024, 10:56 AM
May 2024

religion is the last refuge of the scoundrels who can no longer invoke the patriotism that they so obviously have forsaken in the pursuit of power. if ever these heretics achieve total control, they will go after god just as they they have everything that is good and decent in this nation.

ScratchCat

(2,248 posts)
15. People will never get it
Wed May 15, 2024, 11:22 AM
May 2024

America elected - and then re-elected - a brown skin Democrat with a funny name. Tens of millions of people "lost their minds" and now want to pretend they are the victims of a stolen America. And they want their blood. Nothing any person with an (R) next to their name does matters anymore to them. See: George Santos, Ken Paxton. Tens of millions of right wingers are simply insane.

ificandream

(10,133 posts)
29. Damn, that pretty much explains it.
Wed May 15, 2024, 03:05 PM
May 2024

One minor quibble, though. I don't think "insane" is the right word. I think it goes back to what you said about a "stolen America." They want to return America to a vision of it now embraced by a horrendously corrupt racist fat slob because it's their comfort zone. It's really all about power.

dchill

(39,568 posts)
17. Only a fundamentalist theocrat can say for sure...
Wed May 15, 2024, 11:45 AM
May 2024

... No one else has that kind of moral gravitas.

Dorn

(548 posts)
18. Pharisee Johnson is a whitewashed tomb
Wed May 15, 2024, 11:55 AM
May 2024

“Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let those enter who are trying to. Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of the bones of the dead and everything unclean. In the same way, on the outside you appear to people as righteous but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.” (Matthew 23:13, 27-28)

PatrickforB

(14,911 posts)
22. Yeah, the New Testament Jesus tended to make the authorities uncomfortable.
Wed May 15, 2024, 12:34 PM
May 2024

Good place to insert this quote.

lindysalsagal

(21,669 posts)
19. Gotta admit mikey didn't look too happy about being there
Wed May 15, 2024, 12:05 PM
May 2024

And he never entered the courtroom. Sorta like he had to give in to tsf's demands, and didn't really want to be underneath, I mean, near him.

Peregrine Took

(7,489 posts)
25. I hate the idea that the Dems saved his butt.
Wed May 15, 2024, 01:39 PM
May 2024

I know it was just supposed to be the one time for Ukraine but still and all..."Mr Peepers" very presence there makes me want to puke.

Think. Again.

(14,903 posts)
26. Other then taking time in the work week for this personal trip...
Wed May 15, 2024, 01:52 PM
May 2024

...does anyone know if these rightwingers also charged their little NY jaunt to the public expense accounts?

ProudMNDemocrat

(18,275 posts)
34. Jamie Raskin FTW!
Thu May 16, 2024, 08:36 AM
May 2024

When opportunity lends itself. Rep. Jamie Raskin ALWAYS has the APPROPRIATE response.

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