Mike Johnson refuses to open the House. Refuses to do oversight. Refuses to defend the Constitutional rights that only protect so long as they are enforced. Refuses to stand up to child predators. So we organized our own hearing in Chicago yesterday. https://youtu.be/2ihL3DpXj2A
And if you’re objecting to this on the grounds that I accused Trump of being a child predator… well, you can choose to follow Mike Johnsons example and protect child predators too. Or you could insist on the release of the Epstein files that might clear his name.
Maybe that release will explain why this isn’t as disgusting and criminal as it sounds. https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/jane-doe-affidavit.pdf
Maybe the release of the Epstein files will explain why this corroboration of the prior which also alleges a the rape of a 12 year old girl by Trump is somehow not as bad as it looks. https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/tiffany-doe-affidavit.pdf
Maybe the release of the Epstein files, which presumably include this picture will turn out to be a picture of a puppy on a beach that only looked like Trump with topless teenagers and a stain on his pants if you hold it upside down and squint your eyes just right. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/dJ_4xk6HepQ
Maybe Mike Johnson, who was - I’m not making this up - the Dean of a law school named after a child rapist - has had a midlife crisis and now really wants to stand up for victims of child traffickers. https://apnews.com/article/paul-pressler-death-southern-baptist-convention-abuse-ac42aa8817b287fb6963edf3b0110273
Maybe when Mike Johnson says he’s nervous about releasing unredacted versions of the Epstein files because of the effect it might have on victims he isn’t saying that he believes Donald Trump to be said victim in need of protection. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVaPSz8i9Nk
Or maybe not.
But here’s what I know: Mike Johnson isn’t doing a goddamned thing to protect children who are being abducted off the streets by a White House who knows this sanctimonious, cowardly man would rather shred the Constitution than stand up for the American people.
@SeanCasten maybe Mike Johnson is Speaker of the House, and his role in the Congress is larger than an obsession with this one guy.
Maybe he's just not as tunnel focused on your thing; maybe his job is larger than that.
It is.
@volkris @SeanCasten Enlighten us as to his motivation for refusing to call the House back to work, to seat a new member or to release the Epstein files and then move on to regular business?
Why does the agenda have to pointedly be *not* the Epstein files? Can his caucus not multi-task even slightly?
The Speaker of the House acts on behalf of the entire membership and is subject to replacement at any time should he not reflect consensus in the chamber. His motivation is to reflect the wants of the membership or else he'll be unseated.
That is his motivation.
As for why the House in general doesn't want to come back into session, it is to pressure the Senate to stop blocking government funding and pass the bill that they sent over earlier.
Should the House come back into session it would signal that they aren't serious about their own legislation.
The Epstein file issue is pretty ridiculous, the files might not exist at all, and even if they do exist, it's an executive branch matter in the end. No, that is a stupid distraction if you know how the US government is set up.
It's a conspiracy theory, and not an especially interesting one.
@volkris @SeanCasten You're not arguing in good faith here. Johnson owes the *entire* House his labor.