This is obviously coming up a lot as well in a lot of other DK diaries, but we’ve been surprised by the fierceness of hatred and sheer malice by Republicans and conservatives against Mike Johnson right now, seen in the media our MAGA family members consume. We browse it so you don’t have to, but suffice in saying that on Gab, TruthSocial, even Foxnews, OAN and Newsmax, they hate Johnson with a fiery passion for “gifting” a budget bill without making huge cuts or (for them it looks like most important) doing anything on the border. They’re practically calling for Mike Johnson to be ripped apart to shreds now, their favorite slurs on Gab like “Rino” and “Democrat in drag” (Matt Gaetz alas isn’t the only one to use it) are being called out and those are the “gentle” ones. MTG’s starting of the expulsion process was just a formality for what the base and House Republicans have been prepping for a while—they’re out for blood, and Mike Johnson is about to be eaten alive. Utterly devoured. It’s gotten to point they’re preparing to hound him and make his life a living horror even after he’s booted out of the speakership and out of office.
Unless.. the Democrats save him, and we only do that once he gets the Ukraine aid bill onto the floor and makes sure it passes. Just making this clear. Simple promises aren’t enough anymore. That bill has to be on the floor and it has to be on Biden’s desk, and then we will indeed save his speakership. Anything less is insufficient. There have been some reports about johnson preparing to introduce the bill to the floor upon returning from recess but it’s in Mike Johnson’s interests not to wait that long. It’s in his interest to use the opening of this recess, and the options he has as speaker in calling people back and getting a quorum, to make sure that bill gets onto the House floor and gets passed. And that means working with Hakeem Jeffries and Democratic leadership, and understanding we’re the only ones who can save him now. No more anxious hesitation about simply doing his job as Speaker, he has a choice to make, and we’ll honor our pledges to save him only if he delivers on the Ukraine aid. And without anymore delays on it.