Mike Johnson suffers his biggest embarrassment yet as his speakership implodes in real time
speakership to reach dumpster fire status, with the gay-hating lawmaker angering his far-right cohorts when he struck up a budget agreement with Democrats.
For a possible makeup call, Johnson pursued the impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas… only for the vote to fail Tuesday.
Instead of experiencing a political triumph, Johnson was embarrassed. His fellow Republicans did not applaud him for his effort.Subscribe to our daily newsletter for a refreshing cocktail (or mocktail) of LGBTQ+ entertainment and pop culture, served up with a side of eye-candy.“We need to know exactly where we are and we need to be careful not to get out ahead of our skis and put something on the floor that we don’t have certainty on,” Rep.
Steve Womack of Arkansas told reporters.“We behave sometimes like we’re in the minority,” he said.Rep. Ralph Norman of South Carolina, one of Johnson’s Freedom Caucus antagonizers, wasn’t very kind, either.“I would have thought that would have been basic,” he added. “They’re good on the other side of knowing that … Is it that hard?”???Mike Johnson is a ? ??Can’t even pass their own impeachment!
