Such an embarrassing asshole!

[Heartstrings]

BREAKING: GOP Sen. Ron Johnson, a staunch Trump ally and fiery fiscal conservative, has told colleagues that he plans to force the Senate clerks to read aloud the entire $1.9 trillion COVID-relief bill on the Senate floor, which could slow it down by as much as 10 hours.

Now senators will have to spend 10 hours listening to the bill be read aloud, which will come on top of the 20 hours of debate time scheduled for the legislation.

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/541460-senate-gop-will-force-clerks-to-read-bill-to-delay-covid-relief-vote?fbclid=IwAR2cKH2LIgMuUIMbUBN9pXsuncrZ8aNLZEVNi4ggzpeIfBg1yQpZslNF_CQ

[MineralMan]

1. The chamber will be almost empty during the reading.

Senators won't be required to be there. Complete waste of time.

[Heartstrings]

5. Absolutely.....nt

[Bettie]

9. Ron Johnson should have to be there for the entire time

no bathroom breaks, after all, he's the one who requested it.

[MineralMan]

14. He won't hear a word of it. Won't read it, either.

[Bettie]

16. Yeah, I know, but if he NEEDS it to happen

he should have to be there for it.

I'm tired of all the assholes being who and what they are.

[iluvtennis]

28. +++ agree. nt

[Arkansas Granny]

17. He should have to read it.

[Bettie]

19. Right?

WTF? Oh, don't you just want to slap some of these people into next week? They all need a reality check.

[rickyhall]

24. Like Johnson's head

[ouija]

39. Ronanon Johnson

[underpants]

2. This sort of crap used to be squashed by the Lions of the Senate

but we don’t have those anymore.

[TreasonousBastard]

3. How's he gonna do that?

[SoonerPride]

4. Any member can demand a reading of the bill.

So all he has to do is ask.

[lagomorph777]

6. At least hire James Earl Jones for the job, so it sounds cool.

[Harker]

10. Make it twenty hours...

for the dramatic pauses.

[Mr.Bill]

34. No, hire Pee Wee Herman. n/t

[jorgevlorgan]

7. Can't this be overruled by a vote?

[Mr.Bill]

35. If it could,

I bet Manchin wouldn't vote for it.

[magicarpet]

8. Play government my way,... or I throw a monkey wrench into the gearbox,...

... and bring everything to a grinding halt.

I can't filibuster,.. so I'll just royally fuck things up.

This is why ReThug Fascists are called obstructionists.

[Rustyeye77]

11. Make HIM read it

He’s such an ass

[Claire Oh Nette]

12. at least we'll know they know what's in it

Perhaps they'll reach a deal. Otherwise, it's delaying the inevitable.
They're such petty asshats.

[Andy823]

13. I guess he got his orders

from trump to be a bigger asshole!

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

43. I don't think there's a bigger asshole than Trump.

Although there are several senators vying for the title: Moscow Mitch, Johnson, Halsey, Cruz and Manchin, to name a few.

[Pacifist Patriot]

18. Wonder if it would break any rules to have 10 clerks read different sections simultaneously...

and get the ridiculous dog and pony show done in an hour.

[getagrip_already]

27. have google text to speach read it at 10x speed.....

Hey, it was read out.......

[Pacifist Patriot]

44. Exactly!

[Talitha]

48. That's a DAMNED good idea!!

[Cirque du So-What]

20. And after the reading is done

can KKarnival Kruz then say, 'I wasn't listening. It needs to be read again.'?

[Midnight Writer]

21. The GOP is the Party of Stunts. It is all they have.

[royable]

22. Bring in a speed-speaking auctioneer. n/t

[unblock]

23. Text/to-speech software, sped up 100x. Done in 6 minutes.

[Ohiogal]

25. When I read that subject line

I wondered which of the myriad of embarrassing assholes it was going to be about. We have so many in government...

[ShellBee]

46. Exactly

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Before reading the thread, I was trying to guess who:

Trump (of course)
Stephen Miller
Mark Meadows
Moscow Mitch
Bill Barr

and the newer bunch of assholes

Hawley
Nunes
Gym Jordan
Lindsay Graham
Gaetz
Rand Paul
Boebert and Greene (okay, they’re female, but they’re still aholes)

Didn’t think of Ron Johnson, good old Moscow July 4 Johnson!

They all make me sick🤮

[Ohiogal]

49. Yep that's a pretty accurate list

Don’t forget Ted Cruz!

And, welcome to DU!

[ShellBee]

51. Brain you-know-what

Omigosh, how could I forget Cruz! Maybe I blocked him out of my mind!

Thank you!

[Skittles]

53. Greg Abbott

for sure

he has been outdoing himself in assholery lately

[superpatriotman]

26. I blame his constituents

Squarely. Solely. Right in their laps is where the blame rests.

[Dysfunction City]

33. Don't blame me!

I didn't vote for this jackwagon. I am surrounded by idiots that did. He doesn't answer my pithy emails anymore either.

[usaf-vet]

41. You were very close but I made two simple changes for accuracy. Thank you

I didn't vote for this ̶j̶a̶c̶k̶w̶a̶g̶o̶n̶ asshol*. I am surrounded by idiots that did. He doesn't answer my pithy emails or phone calls anymore either.

[Hortensis]

52. :) Otherwise, agree entirely with Superpatriotman. It's the voters.

Doug Collins of first impeachment hearing, revival preacher delivery was our congressman. I'm not religious, but every time his office called I'd bellow into the phone that he and they were GOING TO HELL!!! Eventually they apparently decided maybe my husband wasn't a real Republican and stopped calling.

[bucolic_frolic]

29. Please use the man's proper name

RonAnon. It's rhythmic. Like QAnon.

[Chipper Chat]

30. Green Eggs and Johnson.

[blueinredohio]

31. Take a vote on reading it and if its read everyone has to be there.

[Heartstrings]

32. Love this idea! Nt

[Mickju]

36. So now he is just being a prick.

Not that he hasn't always been a prick, and a very dumb one.

[Bo Zarts]

37. Hire an auctioneer as a clerk ..

Like a 33.33 rpm record at 78.

[Fla Dem]

38. This is "Filibustering. Get rid of it.

[bdamomma]

40. Yes

bring it to it's death, filibustering. Johnson what vile POS he is.

[lonely bird]

42. fiery fiscal conservative???

BULLSHIT.

Then why the Hell would he support tax cuts for the wealthy?

The Republicans are a post-policy party. They have no policy ideas at all.

[NurseJackie]

45. It's a temper tantrum. Petulant.

"Read the bill! Read it all!"

[forthemiddle]

47. Johnson is an ass

But 10 hours to read a bill? Really?
What the hell is in this thing?
This is what makes people skeptical of Washington. Covid relief should be stimulus check, unemployment, and help for struggling business.
I know that is overly optimistic, but 10 hours to read the so called Covid Relief bill?

[Blue Owl]

50. Get a brain, MoRon Johnson

[Celerity]

54. another Russian agent