Rep Jamie Raskin not pulling any punches re: Speaker Mike Johnson appearing at Trump's NYC trial.

[kpete]

[Lovie777]

1. K & R.......................

[Lonestarblue]

2. I love Raskin! He certainly has a way with words.

[BonnieJW]

4. He would make a great AG in Bidens next admin

Nt

[Marthe48]

3. johnson is proving to be a johnson

n/t

[iscooterliberally]

23. And a gelded johnson at that!

[Old Crank]

5. But, please tell us..

How you really feel...

[Hugin]

6. If nothing else...

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

[Timeflyer]

7. Whoa! He nailed that sucker.

[sheshe2]

8. Bazinga! 🔥💥

[Cosmocat]

9. Now, now

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]

10. Now, noe

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.

[usonian]

11. Call for chickens to come home to root.

Can er expect character witnesses on the stand?

[NJCher]

31. Laughing in NJ

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]

12. The problem with Mike Johnson, and many other far-right religious types is that...

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]

13. refuge

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.

[Raven123]

14. Perfect description of TFG and Johnson in one sentence- well done

[ScratchCat]

15. People will never get it

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]

29. Damn, that pretty much explains it.

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.

[StarryNite]

16. Tell it, Jamie! Truth to power.

[dchill]

17. Only a fundamentalist theocrat can say for sure...

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

[Dorn]

18. Pharisee Johnson is a whitewashed tomb

“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]

22. Yeah, the New Testament Jesus tended to make the authorities uncomfortable.

Good place to insert this quote.

[lindysalsagal]

19. Gotta admit mikey didn't look too happy about being there

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.

[republianmushroom]

20. Neither do I, mike being a republican theocrat, sucking up to trump is just business as usual for mike.

[PatrickforB]

21. Pretty good! n/t

[Brother Buzz]

24. Jamie Raskin knows the business end of a pointy stick

[Peregrine Took]

25. I hate the idea that the Dems saved his butt.

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.]

26. Other then taking time in the work week for this personal trip...

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

[Hermit-The-Prog]

27. Raskin is a -national- treasure; thanks for sharing him, MD.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

28. Need some aloe for that burn Mike?

[SupportSanity]

30. Raskin pretty much summed it up! Way to go!

[Passages]

32. Leadership.

If Raskin wants it, one day he'll be POTUS.

[no_hypocrisy]

33. Bet that Raskin wrote that in less than 30 seconds.

No Chemo Brain here!!

[ProudMNDemocrat]

34. Jamie Raskin FTW!

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