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EarlG

(23,269 posts) Thu Oct 26, 2023, 10:18 AM Oct 2023

Pic Of The Moment: Meet New Republican Speaker Mike Johnson [View all]

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Pic Of The Moment: Meet New Republican Speaker Mike Johnson [View all] EarlG Oct 2023 OP

KNR niyad Oct 2023 #1

K&R for exposure Blue Owl Oct 2023 #2

Not everything is about women! Proud Southern Belle Oct 2023 #7

True -- but that issue has been the Democrat's best vote-gainer and the GOP's vote-loser Blue Owl Oct 2023 #20

HELLO Skittles Oct 2023 #28

Say what?! North Shore Chicago Oct 2023 #31

And ordained by GOD to be Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives dalton99a Oct 2023 #3

Fantastic post. Thank you EarlG. enough Oct 2023 #4

A couple more: Initech Oct 2023 #5

Why should we get rid of Social Security? Proud Southern Belle Oct 2023 #6

They've been trying to get rid of it from when it started underpants Oct 2023 #13

Ike was the last decent Republican President KS Toronado Oct 2023 #16

See if you can convince the morons that live at the Villages SouthernDem4ever Oct 2023 #23

The wealthy morons that live in the Villages could care less about SS benefits KS Toronado Oct 2023 #25

Good Ideas SouthernDem4ever Oct 2023 #27

My mother remembers her RW father saying that Social Security was the only good thing FDR did Hekate Oct 2023 #29

We know he's anti-democracy ... aggiesal Oct 2023 #8

Thank you, that's where I'd put my money. These goody two-shoes are so repressed that bucolic_frolic Oct 2023 #10

He's also a member of the The Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), formerly the Alliance Defense Fund. ancianita Oct 2023 #19

K and R - Stuart G Oct 2023 #9

K&R Thanks for posting! nt TeamProg Oct 2023 #11

Handmaid's Tale underpants Oct 2023 #12

So now that the conversion of the republican majority house members to MAGA ultra religious Bev54 Oct 2023 #14

Meet the new sanctimonious jackass, same as the old sanctimonious jackass Warpy Oct 2023 #15

Pharisaic Mike Johnson ordains himself and his followers the nullifiers of the 14th Amendment. ancianita Oct 2023 #17

The American Taliban is gaining in power. Hermit-The-Prog Oct 2023 #18

On the other hand, he doesn't have a swastika carved into his forehead. Cyrano Oct 2023 #21

Since this asshole is so close to the orange asshole SouthernDem4ever Oct 2023 #22

If I actually told what I think of chouchou Oct 2023 #24

We have plenty of folks who want to be the Ayatollah of America. Mikey is getting closer. keithbvadu2 Oct 2023 #26

This Guy is F'ing Crazy erpowers Oct 2023 #30

He fits right in with the Republican Party. Bluepinky Oct 2023 #32

Wolf in sheep's clothing. The more you learn about this guy, the worse he seems. That's FailureToCommunicate Oct 2023 #33

He certainly looks the part of religious extremist. nt leftyladyfrommo Oct 2023 #34