Democrats warn Mike Johnson about private talks with MTG

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Axios

11 hours ago


House Democrats are aghast as Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) conducts a series of lengthy meetings with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) aimed at defusing her efforts to oust him.

Why it matters: Democrats have already vowed to protect Johnson from Greene's motion – leading many of them to ask why he's still trying to appease her.

"He has to be careful here," said one senior House Democrat, telling Axios that "if he looks like he's just simply going to try to capitulate to her that could affect [the way] some Democrats see him."

House Democratic Caucus Vice Chair Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) said Tuesday: "When Speaker Johnson meets with her for hours, the American people should be asking 'what is Marjorie Taylor Greene extracting from the speaker?'"

Driving the news: Greene met with Johnson for several hours this week, laying out demands that include no more aid to Ukraine and defunding special counsel probes.

Johnson told reporters at a press conference on Tuesday: "It's not a negotiation, okay, this is how I've operated as speaker."

After their meeting on Tuesday, Greene said "the ball is in Mike Johnson's court" and that she doesn't have a "specific timeline." She previously promised to force a vote this week.

What they're saying: "I don't know what in the world they could be talking about for hours on end, and I don't know why he would waste his time there. We have given enough indication we can help him get back to business," Rep. Hillary Scholten (D-Mich.) told Axios.

Rep. Angie Craig (D-Minn.) told Axios: "You cannot placate her. The minute you try to appease her, she's going to have new demands."

"I worry that the Republicans are focused more on their internal battles and their culture wars than trying to do what's right for the American people as a whole," said Rep. Brad Schneider (D-Ill.).

Read more: https://www.axios.com/2024/05/07/mike-johnson-marjorie-taylor-greene-democrats

[Roy Rolling]

1. She Won't Stop

MTG won’t be placated even if they installed gym equipment at her Congressional desk.

[3Hotdogs]

9. How 'bout if the gym equipment comes with the fitness instructor?

Or a pool boy (Jerry Falwell Jr.)

[AllaN01Bear]

15. lol. havent heard that name in years. his om was a peice of kit too also.

[usaf-vet]

2. If there is a (R) after their name they can not be trusted. It's that simple. I know there are 2 maybe 3 that actually..

....moved away from the Trump cult. LC, AK, and MR. Have I missed others?

[cstanleytech]

3. Pretty clear she got him to agree to bow down and kiss Trump's ring.

[lastlib]

4. A fly on the wall in that meeting quoted Three-Toes....

as saying, "This will be my last territorial demand."

We know how that went the last time........jus' sayin'.....

[2naSalit]

5. I can guess what they were...

"Doing" for four hours.

I think there is plotting going on in such a way that the magats will try to make Dems think Mikey is doing the right thing while plotting to destroy everything.

You can't trust Mikey, no matter what he says and looks like he's doing.

[Marthe48]

7. In my frightmare

mtg is doing the doin'.

[2naSalit]

8. It would be...

Other than her constant flame throwing, her "secret power".

Seems she and beetlejuice babe have a side industry of coercion and influence that includes handsiness and other lurid acts of sliminess. I just have a feeling.

[Voltaire2]

6. Here is a free clue: don't trust these fuckers, ever.

[marble falls]

10. He's going to try to pull a McCathy. McCarthy couldn't pull off a McCarthy. Either way he's gone by the election ...

... he ignores the fact we've saved his ass. This time. It wasn't because he's such great man, it's because he's the lesser of two evils, he's the devil we know.

[lamp_shade]

11. Who has she slept with?

[twodogsbarking]

18. And what

has she slept with?

[Emile]

12. I got news for the Democrats, you can't trust

Mike Johnson. He is a January 6th traitor.

[lastlib]

21. A perpetraitor.

He needs to be in prison. Instead, he's Speaker of the House of Representatives. That's how effed up the party of fascism is.

[bluestarone]

13. Now that we are past funding for Ukraine, i say if mike looks like a duck

Get RID of him.

[Hotler]

14. Fuck! Dear Dems, stop worrying and caring about repugs. Please stop playing nice with these fuckers.

They are not your or our friends. Instead of worrying about what repugs are focused on maybe you guys should be making plans for how the American voters can survive a fascist take over. Will our Government be there for us when the fascist openly start killing protesters?????????

[AllaN01Bear]

16. quit negotiating with them, except the last few runs were in our favour.

[Rabrrrrrr]

17. They have to talk for so long because she only gets one coherent thought every four hours.

So it's not so much that they're talking for so long, it's that Johnson has to sit there and absorb the word salad until something coherent comes through. And once every 72 hours or so, that coherent thought might also be an intelligent thought.

[wss2001]

19. Mind numbing!

Can you imagine talking to that moron for hours?
I’d rather do almost anything than that!!

[dalton99a]

20. Trust that little motherfucker at your peril.

[ShazzieB]

22. I think Mikey wants to have it both ways.

On one hand, he wants to keep his speakership (naturally), but he needs help from the Democrats to hang on to it.

On the other hand, he wants to maintain his standing with MTG and other members of the Chaos Caucus.

He will lose the support of Democrats if he starts catering to MTG's demands, but MTG will rev up her efforts to oust him if he doesn't do at least some of what she wants.

He can't make MTG and the MAGA crowd happy without alienating Democrats and vice versa. He doesn't like either option, but trying to please everyone is not sustainable. He's walking a very fine line right now, and the whole thing is likely to blow up in his face if he keeps on the way he's going.