Mike Johnson Says He’s Ready to Commit Political Blackmail
Here is an example of how much Republicans care about the American People -- ZERO.
The stuff holding up the pond scum that is Trump are in full force.
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Mike Johnson Says He’s Ready to Commit Political Blackmail
The House speaker now seems open to conditioning disaster aid over immigration policy.The New Republic
volkris
in reply to Old White Dude • • •that's not political blackmail.
That's reflecting the mood of the American people in the representative body that is the House.
There's no blackmail there since there's no entitlement. It's merely a trade, the American people will support positive uses of social resources.
It's BECAUSE he cares about the American people--because he can't do anything without them--that he takes this position.
Old White Dude
in reply to volkris • • •volkris
in reply to Old White Dude • • •I repeat myself: the mood of the American people reflected in the House.
There are all sorts of different opinions, all sorts of different motivations, strategies, politics, horse trading, there's a lot reflected in that expression.
There's no point in trying to naively reduce it to a proportion of the population since our representative system is specifically and intentionally set up to balance all of the competing interests.