Johnson Out? Trump also Out? By Gene W. Edwards. Posted 4/20/2024.

NATO does little to push Russia out of Ukr. Ukr. has one chance in hell of joining NATO. I believe it has 3X Russia’s pop. and 9X its military budget. Yugos were voted the best car to not succeed. Russia also has vodka — urp — Iran has captive women, all of them — China has political prisoners making tennis shoes for us — and the USA has the former Mike Johnson, whom the Republicans will send, one-way, to the Moon, and soon! I’ll comment on that, below.

It wouldn’t surprise me if 210 out of 218 of them soon evict him from his speakership, thanks to Trump. As of Monday, thanks to special elections, the house will have 218 reps instead of 217. McCarthy quit after being drummed out. Watch for the “vacate” proposition from Greene on Wed. or so of this coming week.

Johnson will end up resigning as speaker and probably as a house rep. More Republican resignations are likely to follow. Johnson went for broke. It is “possible” the Republicans will not go after Johnson, and will stop following Trump regarding everything he wants them to do? Or not? It was a colossal feat of bravado that Johnson pushed all four pieces of legislation to emerge on the floor for a vote, which is something only he could do as a speaker.

It was newscaster Edward R. Murrow who, in one broadcast, got the nation to rid itself of Joseph McCarthy. Murray came out foursquare against him. Johnson just bucked Trump. Will it be Johnson who leads his party back to the Promised Land, the…