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Johnson I mean. Though Tillis will also not be the speaker.

Uh...he'll probably go on vacation so he doesn't have to seat them.

That would include himself, no?

Johnson and company need to be made to fear the consequences of their actions

Even that is incredibly difficult. There will be armed standoffs in blue states and even in a few red states. The logistics of seizing ballots at the local level is incredibly difficult.

It's not up to Johnson to seat a new Congress.

...and here we have a sitting Senator calling for a Constitutional crisis! ❌❌❌ STOP THE COUP! ❌❌❌

Yes

It won't be up to Mike Johnson.

I'm sure he's right.

Then arrest him. Fucking assholes

I've been expecting that same tactic ever since J6...

Not like he hasn't done it before ... bsky.app/profile/atru...

He knows what they are planning. But he’ll do nothing to stop it.

That would be the start of a civil war because I'm going to smash a mfer -- and I'm really nice #TotallyFedUp

Instead of laying bets, he should be working to ensure the peaceful transfer. What a maroon.

Based on what?

I can't stand this guy. He's so arrogant even though he's talking big.

For what reason?

the 70's??? Al Franken was robbed of his seat for 6 months, 6 very critical early months of the Obama Presidency.

Not how it works.

Mmmhmm, riiiiight.

Who TF does Tillis think is going to read his book? The MAGA GOP cult can't read, and anyone even slightly to the left of mad fascist suckhole won't buy it.

Ya fucking think Thom?

He thinks Speaker Johnson will do the right thing, what is he basing that assessment on?

If he tries it the Dems should just take over the Chamber, elect their Speaker, and dare Johnson to do something about it.

This whimp is trying to redeem his ruined reputation, to little to late you fing traitor

Nobody. Wants. To. Read. Your. Book. #Coward.

R+17. Not going to happen.

Well, this is fucking terrifying. Thanks a lot, asshole!

Wow, what a profile in courage Tillis turned out to be. Always voted with Trump’s agenda and now has a book to sell so he pretends to have been some kind of voice of reason. Such a vapid tool.

He get's this years John Kasich award. The more he talks, the worse it gets.

He is such a weasel, he will only show some pretend backbone when it no longer counts

The messaging / tone / political slant of CNN is dictated by David Zaslav & John Malone, a couple of radical right billionaire boy-pals who are Rupert Murdoch wannabes. They want CNN to be as "welcoming" to Republicans spewing talking points as Fox, pretending their far-right stance is "balanced."

I'm sure there are ways around that.

Every single Republican is a fucking traitor to our nation, it's time to take our nation back and i'm not taking NO for an answer. i will become the motherfucking JOKER. I'M FUCKING DONE WITH THIS SHIT.

The guy who now says he regrets voting to confirm RFK Jr. says he thinks Mike Johnson will do the right thing & seat the new Democratic members in January.

Johnson won't be Speaker if every metric I've seen is even close to correct.

Well, he's shown no history of that, just ask Adelita Grijalva....oh wait.

How can you be a US senator and misunderstand civics to this extent?

Listen Tom Tillis, if Mike Johnson refuses to seat new congress then all of us Tax payers will go to HR and change our W-4 Employee withholding certs to reflect 1000 dependents on fed line so 0 tax dollars go to feds. We will put it in escrow & file lawsuits for taxation without representation.

Pressure from who, Thhhhhhom

He would be committing treason, IMHO

Attention? A future book he wants to promote?

bsky.app/profile/jfal...

Better yet, plenty of these.

Gosh. And from whom will the pressure be coming, Senator?

Fortunately, Mike Johnson will have no say in it

On one hand, he’s giving away some potential strategy but on the other he’s not really equivocally standing against the potential for disenfranchisement of a shit tonnage of voters.

Oh really? He's so sure it will be peaceful, what kind of odds will this wealthy person give me? How does 10,000 to 1 sound? 😀

That’s not how it works.

Good thing that it's not up to him then

“I’ve got a lot of respect for Speaker Mike Johnson.” These words will be his next big regret, after already admitting he screwed up confirming Hegseth and Kennedy.

Johnson can’t do that but the Clerk he could potentially appoint can.

And he's too much of a coward to resist the command.

Try it you christian facist

Right, that’s why I noted whomever the Speaker may be. I suspect he’ll be re-elected Speaker IF Republicans hold into the House.

That would be a huge pr mistake, but then the MAGA GOP don't seem to think beyond their noses.

And what has Speaker Johnson done to earn anyone's respect?

Nothing ever adds up

Because they are traitors.

I know he's a senator but he is lying about how the house works.

Do Republicans really not understand that no one will put up with their stupid shit anymore? Do they really want the Mussolini Solution?

The entire GOP is in on the coup. They cannot govern, so they will attempt to force themselves on us.

Derp

I'm not disputing any of this. How things are supposed to go doesn't seem to matter much anymore. Do you think Judge Luttig is just trying to scare people? I wonder why he would do that.

Republicans may be hoping to do what Democrats tried in 1863, and Republicans did in 1865, where the clerk helped rig the seating.

I mwan its illegal but do you think the lawsuits would be resolved before damage is done? They prevented a woman from officially joining the house this year for 4+ months. Is everyone just forgetting about that?

The clerk has a duty to include all *certified* members on the roll. If Republican states refuse to certify elections where the Democratic candidate wins (which they will), the clerk has a legal basis to exclude them. You think Republicans haven’t thought this through?

Ehhh, it's kind of a thing. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_...

oh my God, its BANE! someone warn the parliamentarian!! oh no they're too busy reading their pocket rule book!

Funny and terrifying at the same time. Don't forget, they ARE going to try to disrupt and cause chaos. Be vigilant.

Given the productivity of the current Congress, I don't think anyone would notice

Hey, it could happen!

Tell you what let's revisit this I'm January when Dems successfully take back power in January

Also who is going to enforce the laws as you stated it. Who is going to hold them accountable when they lose in court. What federal agency is going to escort the dems to Congress and force the christofascists to stand down.

The Clerk of the House calls the new House to order, reads the roll call of the Members-Elect and basically runs things until a majority selects the new Speaker. The Clerk is not supposed to be partisan but is elected by the outgoing House. Sounds like it could be messy. 🤷‍♂️

how would that work? NO representatives would be seated? Or no Dem representatives would be seated? Would we only have one half of our legislature (the Senate) working?

Of course he will not seat any new Democrat. He waited 50 days to seat Arizona’s Adelita Grijalva. It’s dereliction of duty.

oh so we’ll just stop having Congress then, I see

The handing over of the gavel is ceremonial and not an official act.

Not seating newly elected Congress could be the most anti-American thing ever

try it

Just fuck them voters, if Republicans don't like the results.

I heard him earlier today say that Jan 6 "worked itself out" Motherfucker got primaried out of his own party, but is still going to carry shit for them.

And, one of us doesn't understand how things work. I believe, there is no congress until they assemble. The last congress, the one Mikey was in charge of, will be defunct. Non-existent. Anyway, not that that would stop him from trying some kind of BS.

And they will find out what pressure looks like. 👍

You guys are all talking about the laws to a bunch of lawbreakers!!!

Hope pressure is focused on getting him to stand much taller than he has been...

This is my fear as well.

Why do you think they are helping him? They just need to fill airtime.

It's true. But he's the classic man without a home. Democrats rightly hate him, MAGA hates him because he only tows 95% of Trump's line, and independents have never heard of him.

He's got the same constituency as Rahm... all the CNN media pundits!

So will American people just let that happen? Don’t you have any limits regarding these filthy and corrupt so-called ”politicians”? Grow a pair.

Unacceptable. Time for Republicans to get a clue.

2 U.S. Code § 26 "Before the first meeting of each Congress the Clerk of the next preceding House of Representatives shall make a roll of the Representatives-elect" So they would also be violating federal law to assume Johnson has any power. 🔚