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Democrats only needed to flip three seats to gain the majority in the House — they picked up 44 in a massive GOP shellacking

House Speaker Mike Johnson has blasted voters for making the “wrong choice” on Election Day last week.

Donald Trump, Johnson and other Republican leaders were tasked with keeping the majority in Congress, but despite their best efforts, Democrats swept the midterms in a defeat so crushing that it was dubbed a blue tsunami.

Johnson shared regret for the GOP’s shellacking, but not the blame. Instead, the Republican leader pinned it on the Americans who voted against his party on Tuesday.

When asked by CNN’s Manu Raju on Capitol Hill Monday whether Trump needs to “course correct” after the midterm losses, Johnson said, “I’m not going to tell the president how to do his job. We have an incredible record of the first two years of his term, and I expect more success in the days ahead.”

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[–] lemmylump@lemmy.world 116 points 4 days ago (5 children)

Man I'd love to kick the shit out of this assshole.

[–] theedqueen@lemmy.world 25 points 4 days ago (2 children)

In terms of most punchable I’d put Stephen Miller as #1 and Elon as #2. He’s a strong contender for #3

[–] NekoKoneko@lemmy.world 12 points 4 days ago

I'd throw Trump in there, but somehow it'd be both elder and child abuse.

[–] ramenshaman@lemmy.world 8 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I think your #1 and 2 are definitely in the right spots. The earth and everyone on it would be better off if those 2 were gone.

[–] theedqueen@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I just….i really need Stephen miller to know what it feels like to have his skull bones broken. His rib cage too.

[–] ramenshaman@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago

"Torture is a celebration of life and human dignity" - Stephen Miller

[–] BooBees@fedinsfw.app 23 points 4 days ago (1 children)

He 100% is into that kind of thing. You don’t turn out like this without playing up the hateable punchable dork asshole that enjoys being beat up and mocked as his kink. That schmarmy demeanor says it all.

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[–] yesman@lemmy.world 92 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] Squirrelknight@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

GOP and DNC taking turns every election being this meme.

[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 13 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

I will always love this gif.

[–] Bieren@lemmy.today 16 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Says the man that tracks when he and his son masturbate.

[–] Honytawk@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 3 days ago

Hey, no kink shaming.

Unless they like it of course.

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[–] EndOfLine@lemmy.world 43 points 4 days ago (2 children)

In other news: Voters blast Mike Johnson for making wrong choices everyday for the last 2+ years.

[–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 27 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Voters also blast Mike Johnson's mom for making the wrong choice 55 years ago.

[–] mefisdo_dot_info@lemmy.ca 9 points 4 days ago

knowing conservatives she didn't have a choice. Maybe she could have offered anal instead. Though looking at Mike, maybe she did do that.

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[–] ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.world 21 points 4 days ago (1 children)

What an interesting thing to say, for someone whose job is literally to represent the voters and enact the will of the people. He is literally a Congressional Representative.

“I’m not going to tell the president how to do his job. We have an incredible record of the first two years of his term, and I expect more success in the days ahead.”

Johnson expects SO much success, in fact, that he is stepping down from leadership in the new Congress altogether, and refused the minority leader position that was offered him.

[–] NEZ27@lemmy.zip 11 points 4 days ago

This dudes entire tenure has been pretending (charitable?) to be clueless about current events to avoid accountability and now he's got some pointed thoughts on being held accountable.

[–] kmartburrito@lemmy.world 27 points 4 days ago

Shut up bitch

[–] 7rokhym@lemmy.ca 7 points 3 days ago

The sense of entitlement is astounding.

[–] bbpr120@lemmy.world 19 points 4 days ago (1 children)

piss off Mikey, don't you have to monitor your sons porn habits?

[–] Burn_The_Right@lemmy.today 4 points 3 days ago

It's almost like ALL conservatives are pedophiles.

[–] opus86@lemmy.today 14 points 4 days ago

Fuck you Mike. You conceded one of the three branches of Governmental power to the President. You are one of the biggest failures of Congressman that has ever served.

[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 4 days ago (1 children)

To be able to say that seriously is an admission that you do not believe in democracy.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 16 points 4 days ago (1 children)

LOL, I love it when these dingles actually say out loud such whoppers like donnie "is doing so many good things for the American people" or "we had so much work to do to undo all the damage that Biden and the Democrat (sic) Party did" or whatever the fuck.

Such unbelievably blatant liars.

With an added dose of condescension about how people don't even appreciate all the good they are doing, how could this happen?

These assholes completely pooched the economy, gave even more money away to the obscenely wealthy parasitic class, and then set up a bomb to have shit really hit the fan for the 99% in Jan 2027 and have the balls to sit there and whine that people didn't vote for them.

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[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 8 points 3 days ago

That's the beauty of democracy. The people choose what they want, not what those in power want.

[–] scathliath@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 3 days ago

Nah, I hate this little toad, and his arrogant patronization. He can fuck all the way back off to Louisiana.

[–] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 8 points 4 days ago (1 children)

So is it legal to bully congresscritters to paranoid suicidality or no? Because frankly speaking I think it'd be funny if Johnson killed himself.

[–] LavenderBreton@lemmy.zip 5 points 4 days ago (4 children)

This is a bit unhinged, even for my communist standards.

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[–] Burn_The_Right@lemmy.today 7 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

The words of a traitor are valueless. The only thing I want to hear from Mike Johnson is his final gurgle.

[–] Janx@piefed.social 3 points 3 days ago

Mike Johnson is stepping down as his party's leader in the House of Representatives. I would say voters absolutely made the right choice!

[–] sportsjorts@lemmy.zip 4 points 3 days ago

Eat shit mikey. Have fun watching porn with your son.

[–] DeepThought42@lemmy.world 13 points 4 days ago

"incredible" is not the word I would have gone with unless it was modified with "incredibly bad" , "incredibly stupid", or "incredibly criminal"

[–] massacre@lemmy.world 9 points 4 days ago

Congress, especially the House has been full on fucking clown shoes for 2 years and this spineless piece of shit is saying the Dems will bring a circus? The guy who could barely get his seat and hold it? The guy speedrunning the line to kiss trumps diapered ass?

Johnson is admitting (after his own fashion) that the Dems are likely to investigate the everloving SHIT out of the GOP cronies and corrupt contributors (bribes and enrichments, oh my!) as well as lock down the budget until they get their way. So, you know.... stopping the circus the GOP brought to town.

[–] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 7 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Can I blast Mike's dad for making the wrong decision in not pulling out?

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[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 3 days ago

Republican says you were wrong not to vote for them

Ya don't say.

How is this news

[–] kurmudgeon@lemmy.world 10 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (4 children)

So as we've seen for the past 2 years, there is absolutely zero accountability in the Republican party whatsoever. And even after getting their asses completely fucking handed to them, they still don't have any capacity for accountability, even personal self accountability to the extent that they would rather blame the people who put them in their position of power to begin with, than to incorporate and impose the will of those people.

What do you expect though when a party who bases their beliefs and ideals on a 2,000-year-old textbook and are not capable of any rational thought of any kind on their own? A shameless party with egos so massive, they're unwilling to accept reality in any form or fashion, especially if it gets in the way of their ability to make a dollar.

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[–] spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works 9 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

With any luck Johnson will fade quickly into obscurity and this will be one of the last times this asshole makes the news.

He can go back to monitoring his son's phone to make sure he doesn't look at any pictures that would make the baby Jesus cry.

[–] Uranus_Hz@lemmy.zip 7 points 4 days ago

Hey Mike, sit down and shut up. The grownups are talking.

[–] gedhrel@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

It's surprising he's heard the results.

[–] peopleproblems@lemmy.world 8 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Narcissism. Are they all pathological narcissists?

[–] OriginalTangle@feddit.org 8 points 4 days ago

never admit anything, never accept responsibility. Lie to confuse, lie to test loyalty, lie to feel better about yourself. Lie because only losers tell the truth. It's the Trump way and the bootlickers copy it.

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[–] TimboSlice@discuss.online 8 points 4 days ago

Fuck off, nobody gives a shit about anything you say.

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago

It’s really funny seeing the other side blame voters.

Mike “Limp” Johnson should know that doesn’t end well.

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 7 points 4 days ago

Don't BE the wrong choice, Mike.

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