Speaker Johnson: Newsom should be ‘tarred and feathered’
House Speaker Mike Johnson would not weigh in on whether California Gov. Gavin Newsom should be arrested – a suggestion made by President Donald Trump – but said the governor should be “tarred and feathered.”
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Umm Mr Speaker the Constitution has somewhat to say about cruel and unusual punishments. Catch up on your reading,ok?
A helluva lot of people view the 2026 midterms as the cavalry riding over the hill, bugles blaring, rescuing the beleaguered plains settlers from marauding bandits and Indians.
It might be a damned shock to the system to discover they all stayed back at the fort, taking a nap. Or worse, they ride over the hill and join in the mayhem.
The deployment of thousands of Marines and National Guard to Los Angeles — estimated to last 60 days — will cost about $134 million, mainly for travel, housing and food, a top Pentagon official told the House Appropriations Committee.
Enten is basically using ancient data in political terms (Nov 2024 exit polls) to make his statement. The more recent polling shows quite a bit of buyers remorse:
Hegseth just said in Committee that nobody cares more about the troops than him. He seems willing to do PT with them, but doesn’t really seem willing to sleep on the floor with them.