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Who Says Johnson Is a Novice?

Steve Fast
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One of the main concerns about Mike Johnson (I shared it too) was that he was too inexperienced to be speaker. He has only been a representative for six years and has never even chaired a committee.

But today he unveiled a masterpiece - $14 billion in aid for Israel paid for by cutting IRS funding the same amount. He separated aid to Israel off from that ginormous, $106-billion swamp bill that would provide aid to Israel, Hamasistan, Ukraine, and Taiwan and supposedly secure the southern border, which is just good policy. Instead of dumping everything in one pot, you make much better decisions if each thing is voted on separately.

If you vote against Mike Johnson's bill, you tag yourself as an anti-Semite (Rashida, we're looking at you). And you side with more audits for ordinary Americans.

He is swimming in a pool full of sharks, but today he made one sure-footed movie.

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  • tigerlily@tigerlily

    I wonder how many Democrats won't vote for this (in addition to the 15 who refused to vote for the resolution in support of Israel in the wake of the 10/7 massacres citing the cuts to IRS funding? I support the bill, but it also gives the pro-Hamas caucus an excuse for their no vote.

  • Steve Fast@SteveFast
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    tigerlily (View Comment):

    I wonder how many Democrats won’t vote for this (in addition to the 15 who refused to vote for the resolution in support of Israel in the wake of the 10/7 massacres citing the cuts to IRS funding? I support the bill, but it also gives the pro-Hamas caucus an excuse for their no vote.

    I'm sure most Democrats will vote against it. But pairing the aid to Israel with cuts to the IRS is great politics, as well as good policy. But some Jewish Dems and those who have large pro-Israel constituencies will vote for it. And some Dems in purple districts will hesitate to vote against it because their constituents don't like the IRS.

    In the end, it might only be 5-10 Dems who will vote for the bill, but most of them will have heartburn because of the position that Johnson put them, even if they do vote against it. A lot of politics is about forcing your opponents to play defense instead of letting them do it to you. When you can pair that with good policy, you've got a winner.

  • Full Size Tabby@FullSizeTabby
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    JoelB (View Comment):

    Steve Fast (View Post):

    Steve Fast (View Post):
    One of the main concerns about Mike Johnson (I shared it too) was that he was too inexperienced to be speaker.

    He probably has more worthwhile experience than some Presidents.

    I enjoyed the response I saw to concerns about Rep. Johnson's lack of experience reminding us that Joe Biden has over 50 years of experience in government, and look where that's gotten us.

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