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applegrove

(123,081 posts)
Mon Nov 18, 2024, 05:39 PM 11 hrs ago

House Ethics Chair Won't Be Influenced by Mike Johnson

House Ethics Chair Won’t Be Influenced by Mike Johnson

November 18, 2024 at 4:31 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 34 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2024/11/18/house-ethics-chair-wont-be-influenced-by-mike-johnson/

"SNIP...........

“House Ethics Chair Michael Guest said Monday that his panel will make its own decision about releasing the report into Matt Gaetz, regardless of Speaker Mike Johnson’s opinion that it should be kept under wraps,” Politico reports.

...............SNIP"

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House Ethics Chair Won't Be Influenced by Mike Johnson (Original Post) applegrove 11 hrs ago OP
Surprise from a Con R. Cha 10 hrs ago #1
TY for what? He hasn't said they'll release it. Mariana 10 hrs ago #2
I THANKED the OP For the News. Cha 9 hrs ago #12
I'VE GOT A FIVER THAT SAYS IT NEVER HAPPENS NotHardly 9 hrs ago #3
What prevents a Dem to release/leak it? Curtesy? kiri 9 hrs ago #9
I Wouldn't take Cha 9 hrs ago #13
Showing some spine? 70sEraVet 9 hrs ago #4
Not really. He hasn't actually released it,. Mariana 9 hrs ago #6
Fair enough. 70sEraVet 9 hrs ago #8
no, it is part of the game they play Skittles 8 hrs ago #17
Impossible to substitute a wishbone for a backbone. BattleRow 9 hrs ago #10
They won't Mblaze 9 hrs ago #5
Yup. Mariana 9 hrs ago #7
They'll wait a week or so and then quietly decide not to release it, so it looks like their decision. patphil 9 hrs ago #11
Moses Mike doesn't want to explain to his son why he was browsing porn Probatim 8 hrs ago #14
I'll believe it when I see it... dlk 8 hrs ago #15
riiiiiiiiiiiight Skittles 8 hrs ago #16
Blackmail Wars rpannier 7 hrs ago #18

Mariana

(15,081 posts)
6. Not really. He hasn't actually released it,.
Mon Nov 18, 2024, 07:07 PM
9 hrs ago

If he does, then we can talk about whether he has a spine.

70sEraVet

(4,140 posts)
8. Fair enough.
Mon Nov 18, 2024, 07:13 PM
9 hrs ago

But the guy is bucking the program just by INTIMATING that he MAY have a spine!
I'll keep chasing gold at the end of the rainbow, Mariana!

Mariana

(15,081 posts)
7. Yup.
Mon Nov 18, 2024, 07:08 PM
9 hrs ago

"We've decided all by ourselves to keep it secret. Mike Johnson had nothing to do with it!"

patphil

(6,933 posts)
11. They'll wait a week or so and then quietly decide not to release it, so it looks like their decision.
Mon Nov 18, 2024, 07:29 PM
9 hrs ago

It's the illusion of propriety that they're intending to put forth that makes all the difference. They have to make it look like they actually weighed the pros and cons of their action.

Probatim

(3,010 posts)
14. Moses Mike doesn't want to explain to his son why he was browsing porn
Mon Nov 18, 2024, 07:43 PM
8 hrs ago

after reading the report.

He doesn't want to answer the question - what does "barely legal" mean dad?

Skittles

(159,061 posts)
16. riiiiiiiiiiiight
Mon Nov 18, 2024, 08:14 PM
8 hrs ago

I predict they will ALL end up goose stepping to Donald Fucking Trump, AMERICA BE DAMNED

rpannier

(24,571 posts)
18. Blackmail Wars
Mon Nov 18, 2024, 08:44 PM
7 hrs ago

If Johnson planned on replacing Guest with someone else, that went out the window
Because...
If Gaetz angers Johnson, or Guest...
If Gaetz becomes Atty General, and he angers House members...
And that's just three examples
Probably be the nicest they have played in a long time

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