House Ethics Chair Won't Be Influenced by Mike Johnson

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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"

[Cha]

1. Surprise from a Con R.

TY

[Mariana]

2. TY for what? He hasn't said they'll release it.

Let's see if he does.

[Cha]

12. I THANKED the OP For the News.

[NotHardly]

3. I'VE GOT A FIVER THAT SAYS IT NEVER HAPPENS

[kiri]

9. What prevents a Dem to release/leak it? Curtesy?

Sure, the Rs will be mad, but so what?

[Cha]

13. I Wouldn't take

That bet.

[70sEraVet]

4. Showing some spine?

There must be a HIGH level of disgust for Gaetz in the House, even among Repubs!

[Mariana]

6. Not really. He hasn't actually released it,.

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

[70sEraVet]

8. Fair enough.

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!

[Skittles]

17. no, it is part of the game they play

"the show of concern"

[BattleRow]

10. Impossible to substitute a wishbone for a backbone.

[Mblaze]

5. They won't

[Mariana]

7. Yup.

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

[patphil]

11. They'll wait a week or so and then quietly decide not to release it, so it looks like their decision.

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]

14. Moses Mike doesn't want to explain to his son why he was browsing porn

after reading the report.

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

[dlk]

15. I'll believe it when I see it...

[Skittles]

16. riiiiiiiiiiiight

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

[rpannier]

18. Blackmail Wars

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