The Louisiana Republican announced on Wednesday morning on an all-staff call that he will not run for House minority leader for the new Congress next year, following Tuesday’s historical Democratic landslide takeover of the House of Representatives.
It’s not clear yet if Johnson has anointed a successor to lead the Republican caucus. Representative Jim Jordan, chair of the House Judiciary Committee, has already thrown his hat into the ring and announced he’s running for House minority leader. According to Punchbowl News, Jordan’s pitch will be that new blood is needed and that he specializes in investigations.
The current number two Republican in the House, Representative Steve Scalise, also announced that he is running for caucus leader.
They’ll pick him. Because that’s exactly what they need. They need someone to help cover up everything from the Dem investigations.
Have you ever heard him talk though? That has to annoy them too.
Have you heard Trump talk? He hasn’t been able to finish a single coherent sentence for years now. It’s most obvious when you try to read a transcript of what he says. It’s all catchphrases and little clips strung together as if they form sentences. And their propaganda network has to cut it up to make a coherent thought from it. But that’s what they already do anyway, probably why his dementia has made him talk like that in the first place now.