House Speaker Mike Johnson wins the overwhelming vote. 
May 13, 2024

Backlash against MTG over failed speaker coup

House Speaker Mike Johnson wins the overwhelming vote. 

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Guy Benson said that adult film actress Stormy Daniels looked salacious during her testimony in the hush money trial against Donald Trump about a previous sexual encounter between them but “also looks like she has an agenda talking about how much she hates [Trump].” He also said that Biden’s remarks at a Holocaust remembrance ceremony this week came after he'd taken "both sides of this issue” on the Middle Eastern conflict between the Israelis and Palestinians.

 

Lucy Caldwell said that while Stormy Daniels is no girl scout, “most people seem not to really be paying so much attention" to the trial. She also said that Biden’s Holocaust speech is "not going to sort of drive ratings [like] what position the president chose with Stormy Daniels will.”

 

Caroline Downey said RFK Jr. and the other two major presidential candidates “are in a close contest to see which is most likely to be incapacitated in office” given the New York Times uncovering that Kennedy once suffered from a parasitic worm that supposedly ate part of his brain. She also said that Republican Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene’s attempt to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson “is not great for stability in the chamber, and… that’s what everybody wants right now.”

 

Mike Emanuel said the New York Times “doing this deep a dive” into RFK Jr.’s history of health issues “is a sign that he’s a player” in the 2024 presidential election. He also said that Marjorie Taylor Greene attempted to remove Mike Johnson as House Speaker because “maybe she thought this is an opportunity to raise her profile.”