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Sen. John Kennedy says Mike Johnson ‘p***es excellence’ in defense of House speaker

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mystery-ak:
Sen. John Kennedy says Mike Johnson ‘p***es excellence’ in defense of House speaker
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Asher Notheis
April 17, 2024 11:42 am
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Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) defended his fellow Louisiana lawmaker on Wednesday, claiming that House Speaker Mike Johnson “pisses excellence.”

Kennedy’s comment, which references a quote from the movie Talladega Nights, comes amid growing criticism of the House speaker for his leadership, with some Republicans supporting a movement to oust him from his position to elect a new speaker. The Louisiana senator contended that Johnson is doing the best job that he can do amid the Republican Party’s razor-thin majority in the House.

“I’ve known Mike a long time,” Kennedy said on Fox News’s Fox & Friends. “The man pisses excellence, he’s doing the best he can under tough circumstances.”

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https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/house/2969178/sen-john-kennedy-says-johnson-pes-excellence-in-defense-of-house-speaker/

Wingnut:
Old John sure can turn a phrase.

Maj. Bill Martin:
The core problem - which Kennedy realizes but so many other do not - is that Johnson (and McCarthy before him) has to walk a path that doesn't lose him either a half dozen conservatives or a half-dozen moderates.  That path is very narrow, and on some issues, no such path exists.

Hardliners call him out for not "hanging tough", but the positions they want him to take would lose votes on the other end.   And what the conservatives don't seem to realize is that while they have no alternative, the moderates do.  It's the raw nature of the two-party beast that the people in the middle have the most sway because they're the ones who can sometimes get much of what they want from either party.

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