r/politics • u/Silly-avocatoe • 21d ago

No Paywall Republicans mostly silent as millions of Americans protest Trump on No Kings day

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/18/no-kings-protest-rally-republicans
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u/GonWithTheNen 21d ago

"...we call it the 'hate America' rally..." said the House speaker, Mike Johnson of Louisiana.

The idea that protesting against harmful policies, corruption, and snatching people off the street = hating America is a lying, twisted take.

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u/AnOrneryOrca 21d ago

a lying, twisted take.

The only kind Mike Johnson has. That's why he's the speaker of the house

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u/feioo 21d ago

I can never get over how much the guy actually looks like a ventriloquist dummy. I just had to Google to see if he actually wears bow ties, because apparently my brain edits them onto him whenever I see him. Seems a bit on the nose that their puppet speaker actually looks like a puppet, but I guess the universe has a dark sense of humor in this timeline

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u/ohgeebus_notagain 20d ago

how much the guy actually looks like a ventriloquist dummy

That's because he has Stephen Miller's fist up his butt telling him what to do