Biden and Trump at the border

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(04-12-2024, 09:18 AM)pally Wrote: The bill is being pushed by the lead whacks…Trump and Johnson.  The Freedom Caucus controls the party legislatively.  Trump uses them as his disrupters.  All he has to do is say something and they dutifully follow his orders


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Exactly. The "whack" that is the Speaker of the House.

Can you imagine this happening with any other former POTUS?  That the current SOH travels there to get his marching orders?

Incredibly sad for the republican party and this country.

https://www.politico.com/newsletters/florida-playbook/2024/04/12/house-speaker-makes-pilgrimage-to-mar-a-lago-00151920

Quote:House speaker makes pilgrimage to Mar-a-Lago
By KIMBERLY LEONARD 
 
04/12/2024 06:59 AM EDT




Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-La.) makes a statement to the press. | Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images


Good morning and happy Friday.
Time for beleaguered House Speaker Mike Johnson to hit up Florida again.


The Louisiana Republican is heading to Mar-a-Lago today to hold an afternoon press conference with former President Donald Trump billed as a “major” announcement on “election integrity.” It’s not clear what the specific announcement will be, but USA Today is reporting that it’s about a bill that aims to prevent non-U.S. citizens from voting — a practice that is already illegal.


This will be the first joint public appearance the two men are doing since Johnson became speaker, though in November Johnson did turn to Florida’s west coast for his first major fundraiser and he has also visited Trump at Mar-a-Lago twice since taking on his role overseeing the lower chamber.


The appearance comes as Trump ally U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green (R-Ga.) is threatening to have Johnson removed from his role. Notably, U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) does not plan to take action against Johnson, despite leading the charge against Kevin McCarthy’s speakership last year. Trumpworld, too, has no desire for a speakership fight during an election year, our colleagues at D.C. Playbook reported.


Trump has been trying to wield more influence over the GOP agenda, including by encouraging conservatives to try to defeat a warrantless spying bill Johnson wants to pass. He also opposes Johnson’s priority to send more security aid to Ukraine, and refused to accept what had been a GOP consensus that the U.S. should pass a national abortion limit.


But the meetup today may help to show how closely Johnson wants to be aligned with MAGA, and Johnson has been able to win Trump over on endorsing certain GOP primary candidates ahead of the election. It’s all just another example of how Trump — from the perch of his gilded, oceanfront club in Palm Beach — continues to be the power center of the Republican Party.


Finally, today’s afternoon meeting may also take away from whatever news breaks out of federal court in Fort Pierce, Florida, regarding the latest in the classified documents case. A hearing is scheduled for this afternoon on motions by Trump’s co-defendants — aide Walt Nauta and Mar-a-Lago property manager Carlos De Oliveira — and it’s possible that Judge Aileen Cannon will discuss the timing of the forthcoming trial, including whether it’ll still proceed before the November elections.


WHERE’S RON? Gov. DeSantis is doing a press conference in St. Augustine, Florida, at 10 a.m. with Florida Department of Law Enforcement Commissioner Mark Glass.