Couldn't we just stack a couple of trillion dollar platinum coins? pic.twitter.com/TcAF0KSt17
— Daily Trix (@DailyTrix) March 4, 2021
Did we ever find out, she asked rhetorically, why RonJon spent July 4th, 2018 in Moscow, meeting with Putin’s assistants?
Is there a challenger who stands a decent chance of ousting this putz?
Because of Ron Johnson, the parliamentarian will likely be reading the entire 628-page COVID relief bill for the next 10 hours.
Although I must say, forcing a woman to suffer the consequences of a Republican Senator’s ignorance is pretty on brand for the GOP.
— Brian Tyler Cohen (@briantylercohen) March 4, 2021
Fun fact: The CBO estimated that the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which Ron Johnson supported, would grow the national debt by $1.9T. https://t.co/OgqqGDzybX pic.twitter.com/0mGkQptytb
— Greg Greene (@ggreeneva) March 4, 2021
Long story short, if you didn’t read all that: Sen. Johnson, as holds true on most days ending in ‘y,’ is full of it. But @BenWikler has already proven that, in fine detail — and told us what to do about it. https://t.co/kgylSrmVHh
— Greg Greene (@ggreeneva) March 4, 2021
Sen. Michael Bennet: "I wish Ron Johnson would use his time to explain to Trump voters that the election wasn't stolen … That'd be a good use of 10 hours of Ron Johnson's time. But instead we're in a locked-down Capitol and he's forcing the staff … read a bill." @MSNBC
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) March 4, 2021
A few minutes into the clerk's reading of the bill, most senators have filed out of the chamber, including Ron Johnson, who objected to waiving the reading. Just three remain.
Johnson had mostly been on his phone, stopping briefly to chat with Collins, Manchin and Portman.
— Andrew Solender (@AndrewSolender) March 4, 2021
MSNBC: "So Jake Sherman, what's the thought process behind the Senate's delaying tactics of forcing a reading of the bill?" Sherman:"Let's remember that this is Ron Johnson so there is NO thought process involved."
— Steve (@s_vickman) March 4, 2021
New — Ron Johnson in the thick of it as he weighs his future
"I'm target number one here," Johnson tells us. "People are out to destroy me"
He's talked to Trump. Also won't back McConnell again for leader
"That's not on the table, no."
w/@arogDC https://t.co/u9bJ6HXdky
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) March 4, 2021
Woodrow/asim
Christ, what an asshole.
Here’s the direct link to the Wisconsin Democratic Party’s fund to get rid of ’em, per above Tweet: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/defeat-rojo?refcode=socialmedia-bwt-eom-feb2021&amount=27&recurring=1
EDIT: Just did a reoccurring donation myself. The Wisconsin Dems were kick ass last cycle, and did great work with connection with voters not just in the state, but across the country.
John Revolta
Segundo!
Mo MacArbie
Last
Old School
Does Sen. Tammy Baldwin give Wisconsin some points back?
NotMax
“Fighting Bob” La Follette spinning in his grave.
Steve in the ATL
@John Revolta: please don’t.
craigie
@Mo MacArbie: Winner
Old School
Looks like Johnson returned to the chambers:
Andrew Solender
@AndrewSolender
Ron Johnson really toughing it out. He’s basically been the only one in the Senate chamber for the last hour as clerks power through the bill. Rick Scott came in briefly to chat. Now Johnson is reading something.
4:26 PM · Mar 4, 2021 from Washington, DC
David ? ☘The Establishment☘? Koch
IX
Spanky
People out to destroy him? I don’t think he knows what that means, but I’m willing to help educate him.
Spanky
@David ? ☘The Establishment☘? Koch: IX-nay.
randy khan
If Johnson leaves for any period of time, some Dem should slip in and ask if there’s any further objection to waiving reading of the bill. Just for kicks.
John Revolta
I was gonna say that RoJo had at LEAST better stick around for the reading part but I see that didn’t happen. Christ, what an asshole.
Like the filibuster, they need to change the rule so that if you want to hear a bill read you have to BE THERE to hear it. Maybe make your whole caucus stay too.
ETA: And now I see he’s back in there. Good. Somebody must’ve called him on the carpet. Asshole.
NotMax
In a Johnson measuring contest you come up short, Ron.
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trollhattan
Wisconsin reelected Scott Walker so Ron Johnson is just being on brand.
raven
@Steve in the ATL: It got to be such a big deal on FDL I’d hoped it wouldn’t happen here.
Brachiator
First relief bill: $2.2 trillion
Second relief and funding bill: $2.3 trillion
United States: forecast for nominal GDP of USD 25.3 trillion in 2024
If Johnson is going to play with numbers he should put them into some context.
David ? ☘The Establishment☘? Koch
Is this the same Ron Johnson who spent the 4th of July in Mother Яussia?
HumboldtBlue
If you need a distraction this Missouri rancher has a very interesting and entertaining YouTube channel.
Major Major Major Major
Open thread? Just got Moderna shot number one. The NYC website has been pretty easy to use, so if you live there and are having trouble with the state site and happen to see this, couldn’t hurt to check it out. https://vax4nyc.nyc.gov/patient/s/
Baud
@raven:
People didn’t do it when Trump was president.
I agree tho, time to put it to rest.
dmsilev
@David ? ☘The Establishment☘? Koch: I hope so. Because otherwise there’d be two of them and no state deserves that. No, not even Alabama.
Another Scott
Rhetorically, it was no big deal:
Shocked, shocked I say!!1
Cheers,
Scott.
NotMax
The snark writes itself on this one.
Geminid
Ron Johnson stands out among the wackier Republican Senators if only for representing a purple state. He has not yet announced for reelection, and it looks like Republican Congressman Mike Gallagher (WI-8) intends to run for that Senate seat regardless of Johnson’s decision. At age 37, Gallagher is a young man on the make, and may be tougher for a Democrat to beat than Johnson. Gallagher shows up often on Hugh Hewitt’s radio show, where he and the host talk about their dream of a really big Navy.
bbleh
Oh please. It’s Marjorie Taylor Johnson. He’s just getting his face on tv and getting the yokel a**holes to cheer for him being a yokel a**hole.
it ain’t complicated. It can’t be, given who’s involved.
NeenerNeener
@Major Major Major Major: Yay! Good for you. My older sister got her first Pfizer jab in Virginia today too.
?BillinGlendaleCA
@Steve in the ATL: How about “El Segundo”?
El Segundo is a city south of LAX best known as the home of the Chevron refinery and LA Air Force Base.
NotMax
@bbleh
So a Greene new deal?
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Steve in the ATL
@?BillinGlendaleCA: yeah, I left my wallet there
Ruckus
@John Revolta:
Nobody talked to him.
First, why bother? As others have stated, he may not be exactly as dumb as a post, there is the real possibility that he is dumber.
Second, who would want to talk to him? Anyone? No one?
sab
@Steve in the ATL: As an historian of Balloon Juice, this is normal and you are hyper sensitive
// I don’t mean this
Actually I do mean this. Snark to Steve who might countersnark.
Old School
Is anyone following along with the reading of the bill? Would it be noticed if 10 pages were skipped every now and then?
NotMax
@Major Major Major Major
Saw it cited recently that an estimated 42% of those who have thus far received shots at the Javits Center reside outside NYC.
sab
@Old School: You follow. We will gladly cheer you on.
Woodrow/asim
@Geminid: Hilariously, there’s a right-wing asshole radio guy who’s also named Mike Gallagher (ugh).
I know this Gallagher because he’s one of the ones who “converted” when Rush got really popular; his show was hosted out of my home area and I used to call in pre-conversion, in the early 90s.
…christ, so many assholes.
HinTN
@?BillinGlendaleCA: I’m with @raven:, it got stupid at FDL and it’s tiresome here.
/ grump
Major Major Major Major
@NotMax: it’s a state site, right? There are city specific and borough specific sites too.
Woodrow/asim
If you win votes via stunting — and the current iteration of these assholes do, far too often — then pulling stunts isn’t dumb. There are different kinds of Intelligence; just because Johnston’s comes with some odious, horrific implications doesn’t make it not “smart” for who he is, and the roles he thinks will get him votes.
The trick is assuming, as a lot of “our side” does, that stunting is the only way to win.
Old School
@sab: I’ll follow twice as closely as Ron Johnson.
?BillinGlendaleCA
@Woodrow/asim: This whole “read the bill” came out of the Obamacare vote, when Republicans complained that no one knew what was in the bill since it was so long.
cain
Fellow Oregonians/Northwesters – local news have been reporting that vaccines have been going at a pace of 33k a day this week. Does this seem like a realistic number? It was supposedly 25k a day last week.
4 days would have vaccinated all of Hillsboro (110k) so I’m wondering if there is any truth to that. I would think that teachers would have cleared the hurdle in a week or so given time and opportunity.
Geminid
@Woodrow/asim: I used to listen to that Gallagher’s show back when he had the morning slot Hewitt now occupies. I heard him emphasizing in 2017 that the alleged Russian propaganda compaign could not have changed a single vote. And I remembered how the year before Gallagher wouldn’t shut up about the rumors that Hilary Clinton suffered from Parkinson’s disease, which were exposed as a Russian plant. Hewitt is a much slicker, smoother advocate.
cain
@cain:
Last? (comment)
Old School
@cain: Nope.
japa21
@Steve in the ATL:
I admire your perseverance on this.
Steve in the ATL
@sab: my nightmare will be when someone posts “literally first!”
@japa21: I am here to serve
japa21
@Steve in the ATL:
@Steve in the ATL:
Specially if they are literally second.
Steve in the ATL
@japa21: omg kill me now!
JustRuss
@cain: I’m at Oregon State U, we had a townhall today with some state health officials. They said the vaccination rate has been constrained by supply problems, but that they’re seeing supply ramping up significantly. I didn’t think we’d see that much improvement so quickly, but those numbers could be real
I’ll add that I volunteered at a vax center last week, and with the personnel on hand we could have vaccinated a lot more people if we’d had more vaccine. So if more vaccine is coming in, I can believe it’s getting used.
Mousebumples
@Woodrow/asim: I started up a monthly donation to them after we (Wisconsinite here) won in November.
They did great work. Time to support them and keep it going.
Pooh
A lot to shake out as far as the Dem field here (also Wisconsonite) but Gallagher is the guy who has People Here Who Know Things the most worried because he’s better able to present as an actual human being.
ETA: Wikler is a gd boss, he did a lot of great stuff for November.
cain
@Old School:
Dammit!
cain
Oh wow, that’s great – I think I would like to spend a weekend and volunteer. I’m not good at jabbing people, but I can help in other ways. Got a link for volunteer opportunities?
AnotherBruce
The Trump inauguration is the smallest one yet.
RobertDSC-Mac Mini
@?BillinGlendaleCA:
I work in the city during the week. Drive by the base all the time.
NotoriousJRT
@raven: FDL flashbacks. I am so in the “let’s not do this” camp.
VOR
For The Hill, Morgan Gstalter writes, “The obituary for a Wisconsin woman who died late last month included a simple request: In lieu of flowers, please make a donation to Sen. Ron Johnson’s (R-Wis.) opponent in 2022. Carol Lindeen of Madison died on Feb. 24 in her sleep at the age of 81. The mother of four raised her children to avoid topics like politics and religion at social functions, according to her daughter. However, Laurie Lindeen told The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that her mother has expressed regret later in life over her politeness. Carol Lindeen was reportedly ‘furious’ about Johnson’s recent remarks at a Senate hearing to read unproven claims about ‘provocateurs’ and people pretending to be supporters of former President Trump participating in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.”
JustRuss
@cain:
Sorry, no. I got connected through a friend of a friend, don’t know how she got hooked up.