Democrats only needed to flip three seats to gain the majority in the House — they picked up 44 in a massive GOP shellacking

House Speaker Mike Johnson has blasted voters for making the “wrong choice” on Election Day last week.

Donald Trump, Johnson and other Republican leaders were tasked with keeping the majority in Congress, but despite their best efforts, Democrats swept the midterms in a defeat so crushing that it was dubbed a blue tsunami.

Johnson shared regret for the GOP’s shellacking, but not the blame. Instead, the Republican leader pinned it on the Americans who voted against his party on Tuesday.

When asked by CNN’s Manu Raju on Capitol Hill Monday whether Trump needs to “course correct” after the midterm losses, Johnson said, “I’m not going to tell the president how to do his job. We have an incredible record of the first two years of his term, and I expect more success in the days ahead.”

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    LOL, I love it when these dingles actually say out loud such whoppers like donnie “is doing so many good things for the American people” or “we had so much work to do to undo all the damage that Biden and the Democrat (sic) Party did” or whatever the fuck.

    Such unbelievably blatant liars.

    With an added dose of condescension about how people don’t even appreciate all the good they are doing, how could this happen?

    These assholes completely pooched the economy, gave even more money away to the obscenely wealthy parasitic class, and then set up a bomb to have shit really hit the fan for the 99% in Jan 2027 and have the balls to sit there and whine that people didn’t vote for them.

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    This wasn’t the voters fault, Mike.

    Hell if I were to pin it on anyone it’s probably be Zelensky. And I didn’t even say thank you once.

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    It’s really funny seeing the other side blame voters.

    Mike “Limp” Johnson should know that doesn’t end well.

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    Congress, especially the House has been full on fucking clown shoes for 2 years and this spineless piece of shit is saying the Dems will bring a circus? The guy who could barely get his seat and hold it? The guy speedrunning the line to kiss trumps diapered ass?

    Johnson is admitting (after his own fashion) that the Dems are likely to investigate the everloving SHIT out of the GOP cronies and corrupt contributors (bribes and enrichments, oh my!) as well as lock down the budget until they get their way. So, you know… stopping the circus the GOP brought to town.

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      never admit anything, never accept responsibility. Lie to confuse, lie to test loyalty, lie to feel better about yourself. Lie because only losers tell the truth. It’s the Trump way and the bootlickers copy it.

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    4 hours ago

    In other news: Voters blast Mike Johnson for making wrong choices everyday for the last 2+ years.

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    With any luck Johnson will fade quickly into obscurity and this will be one of the last times this asshole makes the news.

    He can go back to monitoring his son’s phone to make sure he doesn’t look at any pictures that would make the baby Jesus cry.