Asked if the US president should change course after so many voters voted for change, Speaker Mike Johnson says he is sorry that voters “made the wrong choice”.
Clearly, Mr. Johnson does not understand the basic fact that in a representative democracy, the choice made by the voters is PER DEFINITION the right choice.
@randahl From the outside we can absolutely say that the wrong choice was made when Donald Trump got elected.
Nov 9, 2026, 8:55 PM@randahl and when you try to rig the election, you can't blame the other side for what you did.
Nov 9, 2026, 8:59 PMIn this case, voters did make the right choice, but in 2016 and 2024? No.
@randahl where does the immunity for Johnson end?
@randahl Being Republican was the mistake. If he wanted to win this one, he should have just been human.
Nov 9, 2026, 9:53 PM@randahl if you need a proper definition of a laughing stock....look at MJ ;)
@randahl Reminds me of the old joke from former DDR (East Germany), where the political leaders wanted to elect a new people 😆
@jakobtougaard I think "electing a new people" is what Putin is currently doing with the millions of Russian casualties in Ukraine.
Mike Johnson got his Speakership with financing from Russian oligarchs like Konstantin Nikolaev.
It's natural to delude himself that the USA runs elections like Putin runs his "elections".
https://www.newsweek.com/who-konstantin-nikolaev-money-mike-johnson-1870600
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/06/maria-butina-charged-spying-putin-russia-kremlin
https://www.newsweek.com/who-konstantin-nikolaev-money-mike-johnson-1870600
@randahl so up themselves aren't they? Lose an election? It's the voters fault. Just cannot take responsibility for their actions.
@randahl Oh, he does understand that. He merely doesn't want the American electorate to understand it.
@randahl (even when wrong) 😄
Exactly what consitutes a representative democracy is a very hard thing to say. A First Past the Post system that devolves into an alternating turn at the helm of two parties is suspect for not being one.
What is clear now, is that the voters have put down a really unmistakable popular anti vote to the Republican party. In a couple of cases, I believe the vote coincided with positive votes for a candidate also, but I would say that it was clearly, and incontrovertibly against MAGA.
@randahl The ‘choice’ made by voters is just that: their choice. It’s not about right or wrong, but what voters decide as the direction that befits the country to take at that time. They may not always pick what people think as ‘right’, but that is their will.
That’s why Johnson thinks this election’s results were the wrong choice, and why I think, and for so many, 2016 and 2024 were so depressing.
@randahl Project 2025 didn't get abandoned. It now just needs more camouflage.
Well, except when voters make the wrong choice and vote for Trump. I'm happy to be as partisan as Johnson while thinking he's clearly wrong in his choice.
@randahl Mr Johnson feels the sting of the Blue Tsunami. That's why he's stepping aside. He doesn't want Donny Boy to blame him or take out his own frustrations on the GOP leader in the house.