line, hard-line members of his party did not take action today to strip him of his gavel, but the heat is still very much on johnson see you in a corresponding gary tuckman takes us to johnson s hometown in louisiana, where we get a look at the speaker s constituents, constituents, and hear what they re saying about him as he tries to make it to his six month anniversary in the job under a republican chaos. the small northwest louisiana town of denton where speaker of the house, mike johnson and his family live. by now he and his wife, kelly well, many people not so surprisingly, offer glowingly views about the speakers. i think that he s very fair-minded and he s led my god, and he really tries to make his decisions according to prayer and his heart. and when you go elsewhere in johnson s congressional district, like it s big as city shreveport. you will hear similar vibes great guy, it s got great mole and i think what he s doing is great. i think he s a good
gangsters john diligence and alkabo inspired, he explained. and they talk to all of this with the reporter while leaving through firearms catalogs and choosing the weapons they might take with them on the road. quote, mr. johnson favored a sub machine gun, the herald tribune reported, but mr. blackmon preferred one of the larger types of pistol. the next day, the pair of 20 something s attached there flying wedge felt pendants to the fenders of johnson s rodeo 12 cylinder packard. they look at the car with volumes of shakespeare, machiavelli, nishi, dennis, and their weapons catalogs, if not the actual weapons yet. they headed south. so, what that is from is i wrote a book. [laughter] i have written a new book. i said i would never do this again, but i did. we just got the confirm publication date, and we just got in my first look of the cover. this is what it looks like.
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taking a sabbatical from the museum in order to start a new political movement. they were calling it the national party, and they were lighting out for louisiana the very next day to try to sign on huey long as the new national leader. johnson and blackburn that revealed the national parties seemingly idiotic slogan to the reporter. it was the need is for one party. they also showed him the snazzy new penance they designed, bullies and with an aerodynamic flying wedge series of emblems. they would be mounting these pendants on johnson s automobile. they also laid out their new parties platform, which consisted in its entirety of, quote, direct action and, quote, more emotionalism in government. no policy at all, just feelings and action, lots of action. johnson said they wanted nothing but courage and loyalty from their followers, the kind of courage and loyalty that
right from the start. to - johnson. i think it is a stitch up right from the start. to be - right from the start. to be honest, if a court behaved this way they would all be thrown out including thejudge. allegedly harriet would all be thrown out including the judge. allegedly harriet harman was talking to sue gray, the infamous sue gray, is this all kicked off, and the big questions about the fairness of this procedure, think it is a very day for democracy in boris is right to call it undemocratic that i hope he does come back, i believe he will. two of the four conservatives on there, that is a majority of the committee of seven, they are knighted and they were brexiteers as well, are you seriously calling them out as a kangaroo court, anti democratic and a witchhunt? yes. i have respect for them as individuals, i know them well. but i m afraid the way this was conducted was outrageous. recklessly misled was mentioned in the report. that is a made up term, it doesn t have any legal b