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The Ghosts of 2009

The Ghosts of 2009

Speaker Mike Johnson is repeating a crucial mistake

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Brian Griffiths
Jul 24, 2025
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We live in bizarre times when Republican leadership in the House of Representatives is shutting down the House to avoid a contentious floor vote on doing a thing that Republicans in the House of Representatives, along with the Republican President, promised to do.

But that’s where we are today, as Speaker Mike Johnson sent the House home for the Summer instead of taking a hard vote regarding the Epstein Files.

Some of you may remember this script from years past. And I assure you, given the anger of the Republican base over the House and the Trump Administration’s lack of action on doing what they promised, the MAGA House Members may be in some electoral peril.

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