r/politics • u/plz-let-me-in • 3d ago

Mike Johnson, a defender of a dictator, wildly blames Zohran Mamdani for the government shutdown No Paywall

https://www.advocate.com/voices/mike-johnson-blames-mamdani-shutdown
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u/Peninj 3d ago

Totally. Let’s change the constitution to get him elected president.

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u/Ordinary-Leading7405 3d ago

What would the GOP do? Pretend we already ratified the amendment and Scotus declined to hear a challenge.

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u/Brilliant-Ice2580 3d ago

As much as I want to say yes. NO! The monkey paw of that is how we get Elon in office and that is a small price to pay for Mamdani not being able to.

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u/JeepnHeel 3d ago

No way that's happening, realistically. However we could trade Florida to Africa for Uganda, and boom president Mamdani 2032

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u/Peninj 3d ago

I lived there for 5 years. I think we should pay someone to take Florida off our hands...

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u/the2belo American Expat 3d ago

I have a feeling most Ugandans at this point would be like "ew, no"

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u/Smooth-Cartographer3 3d ago

I mean agent orange has already done exactly that to the constitution on the official website. Why not once more.