Speaker Mike Johnson has once again lost a battle against hardline conservatives for control of his own House floor — and he has no clear way out.

A small group of GOP hardliners, led by firebrand Rep. Anna Paulina Luna of Florida, effectively seized the floor from Johnson this week, refusing to allow him to move on their own party’s priorities until Republican leaders come up with a plan to pass President Donald Trump’s federal elections overhaul bill.

By Tuesday afternoon, Johnson was forced into one of the most humiliating possible positions for a House speaker: He conceded he could not regain control of the chamber and instructed members to leave Washington early. It’s the second straight week that GOP leaders have had to scrap their plans, this time losing out on nearly an entire week’s agenda.

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    3 days ago

    Can’t we just get them all together and false flag the entire area? Like some huge political thing where most of the established politicians who have been politicking for decades get together for politics or cannibalistic child rape or whatever else they do… and then we make it 'splode.

    We could blame it on Iran. They’d probably be willing to take the credit, and that could really bring our countries closer together. We’d nominate them for all of the peace prizes.

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      3 days ago

      Theyll make sure to pick someone really rancid as their designated survivor.

      No Kiefer Sutherlands here.