Speaker Johnson: Newsom should be 'tarred and feathered

[Playingmantis]

House Speaker Mike Johnson would not weigh in on whether California Gov. Gavin Newsom should be arrested -- a suggestion made by President Donald Trump -- but said the governor should be "tarred and feathered."

"Look, that's not my lane. I'm not going to give you legal analysis on whether Gavin Newsom should be arrested, but he ought to be tarred and feathered. I’ll say that," Johnson said Tuesday at the weekly GOP news conference. "He's standing in the way of the administration and the carrying out of federal law, right? He is applauding the bad guys and standing in the way of the good guys."

(snip)

"President Trump has put his hand on the table and said, 'Not on my watch,' and we applaud that, so we’re standing with him," he said.

Newsom clapped back on social media, writing, "Good to know we’re skipping the arrest and going straight for the 1700’s style forms of punishment. A fitting threat given the @GOP want to bring our country back to the 18th Century."


https://abcnews.go.com/US/live-updates/la-immigration-protests-live-updates-trump-deploys-2000/?id=122621279

will this little weasel demand the rioters be pardoned like those of Jan 6th? He is beyond disgusing

[sakabatou]

1. Ah, more violent political rhetoric from Dump and friends

[forgotmylogin]

64. Tarring and feathering historically was not just a humiliation.

It was a slow form of execution done with boiling tar usually causing slow painful death due to burns and then toxicity and infection. Tar is a form of crude oil not easily removed from skin so it literally partially cooked a person. It would be like falling into a natural boiling tar pit.

Even without the boiling, contact with crude oil or petroleum products in most forms is incredibly poisonous and toxins absorb quickly through the skin. The people who assisted in the Exxon Valdez oil spill were tracked over the years and many of them died early due to health complications - all who assisted in 1989 were dead by 2010.

There was also a case of a man in the Ukraine who willingly jumped into a reservoir of motor oil for a prank video and completely submerged. When he gets out his companions are trying to clean it off with a pressure washer and he's complaining he can't breathe and can't see and is burning. Followups are sketchy, but it's reported he died within 48 hours.

So I am sure our odious Speaker believes he's joking metaphorically, but the amount of apathy for the well-being of any perceived enemy is toxic and unconscionable - and for a person claiming to be as religious as he is, wishing specific harm on someone is complete blasphemy. Saying something like that out loud might give someone who is equally as ignorant the idea to actually try it. Politicians publicly wishing harm on individuals "should be tarred and feathered" is stochastic terrorism because it is de-facto permission at a high level for someone to actually carry it out.

[EdmondDantes_]

79. This isn't really true

The initial order was for boiling tar, but that was during the Crusades. Tarring and feathering in the US sense was about humiliation not killing.

https://allthingsliberty.com/2013/12/5-myths-tarring-feathering/

The notion that hot tar caused severe, sometimes fatal burns is based on the assumption that “tar” meant the asphalt we use on roads, which is typically stored in liquid state at about 300°F (150°C). But in the eighteenth century “tar” meant pine tar, used for several purposes in building and maintaining ships. As any baseball fan knows, pine tar doesn’t have to be very hot to be sticky. Shipyards did warm that tar to make it flow more easily, but pine tar starts to melt at about 140°F (60°C). That’s well above the ideal for bathwater, but far from the temperature of hot asphalt.

[forgotmylogin]

80. Okay, then it's perfectly fine, I guess.

[walkingman]

2. Sounds typical for good ole boy from the South

[chowder66]

5. I can only imagine what he would have said if Newsom was black.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

6. Thought the exact same thing.

[Hekate]

12. Ah yes, where states' rights is a big thing -- but only applies to the South (and allied Red states)

God forbid California should assert its rights.

[Grins]

57. My first thought; the cracker in him let loose. NM

[Basso8vb]

3. You'll be one of the first we throw in prison, Mikey.

We WILL take back control.

[maxsolomon]

11. Yeah, that's exceedingly unlikely.

Who got imprisoned for J6? Pawns.

Mike Johnson isn't going to prison for talking shit.

[bdamomma]

28. Johnson

is not so "Christian like" with that comment. They are very in your face with comments aren't they? Such contempt for everyone who is not like them, who would want to be????

[Chi67]

49. Thank you!

This time, no more being nice. All of them are going to prison. Including the officers who shot reporters at the LA protests.

[hamsterjill]

4. Yo, Mikey!

Judge not lest ye be judged...remember that prayer circle around Trump? Well God loves Gavin Newsom, too.

[Midnight Writer]

7. Who would Jesus tar and feather?

[Maeve]

39. Those who live by the tar, die by the tar

[Dulcinea]

8. They're terrified of Governor Newsom.

He's not backing down, & he has a good shot at being President one day & undoing all the damage they did.

[BannonsLiver]

35. Yep, and they're playing right into Newsom's hand.

Probably much to the dismay of the people who hate him on the left.

[wolfie001]

70. I don't hate him

Do you hate trans people? Do you blame them? I think that message is seeping through just a tad. Maybe you don't. I hate Charlie Kirk, the nazi and racist. No reason to ever "sit down" with a repulsive sh7t flinger like that. I'd vote for Newson definitely if he were the candidate. We include ALL people that are progressives. That means moving forward. Raising all boats. I'd be more concerned with the idiots who sat out the election because of the conflict in the ME. tRUMP made that situation far worse. As usual.

* great username by the way

[BannonsLiver]

74. Yes, you've nailed me dead to rights. Caught me red handed.

🙄

[wolfie001]

75. Well, that was an issue they both saw eye-to-eye

I mean Anyways, it's in the past and I wish him well dealing with the bloated orange a-hole and his fascist regime.

[angrychair]

55. His constant pandering to maga types

Makes him unpalatable in my opinion. I would never vote for him in the primaries in million years

[travelingthrulife]

60. They're also terrified of 6/14 protests

Everyone who is able needs to show up wherever they are.

[Hekate]

9. Li'l Pervy is also a little prick, I see

[BeyondGeography]

10. Medieval Mike the Masturbation Monitor

Fucking Republicans. What I wouldn’t give to bring guys like Gil Scott-Heron and George Carlin back from the dead to hear their takes on this freak show.

[milestogo]

13. Speaker Johnson should be dropped into an outhouse toilet

without a life preserver.

[MoseShrute]

17. Or...

Or at least a stockade

[Traildogbob]

20. How about Moses Mike,

Locked in a Porta Jon on day three of a tractor pull, where spectators gorged and packed their colons with all you can eat chilly for free, in South Bama in July with 110 degree no climate change heat. Then roll the muther fucker down a hill end over end to get the goodies sores out evenly, then into a pig farm pond of sewage, with Lee Greenwood singing live, about God Blessin USA.
Pay per view of course.

[milestogo]

45. Sounds like you've given this some thought.

[Traildogbob]

50. Yea

His damn smirk as he lies like a wet rug, give me lots of thoughts. Self righteous fake prick that he is.
I would be banned if I said what I really feel.

[C_U_L8R]

14. Is that what you pseudo-xians do, Mikey?

I missed the 'rain down violence on your neighbor' part in Sunday school.

[Ocelot II]

15. If Newsom wants to run for president in 2028 he could win more than a few votes

by going out to the front lines of the LA protests right now and double-dog-daring them to arrest him.

[ms liberty]

27. This.

[haele]

16. He's just butt hurt that Newsom pointed out his district had a greater crime rate than San Fransisco.

How dare Newsom imply self-proclaiming good, god-fearing Christians could be more criminal, more greedy, more hate filled than those libertine heathens in San Fransisco.
Praise Supply side Republican Jesus. Like Chtulu, his worshippers will be eaten last...

[suegeo]

18. Isn't due process a part of federal law?

Plus the governor is not applauding the bad guys (Cops) and standing in the way of the good guys (peaceful protesters).

Johnson is egging on MAGA to do harm to California Gov. Gavin Newsom. Violent MAGAs, who are full of hate (see Jan. 6, where the not peaceful MAGA would have torn apart any law maker they could find. MAGA beat cops with sticks. Hand to hand combat.) Johnson is inciting domestic terrorists.

Present day I see:

Peaceful protesters getting beaten, flashed banged, reporters getting shot with rubber bullets, intentionally. etc. etc.

Good guys vs bad guys. The GOP speaker/holy roller does not know the difference.

[kacekwl]

19. Speaker Johnson has shown he has

no where near the spine to do anything to anyone because he is a giant slug.

[Baitball Blogger]

21. Yawn. Someday soon we'll be saying, Mike Johnson, who?

[johnnyfins]

40. Or: Inmate Johnson

[Baitball Blogger]

43. He's crying about Trump possibly losing power in the midterms.

The truth is that their fates are tied together.

[Easterncedar]

22. So very Christian

[walkingman]

32. It really is, especially by the white evangelicals. The hatred is real.

[valleyrogue]

76. He isn't an "evangelical." He is a "Christian reconstructionist"

hellbent on turning this country into a theocracy. He believes the swill peddled by the late Rousas J. Rushdoony and disciples like Doug Wilson who have turned Christianity inside out to promote fascism.

Johnson is just like them, and for that reason he is especially dangerous. He is the most powerful "reconstructionist" ever elected in this country. He needs to be sent packing back to Louisiana, or, rather, to the Idaho panhandle where he REALLY belongs.

[Tarzanrock]

23. Small Johnson should use his tongue ...

to lick the Turd's ass.

[Magoo48]

41. Tiny rooster is all strut.

[Vinca]

24. Is there anyone . . . ANYONE . . . who might have a chance of beating this faux Christian a-hole in 2026?

Saint Mike is one of the vilest members of the Idiot Caucus.

[stillcool]

25. what a good boy stoking the fire for his master

[Peacetrain]

26. A hair harmed on Gov, Newsom's head. and Speaker Johnson is might get hauled into court

for inciting violence against someone..

just saying

[SARose]

29. Romans 2:3

Do you suppose, O man—you who judge those who practice such things and yet do them yourself—that you will escape the judgment of God?

Or as my Grandmama said “don’t judge other people because they sin differently from you.”

[Harker]

30. Tarring and feathering is a painful, potentially lethal form of torture...

not a gentle, humorous rebuke.

[littlemissmartypants]

31. It takes a lot of nerve and exceptional idiocy to...

Proclaim "law and order" while kissing up to a convicted felon.

[Buddyzbuddy]

33. Look little fella, in no world are the Republicans the good guys.

You're an evil little twerp whose days are numbered.

[wryter2000]

34. How very Christian of him

Jesus was always calling for people to be tortured.

[Butterflylady]

37. Could've said it better......

[3auld6phart]

36. Hey

You freaky pedo low your brains out.

[EnergizedLib]

38. If this is Christ-Like

I'm happy to be an atheist.

[Johonny]

42. His sons porn monitor just went off

Looks like dad is watching men getting tarred and feathered in porn again. Time to call him and talk him down.

[live love laugh]

44. Vigilante-ism is so MAGA.

[chouchou]

46. and standing in the way of the good guys."

[Janbdwl72]

47. Johnson will be known as one of the worst and least effective House Speakers ever

Certainly his remarks mentioned in the OP will do nothing to change that,

[Katinfl]

48. Tarred and feathered??????

WTF! If I was not living in the present, I would never believe what is going on. Unfortunately I will never live long enough to see how this is covered in the history books……..if it ever is. It may just be erased as history like so much else. It will all be white-washed.

[Attilatheblond]

51. Christo-Fascist Hypocrite Pharisee says what?

If there is a just God, Johnson would be a smouldering chunk of carbon by now.

[malthaussen]

52. I won't say what should be done to you, Mr Johnson. n/t

[Playingmantis]

77. question

Does it involve a red hot poker and his ass?

[malthaussen]

81. It's an option. But unimaginative. For one thing, it's been done before (Edward II) n/t

[Mtnmama]

53. SUCH HYPOCRITS!!!

"applauding the bad guys and standing in the way of the good guys" was EXACTLY what trump and his insurrectionist followers did with their Jan 6 attack. They ALWAYS want to project their illegal, heinous behavior on someone else, preferably Democrats. The only people they're fooling are diehard Magas

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

54. One of Xtian Mike's porn fantasies?

The more that geeky mofo opens his mouth the more he shows his true colors.

[spanone]

56. But he's just fine with trmp breaking the law...gotcha mikey

Hey Mike, your fucking 'president' is breaking the law

Posse Comitatus Act

The Posse Comitatus Act is a United States federal law signed on June 18, 1878, by President Rutherford B. Hayes that limits the powers of the federal government in the use of federal military personnel to enforce domestic policies within the United States.

[still-prayin4rain]

58. A congressperson using his platform to incite violence against a Governor. These people are deplorable.

[KentuckyWoman]

59. Someone needs to tell Mike

What happened to Christopher Walken's character in "The Rundown".

[IcyPeas]

61. Tarring and feathering? Very ku klux klan of him.

Disgusting!

Didn't trump just ask a court if he could legalize torture?

[BattleRow]

67. Johnson IS from North Louisiana,after all.

Kkk possibly gone,but definitely not forgotten .

[zorbasd]

62. wonder what

his porn habits are according to his app

[Hey Joe]

63. Can't stand this virtue signaling little fraud

Have any of these evangelical “christian “ proclaimers ever even cracked open a bible?
I don’t believe in religion but in my youth I read many parts of the bible and can tell you these MAGA degenerates have no concept of what the biblical Christ espoused to his followers.
What part of “By their acts you will know them” do they not comprehend?

[patphil]

65. Wormtongue has spoken: Punish anyone who defies Lord Trump.

[Marthe48]

66. Whiny bitch says what?

He's like the rat in Harry Potter, but the rat had a lot more going for him.

[Cha]

68. Fuck Off little Traitor Toadie to the USA.

[struggle4progress]

69. Sure sounds like Mikey is a gutless wonder who says whatever he's told

[keep_left]

71. With rhetoric like this, I wonder how long it will be...

...before we get the 21st-century version of the Charles Sumner caning incident. Anyone remember the Zell Miller outburst years ago on the Chris Matthews show? ( Miller lamented for the days "when you could challenge a man to a duel!" ).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caning_of_Charles_Sumner
https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/James_Buchanan#.22Oh.2C_I.27m_sure_it_will_be_better_after_a_while.22

[GoCubsGo]

72. More tough talk from another very, very weak "man."

How very Christian of him. Fuck off, Mikey.

[aocommunalpunch]

73. Lil Mikey can stick his head in an oven.

Fuck him.

[Mike Nelson]

78. Johnson is calling for violence...

... he can't "arrest" Newsom, but saying he should be "tarred and featured" invites people to skip the arrest and render punishment. Johnson is said to be a very religious man... I wonder what he thinks of the phrase, "crucify him!"?