The $1 trillion budget the Pentagon is trying to push through Congress is not doing so well….and now the Speaker Johnson in true MAGA form is trying to make a non-existent problem into a money maker for the Pentagon.
As he pushed for Congress to approve $350 billion in new spending requested by the Pentagon, House Speaker Mike Johnson suggested Tuesday that some of the funds were needed for “fighting communism on our own shores,” an ominous notion in light of President Donald Trump’s threats to deploy the US military against his domestic enemies.
In addition to the already record-breaking $1.1 trillion military spending bill that was approved last month by the House Appropriations Committee, the Pentagon has requested a separate $350 billion package to be passed through a separate GOP-led spending bill known as “Reconciliation 3.0,” which can pass without Democratic support.
Johnson (La.) has faced pushback from some GOP senators, including Sens. Susan Collins (Maine) and the hospitalized Sen. Mitch McConnell (Ky.), as he’s sought additional spending. During a press conference on Tuesday, Johnson made his case for Republicans to back the reconciliation proposal.
The speaker argued that the package included “transformational funding that will help us change the dynamic of the Department of War and make it more efficient and effective,” including Trump’s request to “effectively double the funding for national defense.”
“Look, we live in dangerous times,” Johnson said. “We’re fighting communism on our own shores, and we’re fighting evil terrorists and tyrants around the world, and we have to be able to protect our national security.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/johnson-us-military-communism
They came and made the movement known as antifa illegal and a domestic terrorism hub…..so now they want to make your vote illegal by saying that Democratic Socialist are commies.
Do I need to tell you how utterly moronic that statement is?
But I am sure that there a at least a few that will believe such crap….for it is easier to believe crap than search for the answers….and that makes them lazy cowards.
This whole ‘commie’ thing is getting ridiculous…..
I Read, I Write, You Know
“lego ergo scribo”
Some will believe the whole “communist menace” garbage, true. But the rest of us out here sees it for what it is, the last desperate gasps of failed political movement rooted in crime and corruption trying desperately to look for someone or something to blame for their utter failure.
Side note: Did you see SCOTUS sniveling in front of congress to try to weasel more money out of them for “security”? We already spend something like $200 million, *MILLION* every year to protect one building and nine people and that apparently isn’t enough. For cripes sakes I could hire a good sized army for that kind of money. What the hell are they spending it on?
On the SCOTUS thing…..all the cash that special interest spreads around maybe they should just ask the lobbyists for the cash. chuq
Ooo, I didn’t think of that! Thomas should ask that “friend” of his who has given him millions in “personal gifts” to cough up a few bucks.
Yep and Alito as well….chuq
communism /kŏm′yə-nĭz″əm/
noun
A theoretical economic system characterized by the collective ownership of property and by the organization of labor for the common advantage of all members.
A system of government in which the state plans and controls the economy and a single, often authoritarian party holds power, claiming to make progress toward a higher social order in which all goods are equally shared by the people.
The Marxist-Leninist doctrine advocating revolution to overthrow the capitalist system and establish a dictatorship of the proletariat that will eventually evolve into a perfectly egalitarian and communal society.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition •
Communism, per se, is NOT as Trump and his a-kissers want folks to believe. But as has been proven again and again over the past few years, the gullible are easily convinced that their “Leader” sees all, knows all.
Whoops! Forgot to undo the bolding. Should only be the word “authoritarian.
No worry just a short ‘mental pause’….LOL chuq
Nan thank you for helping dispel the garbage from the Right. chuq
When I think about the insane budget given to the Pentagon, and the billions handed over to Israel ever year, it makes me sad. Because just imagine how they could lift the poor in your country out of poverty, provide free healthcare and retirement benefits for all, and achieve a genuinely egalitarian society in America. But that’s the last thing they want of course.
Best wishes, Pete.
This is all a stupid ploy….it has no validity other than to MAGA dolts. chuq