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Looking for Someone to Blame for Our Shitty Lives in America?
You don’t need to look any further than your Congress member
If you like conspiracy theories, you may believe that former President Joe Biden is the evil behind all our problems. And, for those on the other end of the political see-saw who think that conspiracy theorists are the ones behind our misery, you might believe that Donald Trump is the devil incarnate and at the root of all our country’s anxiety.
But if you fall into either of these categories, you’re wrong. The real culprits are in the United States Congress, and they’re led by a raving lunatic from Louisiana.
You know. The great State of Louisiana. The home of the Mardi Gras, po’boy sandwiches, Sazeracs, and New Orleans Jazz. What can be bad about that? I love New Orleans and have been there several times.
I’ll tell you what’s wrong. It’s home to Congressman Mike Johnson, who is Speaker of the House and whose responsibility it is to uphold the Constitution of the United States.
He’s doing a really shitty job, which is especially scary since as Speaker of the House, he ranks right there behind Vice President J.D. Vance in the line of succession to our almost 80-year-old president