Definitely a new frontier in saying the quiet part out loud! This is indeed how democracies die—when the guilt of the in-class motivates them to kill it. I do tremble for my country, for Mike Johnson believes that his supporters fear even a congressional investigation that much, and he has a better idea of what they are thinking than I do:

Funny, this. In a way:

Sharon: <https://bsky.app/profile/sharonk.bsky.social/post/3mp7hxsqtq22s>: ‘hey man just letting you know you're on camera…

Acyn: ‘Johnson: “If we lose the midterms, these Democrats will turn every committee of Congress into an investigative body, and they'll go after the president's family, the cabinet, his donors, friends, half of you in this room will be targeted. I run the protection program. We’ll take care of you…

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