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BumRushDaShow

(172,542 posts)
Mon May 25, 2026, 04:31 AM 9 hrs ago

Speaker Mike Johnson Optimistically Declares 'The Kitchen Table Issues Are Going To Determine The Midterms'

Source: MEDIAite

May 24th, 2026, 4:51 pm


Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) joined Fox & Friends hosts at the Indianapolis 500 Sunday, where the House Speaker found time to discuss some big issues affecting Americans as the country gears up for the midterm elections. Johnson said he was “very confident” that President Donald Trump will announce a peace deal with Iran very soon.

“This will allow 60 days to get the details done,” Johnson said, “and the number-one condition has been that Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon. We’ll take care of the nuclear dust. We’ll get the Strait of Hormuz reopened, which will be great for gas prices here and stability around the world. And that’s why all the regional allies there and all the regional countries are following U.S. leadership under President Trump.”

“Let’s talk politics here,” said host Rachel Campos-Duffy. “What does this mean for you and the midterms? Because I know this consumes your thoughts a lot.”. “Yeah, it’s a big thing,” Johnson said. “Obviously we’ve done a lot of work: The Big Beautiful Bill, the working families tax cut — all of the legislation has been geared towards the cost of living, affordability, bringing the cost of living down.”

Johnson continued, “We put in all those conditions in the economy to let it take off like a rocket, and we were doing that at the beginning of the first quarter, and then the Iran skirmish began. So, when this settles down, gas prices come back down to earth, that means your grocery prices come down again because of transport costs and all the rest. It’s going to be a big factor. The kitchen table issues are gonna decide the midterms.”

Read more: https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/speaker-mike-johnson-optimistically-declares-the-kitchen-table-issues-are-going-to-determine-the-midterms/



Mikie has done ZERO (including "kitchen table issues" ) except keeping the House out of session for most of the past year and slithering in and out of his swamp home.
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Speaker Mike Johnson Optimistically Declares 'The Kitchen Table Issues Are Going To Determine The Midterms' (Original Post) BumRushDaShow 9 hrs ago OP
Maybe hes just excited he wont have to be in charge anymore SSJVegeta 9 hrs ago #1
Republican cheating is going to determine the midterms. Chemical Bill 9 hrs ago #2
Republican's Will Have A Better Chance modrepub 8 hrs ago #3
politicians may not love a recession Hieronymus Phact 16 min ago #33
They have done so much work he can only list one bill they passed. SamuelAdams 8 hrs ago #4
He talks like an underperforming employee nuxvomica 4 hrs ago #13
So, depleting our ordnance supply on Iran.... SergeStorms 7 hrs ago #5
Child porno flicks Whip-poor-will 7 hrs ago #6
Prices for everything are high. It will take a while to come back down IronLionZion 5 hrs ago #7
And they will (try to) blame Biden & Democrats nt duhneece 1 hr ago #24
they are --- azureblue 5 hrs ago #8
He assumes "kitchen table issues" are boys playing in girl's sports. JohnnyRingo 5 hrs ago #9
"As we sit around the Kitchen table, our topics will be those ... chouchou 4 hrs ago #10
Oh no honey bunny. You have a lot of 'splaining to do... GreenWave 4 hrs ago #11
The house mouse says wut?? Karma13612 4 hrs ago #12
I like the House Mouse. Perfect for him. travelingthrulife 3 hrs ago #16
Thank you! Karma13612 1 min ago #35
"...then the Iran skirmish began." Pinback 4 hrs ago #14
after 50 years of neoliberal economics they still do not undersrand rampartd 3 hrs ago #15
you are too kind DBoon 1 hr ago #28
How can someone be so full of s&*it? All repubs are...these people cannot be more awful, its like they were all Escurumbele 3 hrs ago #17
Lying is like breathing. And they believe their lies. Onthefly 3 hrs ago #21
"Kitchen table issues" Dulcinea 3 hrs ago #18
Which begs the question, how many racists can you fit around the kitchen table. Baitball Blogger 3 hrs ago #19
Right for all the wrong reasons, Mike. paleotn 3 hrs ago #20
Republicans are horrid on "kitchen table issues" nakocal 3 hrs ago #22
Bootlicker Johnson is the second-worst Speaker in history Mysterian 2 hrs ago #23
Well you better pull your head out of Trump's ass Mike Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 1 hr ago #25
'The Kitchen Table Issues' - like Trump not caring about people's finances? Norrrm 1 hr ago #26
If I never hear the words "kitchen table" again mzmolly 1 hr ago #27
"Nuclear dust" Moses Mike is such a sniveling ass kisser for using trumps idiotic term for enriched uranium Blues Heron 1 hr ago #29
We can only hope not fooled 1 hr ago #30
Mike is what happens to people when they have had too many atomic wedgies when young. twodogsbarking 56 min ago #31
Whistling past the graveyard ShazzieB 29 min ago #32
Hey Mikey, homeless people don't even HAVE a kitchen table. Talitha 11 min ago #34

modrepub

(4,201 posts)
3. Republican's Will Have A Better Chance
Mon May 25, 2026, 05:55 AM
8 hrs ago

Of Trump insisting that gas prices are $2 a gallon, eggs are 30 cents a dozen, electric bills are $50 a month and a complete family healthcare plan can be had on the new Trump market for the low price o $29.99 per month than anything returning to “normal”.

Everyone knows prices go up like a rocket and fall like a feather in an updraft. The only thing that truly cuts prices is a recession and we all know how well politicians want that.

Hieronymus Phact

(756 posts)
33. politicians may not love a recession
Mon May 25, 2026, 02:11 PM
16 min ago

but the wealthy sure do. They buy up assets for pennies on the dollar, they have a good excuse to trim headcount, employees are more afraid than usual, interest rates get lowered, and "All the money comes back to it's rightful owners".

SergeStorms

(20,848 posts)
5. So, depleting our ordnance supply on Iran....
Mon May 25, 2026, 06:35 AM
7 hrs ago

and achieving absolutely nothing is now a "skirmish," right, Mr. Speaks-out-of-his-ass? What a freaking tool.

He's correct, though. When there's no food on that "kitchen table" it'll become quite an issue.

Whip-poor-will

(527 posts)
6. Child porno flicks
Mon May 25, 2026, 07:14 AM
7 hrs ago

Everything will change when the tapes escape, and escape they will one day to our shame.

Roll the rape tapes then we'll see how big trump is what the republican MO is rape

IronLionZion

(51,582 posts)
7. Prices for everything are high. It will take a while to come back down
Mon May 25, 2026, 08:43 AM
5 hrs ago

Plenty of oil infrastructure has been damaged in the war. It will take time to rebuild.

It'll be hard to blame this on immigrants or DEI but they'll try anyway.

JohnnyRingo

(21,010 posts)
9. He assumes "kitchen table issues" are boys playing in girl's sports.
Mon May 25, 2026, 08:59 AM
5 hrs ago

Or all this Medicaid fraud. "Honey, pass me the green beans, and did you hear about the NASDAQ outperforming the market today?"

chouchou

(3,332 posts)
10. "As we sit around the Kitchen table, our topics will be those ...
Mon May 25, 2026, 09:35 AM
4 hrs ago

...girly-men and manly-women are ruining sports"

GreenWave

(12,820 posts)
11. Oh no honey bunny. You have a lot of 'splaining to do...
Mon May 25, 2026, 09:48 AM
4 hrs ago

Sitting idly by while Trump destroyed America both within and abroad.
Sitting idly by while Musk and Doge ransacked our government, stealing our info.
Sitting idly by while Trump flunkies kept pushing the Epstein files away.

etc.

Karma13612

(5,023 posts)
12. The house mouse says wut??
Mon May 25, 2026, 09:54 AM
4 hrs ago

Of course those are going to be the issues! The very issues that Trump ran on and promised he would fix.

He didn’t and he won’t.

He has too many wars to fight and too much grievance left to address.

Karma13612

(5,023 posts)
35. Thank you!
Mon May 25, 2026, 02:27 PM
1 min ago

The graying hair was the icing on the cake.

He is Speaker of the House (Or should I say squeaker?)
He acts like a meek little Mouse
He has the whole graying hair thing-but that seems to change since he probably touches it up periodically, to go along with his make up.


Pinback

(13,667 posts)
14. "...then the Iran skirmish began."
Mon May 25, 2026, 10:16 AM
4 hrs ago

As I recall, that skirmish, or kerfuffle, if you will, “began” with unprovoked air strikes and missile launches by U.S. and Israeli military forces on Feb. 28, 2026, not by spontaneous combustion.

This phrasing reminds me of a quote attributed to Frank Sinatra after he assaulted somebody in a drunken fury: “He became punched.”

rampartd

(5,110 posts)
15. after 50 years of neoliberal economics they still do not undersrand
Mon May 25, 2026, 10:30 AM
3 hrs ago

that their economic model does not approximate current conditions.

"We put in all those conditions in the economy to let it take off like a rocket" johnson

no, you didn't. you gave your rich donors a Christmas list.

Escurumbele

(4,115 posts)
17. How can someone be so full of s&*it? All repubs are...these people cannot be more awful, its like they were all
Mon May 25, 2026, 10:46 AM
3 hrs ago

born with the same mental virus and never recovered!

When gas prices go up, everything goes up, and then when gas prices come down, nothing else comes down, we are stuck with high prices for everything. If he thinks the only issue is what is on the table, he is dilutional, he is detached.

Dulcinea

(10,330 posts)
18. "Kitchen table issues"
Mon May 25, 2026, 10:57 AM
3 hrs ago

The costs of gas, food, housing, health care, etc., are going to bury the Repubs in the fall. So I can't completely disagree with Tiny Johnson here.

paleotn

(22,790 posts)
20. Right for all the wrong reasons, Mike.
Mon May 25, 2026, 11:22 AM
3 hrs ago

Kitchen table issues are going to kill your party in Nov. Ain't nothing coming down by Fall. In fact, as the fallout from the Iran debacle peculates through the economy, they're going to go up even more.

What an f'ing moron he is.

nakocal

(628 posts)
22. Republicans are horrid on "kitchen table issues"
Mon May 25, 2026, 11:26 AM
3 hrs ago

The only thing that they do well is lie and control the media to repeat their lies.

Mysterian

(6,654 posts)
23. Bootlicker Johnson is the second-worst Speaker in history
Mon May 25, 2026, 11:55 AM
2 hrs ago

Convicted republican pedophile child molester Dennis Hastert takes the #1 spot.

Norrrm

(5,645 posts)
26. 'The Kitchen Table Issues' - like Trump not caring about people's finances?
Mon May 25, 2026, 12:50 PM
1 hr ago
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100221235062

Trump Says He Doesn't Care "Even a Little Bit" About People's Finances

Blues Heron

(9,050 posts)
29. "Nuclear dust" Moses Mike is such a sniveling ass kisser for using trumps idiotic term for enriched uranium
Mon May 25, 2026, 01:04 PM
1 hr ago

not fooled

(6,775 posts)
30. We can only hope
Mon May 25, 2026, 01:18 PM
1 hr ago

voters understand why prices have risen sharply under krasnov and vote accordingly.

twodogsbarking

(19,419 posts)
31. Mike is what happens to people when they have had too many atomic wedgies when young.
Mon May 25, 2026, 01:32 PM
56 min ago

What a joke.

ShazzieB

(22,917 posts)
32. Whistling past the graveyard
Mon May 25, 2026, 01:58 PM
29 min ago

This cartoon is a little old, but I think it applies here...

Talitha

(8,167 posts)
34. Hey Mikey, homeless people don't even HAVE a kitchen table.
Mon May 25, 2026, 02:16 PM
11 min ago

Think about that while you pat yourself on the back, ya' little twerp.

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