Meet the RINOs: Speaker Johnson’s Deep State Defense – A Masterclass in Saying Nothing
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) faced fire from Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) this week, who accused Republican leadership of shielding the deep state by blocking her provision from the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). Stefanik's push? A simple requirement for the Director of National Intelligence to notify Congress of any U.S. person identified as a "threat to national security" under FISA Section 702. Johnson's response? A 2-minute word salad that says everything and nothing. "All of that is false," he insists, before launching into a lecture on "regular order" – you know, the bureaucratic black hole where good ideas go…