Watch: Reporter calls out Mike Johnson's effort to spin state of 'unleadable' GOP

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) did his best to put a happy spin on his party losing yet another special election on Tuesday, but Boston Globe Washington Bureau Chief Jackie Kucinich wasn't buying it.

Appearing on CNN Wednesday, Kucinich pushed back on Johnson's claims that it's actually Democrats who should be nervous about their eight-point victory in the congressional district previously held by disgraced former Rep. George Santos (R-NY).

"I mean, as for someone who said that he wasn't going to talk about... political talking points and political rhetoric, I heard a lot of political rhetoric and a lot of political talking points," she said of Johnson's post-election press conference.

Kucinich then pointed to the nonstop chaos within the GOP conference as a reason why Republicans keep getting beaten in special elections throughout the country.

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"The reason that Mike Johnson is even standing there as the speaker is because of Republican infighting," she said. "We've seen this throughout this entire Congress! They just can't seem to get out of their own way."

She then pointed to tensions in the party between the House and the Senate GOP when it comes to a bipartisan border package that would have also funded foreign aid to Israel, Taiwan, and Ukraine.

"Nothing else seems to be going right for Mike Johnson in terms of being able to lead this unleadable conference," she said.

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Fans of President Donald Trump's Make America Great Again movement came unglued on Sunday after a Democratic governor unveiled what they described as a "literal biblical curse" at a public event.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul spoke to a group of Muslim men at the Islamic Cultural Center in New York over the weekend. During the event, Hochul stood on stage wearing a hijab, a common way for people to honor Muslim customs and etiquette. The move caused a stir among the MAGA faithful, many of whom accused Hochul of siding with a foreign government.

Several of the MAGA faithful reacted to a video of the event that circulated on social media on Sunday.

"Regular reminder that being ruled by women and foreigners is literally a biblical curse," Auron MacIntyre, a columnist at The Blaze, posted on X.

"Governor Kathy Hochul is wearing a hijab yet again," Benny Johnson, a MAGA influencer, posted on X. "If suicidal empathy had a poster child, it would be her."

"New Yorkers: The number one reason you should (sic) Republican! Shameful! Pandering!" Leo Terrell, a senior counsel at the Department of Justice and a former Fox News contributor, posted on X.

"Good God. This is embarrassing," Gina Milan, a MAGA influencer, posted on X.


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During his speech at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Texas on Friday, President Donald Trump’s entire body twitched in a manner that one forensic psychologist argued was consistent with what’s known as a focal aware seizure or a partial seizure.

John Paul Garrison, a Georgia-based clinical and forensic psychologist, analyzed footage of Trump’s speech in a video published Saturday that he called “the most concerning footage” of the president he had analyzed yet.

“For the past few months, I have been showing various neurological concerns and some steep signs of decline from President Trump, but what we're going to start with today is extremely concerning,” Garrison said.

Captured during Trump’s remarks at a Congressional Space Medal of Honor presentation in Houston, Texas, the footage shows Trump boasting about the stock market's performance. While speaking, Trump briefly pauses mid-sentence as his body twitches.

“What you just observed was a distinct and concerning neurological event, and you got to watch it cross both hemispheres in his brain — I'll explain what I mean,” Garrison said, noting that his analysis was strictly his own opinion.

“You saw his right arm jerk, and then you saw him blink, you heard his voice hesitate, and then you saw his left arm jerk. You literally watched it travel across his brain. To be very clear, these were not simple muscle spasms; this is not something related to pain — you don't see any pain on his face. You actually watch it travel from one arm, to his eyes, to his voice, to his left arm.”

Garrison went on to allege that Trump may have suffered from a focal aware seizure, an epileptic event that tends to be “less severe than generalized seizures” and is usually brief.

“Now, what this is very consistent with is something that we see in people that have had strokes called a focal aware seizure or a focal motor seizure, and this can be focused in one part in the brain, and occasionally, it can spread to both parts of the brain,” Garrison said.

“I'm not insisting that's what's going on with him, but it is clearly something neurological, whether it's post-stroke or something else.”

A powerful voting bloc that helped President Donald Trump win the 2024 presidential election has turned on him ahead of a crucial midterm election, according to a new report.

Republicans now fear they'll lose Senate control as Arab American voters flock to Democratic candidate Abdul El-Sayed and abandon the Trump-endorsed candidate, former Michigan Rep. Mike Rogers (R), Politico reported Sunday.

“Once the administration got into the White House, everything we were told kind of flip-flopped,” said Hassan Nehme, who served as the Michigan Republican Party’s vice chair during the 2024 cycle.

“We lost all traction. Republicans are kind of dead in the water.”

Detroit-area Arab Americans are reportedly "fed up" with the ongoing war in Iran, the slow peace process in Gaza, and attacks on El-Sayed they perceive to be blatantly Islamophobic.

Rogers attacks El-Sayed for campaigning with Hasan Piker and circulates reports that seek to link El-Sayed’s father-in-law to the Muslim Brotherhood. Republicans call him by his full name, Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed.

“I most certainly will not support a candidate that is alienating and vilifying my community,” said Faye Nemer, who met with Trump in 2024. “I was fully prepared to support Mr. Rogers. … But after seeing the direction that he chose to proceed in, that’s given me a lot of pause.”

Imam Husham Al-Husainy, slated to offer a benediction at Trump's inauguration until pro-Israel conservatives lobbied against it, now backs El-Sayed.

Amer Ghalib, nominated by Trump to serve as ambassador to Kuwait, warned Republicans to be worried.

“[The GOP] should be more concerned about losing the long-term trust of the Arab American community than about losing the gains they made in 2024," Ghalib said.

“There is a tremendous work that needs to be done … to address people’s concerns and regain their trust."

Rogers’ campaign, when asked for comment, defended his platform.

“Mike Rogers welcomes all Michiganders, regardless of faith, socioeconomic status, or background, to our campaign to Get Michigan Working Again,” said spokesperson Alyssa Brouillet. “The same can’t be said about Abdul El-Sayed, who continues to fan the flames of antisemitism, sympathizes with the terrorist attacker who tried to mass murder 140 kids in a Michigan synagogue, and refuses to disavow Hasan Piker, who calls Jews ‘inbred.’”

El-Sayed campaign spokesperson Cole Wozniak responded to Politico's request for comment with scorn.

“Mike Rogers is resorting to cheap attacks to distract from his deep record as a corrupt career politician who has taken millions from Big Pharma,” Wozniak said in a statement.

“Michiganders see right through it, and they’re not going to let Mike Rogers distract from the fact he’s spent thirty years in Washington making himself and his billionaire donors richer while selling out working families.”

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