All posts tagged "Benny Johnson"

A Wall Street Journal social media video sparked a MAGA meltdown after it asked why young men are leaving the workforce.

A video by Mary Julia Koch, the Wall Street Journal's associate editor of its Free Expression newsletter, highlighted how women hold more payrolled jobs than men. Koch cited how male-dominated industries like manufacturing and construction have switched to automation and offshoring and noted that more men are staying at home.

"But we can fix this," Koch suggested. "We can encourage more men to enter education, health care, and administration, just as women were encouraged to pursue careers in STEM."...

MAGA outcast and former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene picked a fight with a right-wing influencer after accusing him of being "paid to spew propaganda" against a Trump foe.

Right-wing podcaster Benny Johnson is catching major flak after accusing MTG of fleeing the U.S. to live in a $5 million house in Costa Rica and then pushing the story that Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) was emotionally abusive with a woman he tried to bribe with hush money, which commentators are pointing out is unsubstantiated.

MTG wrote on X that Johnson, "who I thought was a friend, couldn't even give me the courtesy of asking me if any of these lies were true. TMZ and the Daily Mail actually reached out, but not Benny." ...

MAGA adherents, including those in the White House, had a full-blown meltdown over a CNN report on an app called ICEBlock that tracks the activity of Department of Homeland Security officers targeting undocumented migrants for deportation.

CNN's Clare Duffy reported Monday that the tech developer "wants it to be an early-warning system about the location of Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers. He says he does not want people interfering with those officers' activity, but he does want people to avoid them altogether, if they want."

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt learned about the report at Monday's press briefing...

Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) was forced to admit Friday on "The Benny Show" that he had little evidence to support a right-wing theory that the Chinese government conspired to interfere in the 2020 election — and then blamed Joe Biden for a cover-up.

To introduce the topic, MAGA podcaster Benny Johnson said Congress had "credible whistleblowers" showing the Chinese government was trying to "put fake IDs into the system here, in this country in order to rig the mail-in balloting process, which makes a ton of sense to us knowing how loose those systems and securities were."

He continued, "The border patrol were able to nab 20,000 fake ballots that were printed for Chinese nationals trying to smuggle across our border...and now we have Chinese students voting illegally in the 2024 election — they're being charged. So, this really does stand to reason — can you explain, like, the evidence that you have right now for this scheme?"...

MAGA attorney Mike Davis posted insults and threats on social media against New York Attorney General Letitia James after news broke Thursday that the Department of Justice had launched a criminal probe into alleged mortgage fraud.

Federal Housing Finance Agency director William Pulte sent a letter last month to the DOJ requesting the investigation, alleging that James may have “falsified bank documents and property records to acquire government backed assistance and loans and more favorable loan terms.”

James came to the attention of MAGA world when she successfully prosecuted Donald Trump for fraud and won a $454 million judgment against him and his real estate company. ...

Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) was taken down a peg over his promotion of a long-debunked 9/11 conspiracy theory that he espoused on a far-right podcast Wednesday.

Johnson appeared on The Benny Show to discuss his desire for hearings on 9/11, specifically the destruction of Building Seven, which collapsed hours after terrorists flew jumbo jets into the Twin Towers. Johnson promoted the theory that the attack itself didn't cause Building Seven to collapse.

"There are a host of questions that I want, and I will be asking, quite honestly, now that my eyes have been opened up," Johnson told The Benny Show's podcast. ...