Preemptively defending himself against accusations of, yet again, turning a blind eye to an inconvenient news item, Johnson told reporters, “You guys can mock me for not knowing that. I worked about 22 hours the last few days, and I did not get the briefing on that. I will this morning.”
Poor overworked Mike Johnson. Maybe the House of Representatives has a part-time role he can transition to.
I hear "Former Representative" pays pretty well.
19 Comments
newthrowaway20@lemmy.world · 86 pts · 73d
Ok few things..
He talks about working 22 hours over a few days like that's a lot. I'm betting you and I have worked 24 hours over the last 3 days and none of us are bitching about the time we put in. And we don't get vacations half the year.
and if you worked less than 3 days and put on this many hours and you're still this uninformed about things relevant to your job. Then you're not working, you're wasting time.
Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 33 pts · 73d
Somehow I misread it as 22 hours straight, which seemed plausible for a high level government employee if they had some fire to put out. But 22 hours over the last few DAYS?? Nurses put in more time than that in two days! EMTs often work more time in ONE day! The level of wealthy disconnect needed to offer that as an excuse, holy shit.
E: reading it again, maybe he meant he worked 22 hours each day for several days? If he did that’s a weird way to phrase it, but if he did his brain is probably fried so that’s explainable. But I don’t believe without evidence that he would work that long for multiple days.
CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 73d
LOL, I don't believe this guy works 8 hours, never mind 22 hours in one day.
gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 73d
Jhex@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 73d
Correct... the standard English interpretation is that a "couple" is 2 and a "few" is 3... 3 days at 8 hours per day should give you 24 hours of work, so he was working less than anyone with a normal full time job...
DanceMomsSavedMe@lemmy.zip · 14 pts · 73d
Yupp I thought this immediately. "A few days, to work 22 hours"
Its hilarious because this highlights how out of touch they are with normal people. I bet he got to work all those hours in AC as well.
artyom@piefed.social · 7 pts · 73d
Imagine working a 22 hour day and never getting briefed on the fact that another one of your nazis cut someone down in the street, and using it as a defense.
KnitWit@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 73d
Last few days, so less than a typical workload for most americans. And still complaining about being overworked.
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today · 4 pts · 72d
No, he said 22 hours over the "last few days." That's at least 3 days, which is slightly more than 7 hours per day. And if it means 4 days, it's a part-time job. Hes not exactly killing it out there, and the results show it.
When will his AI assessment be ready? Because I think I can predict that it will indicate that he can be replaced easily.
Skyrmir@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 73d
All those hours, and hasn't accomplished a damn thing, while not being informed about anything. Is he jerking off the rest of congress one at a time?
SarcasticMan@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 72d
Oh no! He worked a whole 22 hours in a few days? Since a few is 3 or more he worked 7 hours a day? Bless his heart, I hope he gets some rest soon, pobrecito he must be so tired.
stringere@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 72d
Laste few days? So more than one or two, 3 minimum. So the very most he worked was an average 7.33 hours each day.
Bitch can't even work full time and he's whinging about it.
Etterra@discuss.online · 3 pts · 72d
Funny how he never seems to know about bad things that have recently happened, but only when they make the Republicans look bad.
CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 73d
Little Mikey Johnson's default setting seems to be always on passive aggressive.
Pacattack57@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 72d
He wants us to feel bad he worked 7.33 per day? Mf you owe us 40 minutes. Maybe if you would have worked that extra 40 minutes you would have gotten the briefing.
lightnsfw@reddthat.com · 2 pts · 72d
He's such a little bitch.
IAmYouButYouDontKnowYet@reddthat.com · -6 pts · 73d
Remember the left and the right hand are still attached to the same devil.
If people are serious about authentic change it's not coming from the beast that built it's existence on a rotted cancerous foundation.
Will people ever sacrifice there ill-gotten privileges for the betterment of the human species? We have our 'culture' to blame not just rich people and politicians.
We are dealing with a "culture" attempting to conquer the human species and we are so far gone from reality that we actually believe we aren't the ones they are conquering.
Detox from the culture and witness it. We are manipulated constantly and it's pretty obvious that the datacenters are being built for modernizing surveillance and policing that no person would ever outright agree to. The boost in ICE funding and racial drama is a way to advance and speed the process up. It's emotional manipulation being used to give reason to initiate the transition to modern policing and surveillance.
The events happening are like mob hits used to stoke fear and flames to further the mission. Division is happening on purpose and people are emotionally driven to chose the two arms of the same devil thats causing the issues instead of truly living for honest genuine authentic humanity.
The trust people have for this culture is insane.
Social unrest is a tool. Keep your emotions in check and don't rush decisions.
This a chess game and when they toy with our emotions that's their move and we are the chess piece that's getting moved that will, in the end, further their agenda. So rebalance and don't be the pawn in their game. This is important to understand especially during these times that people want to protest and fight back... Remember the emotions are how they make their moves, even if you feel like you are fighting back it is being used as a game play by them.
So watch your emotions and learn how "The Game" works. From the ice agents to the hippies we are all abused by them and are simply pawns in their global human conquest. Steel sharpens steel and both sides die so we need to learn how to connect to other abused people in a civilized manner.
chloroken@lemmy.ml · 13 pts · 73d
So many words to say absolutely nothing.
Capitalism, folks. The issue is capitalism. Study socialism and history.
IAmYouButYouDontKnowYet@reddthat.com · -1 pts · 72d
You sound like a shitty person to know.
chloroken@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 72d
And you sound like a dumb fuck who equivocates fascists with working-class people.