Picking A Winner, Part II

Josephine Harvey / HuffPost:
Joe Scarborough Delivers Blistering Takedown Of Mike Johnson's Gun Logic  —  “We have more mass shootings in America every year than we have days in the year,” the MSNBC host said.  —    MSNBC's Joe Scarborough slammed House Speaker Mike Johnson's (R-La.) “preposterous” …

Discussion:

Rebecca Morin / The Messenger:   Biden Adviser Slams House Speaker Johnson for Saying Gun Violence Is Due to Americans' Hearts

Tara Suter / The Hill:   Joe Scarborough weighs in on Speaker Johnson: ‘Trump has his guy’

Amanda Marcotte / Salon:   More mass shootings like the one in Maine? Supreme Court will soon consider unleashing the violence

Travis Gettys / Raw Story:   'They're going to steal this election': Morning Joe issues dark warning about Mike Johnson

Blaze Media:   The left is politically exploiting Maine mass shooting to push anti-gun agenda

Jamie Frevele / Mediaite:   Joe Scarborough Blasts Election Denier Mike Johnson As Trump's ‘Tool’: ‘Donald Trump Has His Guy’

Mallory Wilson / Washington Times:   Gavin Newsom takes swipe at Speaker Mike Johnson for mourning Maine mass shooting

Conover Kennard / Crooks and Liars:   Here Are All The Things Mike Johnson Blames For Mass Shootings

Evan Popp / Stateline:   Legislators vow action to address Maine's weak gun laws after Lewiston mass shooting

Sarah Jones / PoliticusUSA:   Mike Johnson Bungles Maine Mass Shooting Response and Veers Off ‘Defense of Sanctity of Human Life’

abc7NY:   Newly elected Speaker Johnson offers prayers for violence to end in response to Maine mass shooting

Digby / Digby's Hullabaloo:   Another Day, Another Mass Shooting

Scott Lemieux / Lawyers, Guns & Money:   Mike Johnson's magic formula for reducing mass shootings

Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:   New House Speaker Blamed School Shootings on Teaching Evolution and Abortion

RELATED:

Jennifer Haberkorn / Politico:
White House hits Johnson over claiming gun violence was a matter of the ‘heart’

Discussion:

Brett Samuels / The Hill:   White House slams Speaker Johnson's ‘offensive accusation’ that the ‘human heart’ is to blame for mass shootings

Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling / New Republic:   Mike Johnson: Guns Don't Kill People, Hearts Kill People

Sara Dorn / Forbes:   Biden Administration: ‘Offensive’ For Speaker Johnson To Blame Gun Violence On ‘The Human Heart’

Walter Einenkel / Daily Kos:   Biden administration calls BS on new House speaker's weak gun statement—twice

Michael Macagnone / Roll Call:   After mass shooting, new speaker calls for prayer that ‘senseless violence can stop’

NBC News:   What we know about Biden and Johnson's working relationship

Jeff Mordock / Washington Times:   New House Speaker Johnson meets Biden at White House

Jenny Leonard / Bloomberg:   New House Speaker Meets Biden to Discuss Funding Requests

Rebecca Morin / The Messenger:   New House Speaker Mike Johnson Attends White House Briefing on Ukraine, Israel Aid

Greg Sargent / Washington Post:

Mike Johnson's conspiracy theories about ‘illegals’ mark a new GOP low  —  Rep. Mike Johnson, the newly elected House speaker, has repeatedly flirted with what's known as the “great replacement theory,” the idea that Democrats are scheming to supplant American voters with immigrants.

Discussion:

Arjun Singh / BizPac Review:   DeSantis slams Biden for charging Americans evacuees from Israel while paying to fly illegal immigrants

America's Voice:   “Mike Johnson's Conspiracy Theories About ‘Illegals’ Mark a New GOP Low” - Spotlight on New Speaker's Embrace of “Replacement” Theory

Maria Cardona / The Hill:   Is Trump now the ‘Shadow Speaker’ of the House?

Alex Shephard / New Republic:   Establishment Republicans Are Reviving the Myth of Mitt Romney's Martyrdom

Irin Carmon / New York Magazine:   Before Mike Johnson Was Speaker, He Was Blaming Abortion for School Shootings

I dunno, sounds like "Original Sin" bullshit to this reporter, whose heart is black & lips are cold.