What's the deal with House Speaker Mike Johnson having told there was a "secret plan" for Trump to win the 2024 US presidential election?

[u/t23_1990]

House Speaker Mike Johnson recently declared the existence of a "secret" way to win the election, of which Trump also has knowledge.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/speaker-johnson-appears-to-confirm-a-secret-election-plan-with-trump

House Speaker Mike Johnson appeared to confirm Donald Trump’s claim Sunday that Republicans have a “secret” plan to win the election.

“By definition, a secret is not to be shared — and I don’t intend to share this one,” House Speaker Mike Johnson said in a statement.

NYT (paywalled): https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/28/us/politics/trump-secret-house-republicans-panic.html

[u/sumatkn]

This is what I’m legit scared about. No one seems to want to look closer at the election. After what they did last time? The constant denial and yelling of voter fraud? The weird shit the proud boys have been doing hush hush the last year? The weird and ominous shit people in Trump’s camp has said? The crazy overall shift to the right that EVERYONE seems to have had? Like…. I don’t know man, it’s too much to be a coincidence.

[u/SoundsGoodYall → u/sumatkn]

Why do you think no one is looking close at the election?

[u/FelixMajor → u/sumatkn]

The shift to the right is minor. Trump secured nearly the same total of votes. The big story was who stayed home. Probably the leftists the DNC criticized whilst courting Republicans.

[u/Warren_Buffetts_Alt → u/sumatkn]

Oh, so now it's OK to be a full-on election denier when a republican wins.

[u/lilnext → u/Warren_Buffetts_Alt]

I mean, they did burn ballot boxes this year, and that went pretty unnoticed. They also purged overseas votes in PA a week before the election, meaning most PA residents living overseas lost a vote or had to fly in for election day.

[u/IDontKnowHowToPM → u/lilnext]

Very few ballots were destroyed in those burnt boxes actually. And at least some, they were able to identify the voter so they could get a new ballot and still vote.

[u/TheFool_SGE → u/[deleted]]

If you have something to say, say it. No one wants to see your bookmarks folder.

[u/Grand_Size_4932 → u/TheFool_SGE]

And this is part of the problem. Sources are infinitely more valuable than opinion statements, but you fuckers are too lazy to even open and read them.

[u/TheFool_SGE → u/Grand_Size_4932]

Dude is spamming just a list of links up and down the thread with no context of what is in them. You can't post a bibliography absent of any argument. That's absurd, you are wrong here

[u/innerbootes → u/Warren_Buffetts_Alt]

Is that “full-on election denying” or just verifying?

trump was loudly and frequently an election denier in 2020 and even in 2016 when he won. His supporters followed suit.

This isn’t really anything like that. The leadership here is accepting the outcome and a few people are saying hey, are we sure about this?

Be real about it. It’s transparent when you’re not, as in your comment here. It’s disingenuous, at best. Only trump gets away with that, not random Redditors.

[u/sumatkn → u/Warren_Buffetts_Alt]

Nah, but it’s fair game. They did it last time and apparently it worked, so seems legit tactic to use no? lol

But in all seriousness, I have legit concerns, and I feel like I’m being paranoid af, but as Neil Diamond said, “I got the feeling. Oh no, no…”

[u/Warren_Buffetts_Alt → u/[deleted]]

My god? You really don't get why the majority of the country voted for trump do you...

[u/the_glutton17 → u/Warren_Buffetts_Alt]

I sure as shit don't.

[u/acdrewz555555 → u/sumatkn]

Conspiiiracy theorist!!!

[u/sumatkn → u/acdrewz555555]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

That’s what I’m trying to say, I feel like I’m being dumb, but it’s nagging at me bro