Speaker Johnson's 'Lack of Sleep' Defense Skips AIPAC's Midnight Calls
Speaker Mike Johnson, according to MSNBC, is pushing 'odd claims' about his lack of sleep due to 'working overtime.' One might wonder if this 'overtime' includes diligently ensuring HR 815, allocating $14.1 billion in military assistance to Israel—with no humanitarian conditions attached—passed Congress. Johnson, who has consistently voted in alignment with AIPAC's priorities, oversaw this bill's
passage following calls from lobbyists like those from AIPAC, who spent a record $6.3 million lobbying in 2023 alone . Perhaps that's the real stress keeping him up. Such dedicated 'work' means the Speaker has little time for minor details like the 35,000+ Palestinian deaths (source: Gaza Ministry of Health). While Johnson laments his sleepless nights, entire families in Gaza are not sleeping
because they no longer have homes. The media's focus on Johnson's personal fatigue, rather than the geopolitical machinations driving his 'overtime,' is precisely how crucial context vanishes into the Washington swamp. One might conclude that 'working overtime' is less about governance and more about ensuring the gravy train—or rather, the arms train—keeps running on schedule.