HOT TAKES: House Speaker Mike Johnson Is the Star of the SOTU Address As His Facial Reactions Go Viral

As we’ve been reporting, President Joe Biden delivered a vitriolic State of the Union speech Thursday night where he attacked his opponents, took no responsibility for any of the many problems occurring under his regime—like the border crisis—or made any attempts to foster unity or reach out in a bipartisan manner.

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RedState liveblogged the address, and although we were mostly disgusted by the speech, we did manage to have a little fun watching House Speaker Mike Johnson’s facial reactions to the president’s bile. Unlike classless former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi – who ripped up then-President Donald Trump’s speech in 2020, Johnson didn’t disrupt the proceedings or do anything outlandish, but his subtle eye rolls and head shakes were hard to miss.

The internet noticed:

Mike Johnson shook his head and rolled his eyes throughout Joe Biden's State of the Union speech. pic.twitter.com/djBajwIJEA

— Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) March 8, 2024

I love this dubious look from the House Speaker as Biden prattled on:

We are all Mike Johnson pic.twitter.com/rZPMvg6h7f

— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) March 8, 2024

Although Johnson’s reactions were cause for some amusement to Republican viewers, the speech itself was anything but funny as Biden continued on his quest to change America into something unrecognizable. Johnson noted afterward that Biden took no accountability for the border crisis he purposely created:

Mike Johnson says Biden is "desperate":

"He's the most unpopular president who has ever run for re-election. I think it was 41 minutes into his speech before the commander-in-chief even made any reference to the border." pic.twitter.com/3e5byXKvnV

— Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) March 8, 2024

Also not funny: Johnson had to sit through some truly awful rhetoric, and he couldn’t hide his disdain:

If you ever doubted Speaker Mike Johnson is a Christian man, imagine the Spirit-controlled temperament it takes to sit through this #SOTU and react with nothing more caustic than this. pic.twitter.com/Nt8wyYE3it

— Rev. Ben Johnson (@TheRightsWriter) March 8, 2024

One commenter was reminded of actor Robert Downey Jr.:

Mike Johnson in the background all night 😂 #StateOfTheUnion pic.twitter.com/tsHzIvQHgI

— Kevin Price (@KevinPrice03) March 8, 2024

Liberals of course are mocking and criticizing the Louisiana congressman for his subtle reactions, but let’s be real—it was nothing compared to Pelosi’s repellant shenanigans. We should actually applaud him for keeping it together through the noxious speech—I myself was extremely close to smashing my television with a hammer.

It’s got to be tough sitting behind a senile president, knowing the camera is on you the entire time, and listening to him scream at the audience and belittle and threaten the Supreme Court of the United States. If a few eye-rolls are his only pushback, then I think we should be impressed by his restraint.