Republican Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, in his first remarks after being elected Wednesday afternoon, told Members of Congress that “Scripture” and “the Bible” are clear that they have been “ordained” by God.

  • OrangeJoeEnglish
    94·
    11 months ago

    Come on, you know nobody is assuming the president is “in line” for the presidency. They are just counting from the president at 1 and using the term in line. The speaker is the third person to be president after the president and vice president.

    • dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      72·
      11 months ago

      But that’s still not what the phrase “1st in line” means. Despite everyone’s misunderstanding.

      Prince William is 1st in line for the Throne.

      • OrangeJoeEnglish
        11·
        11 months ago

        Yes people are using the phrase wrong, not assuming the president is “in line” too. It’s pretty obvious what they mean.

    • FraylorEnglish
      1·
      11 months ago

      I’m sure logically it makes sense in the heads of most people, but I see this repeated so often in the last 24 hours since assbag was picked for speaker I felt it could use clarification.