Speaker Mike Johnson was requested quite a few occasions on CBS’s Face The Nation to say that Biden received the 2020 election and he wouldn’t.
Speaker Mike Johnson Gained’t Say Biden Gained In 2020
Transcript through Face The Nation:
MARGARET BRENNAN: Again in 2021, you had been the lawmaker who circulated the – – the authorized temporary referred to as the Texas amicus temporary difficult the 2020 election consequence in plenty of states, which, by CBS editorial requirements, makes you an election denier. So…
REPRESENTATIVE MIKE JOHNSON: That’s nonsense. I’m not an election…
(CROSSTALK)
MARGARET BRENNAN: Properly, that’s – can I get you on the report on that?
REPRESENTATIVE MIKE JOHNSON: I’ve all the time been constant on the report. Did you learn the temporary? Did you get an opportunity to learn what we filed with the Supreme Courtroom?
MARGARET BRENNAN: Properly, I’ve learn extensively some criticisms of that, however…
REPRESENTATIVE MIKE JOHNSON: You learn commentary in regards to the temporary, however not what we submitted to the courtroom, proper?
MARGARET BRENNAN: However do you acknowledge that President Biden received the 2020 election? Are you able to simply put that apart as a problem?
REPRESENTATIVE MIKE JOHNSON: President Biden was licensed because the winner of the election. He took the oath of workplace. He’s been the president for 3 years.
What I – the argument that we introduced to the courtroom, which is our solely avenue to take action, was that the Structure was clearly violated within the 2020 election. It’s Article 2, Part 1, and anybody can Google it and skim it for themselves.
MARGARET BRENNAN: Mm-hmm.
REPRESENTATIVE MIKE JOHNSON: The – the system by which you select electors to elect the president of the US should be carried out by the person states, and the system should be ratified with the state legislatures.
That’s language, plain language, out of the Structure.
MARGARET BRENNAN: So you continue to have points with the validity of the 2020 election?
REPRESENTATIVE MIKE JOHNSON: The Structure was violated within the run-up to the 2020 election, not – not all the time in dangerous religion, however in – however within the aftermath of COVID, many states modified their election legal guidelines in ways in which violated that plain language.
That’s only a reality. We introduced that argument and that – that – these info to the courtroom. And – and it was by no means instantly addressed due to the Texas litigation. However that was the one car we needed to current that subject squarely to the courtroom.
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The Speaker Of The Home Is An Election Denier
Speaker Mike Johnson is an election denier. Earlier than anybody worries about what this implies for the 2024 election, you will need to know that the 119th Congress might be sworn in on January 3, 2025. The certification of the 2024 presidential election will occur on January 6, 2025, so except Republicans maintain their Home majority, it is going to be new Speaker Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) who might be overseeing the certification of the election.
Mike Johnson’s refusal to say that Biden received the 2020 election was a part of the persevering with Republican try to delegitimize democracy in the US. Johnson isn’t simply one other Republican who refuses to acknowledge actuality. He’s additionally the highest-ranking Republican within the line of presidential succession.
Having an individual who doesn’t assist democracy this near the presidency presents a hazard to the US.
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Jason is the managing editor. He’s additionally a White Home Press Pool and a Congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a Bachelor’s Diploma in Political Science. His graduate work targeted on public coverage, with a specialization in social reform actions.
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