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Get to know Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.), the GOP's latest speaker nominee.
He voted to overturn the 2020 presidential election by fueling a lie about widespread voter fraud that led to an insurrection at the Capitol building.
He voted to overturn the 2020 presidential election by fueling a lie about widespread voter fraud that led to an insurrection at the Capitol building.
Johnson also signed onto a Texas amicus brief in support of throwing out votes in swing states.
https://twitter.com/RepMikeJohnson/status/1336516362005581825
He earned an "F" on the Republican Accountability Project's democracy score. 
Here is Mike Johnson on the morning of Jan. 6, 2021, just hours before Trump supporters stormed the Capitol to try to kill lawmakers and prevent the election results from being certified because they believed Trump's Big Lie about widespread voter fraud.
Interesting that Mike Johnson touts in his Twitter bio that he is a constitutional law attorney given his record of trying to shred the Constitution.
From the NYT, Oct. 23, 2022:
"In formal statements justifying their votes, about three-quarters relied on the arguments of a low-profile Louisiana congressman, Representative Mike Johnson, the most important architect of the Electoral College objections." nytimes.com/2022/10/03/us/…
"In formal statements justifying their votes, about three-quarters relied on the arguments of a low-profile Louisiana congressman, Representative Mike Johnson, the most important architect of the Electoral College objections." nytimes.com/2022/10/03/us/…
If Mike Johnson is elected speaker -- and that is a big if, as we all know by now -- that means the so-called "most important architect of the Electoral College objections" will oversee the certification of the 2024 presidential election results.
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(Johnson would have to remain speaker in Jan. 2025, meaning the GOP would have to hold the House after the 2024 election.)
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