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mr. johnson. mr. kaine. mr. kelly. mr. kennedy. mr. king. ms. klobuchar. mr. lankford. mr. lee. mr. lujan. ms. lummis. mr. manchin. mr. markey. mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. mr. menendez. mr. merkley. mr. moran. mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. the clerk: mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters. mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch. mr. romney. ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. rubio. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. ms. sinema. ms. smith. ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative, barrasso, blackburn, coons, daines, fetterman, fisher, gillibrand, hassan, heinrich, hide smith, manchin, markey, mcconnell, ossoff, paul, rosen, shaheen, tester, welch, wicker. no senator voted in the negative. mr. braun, aye. mr. scott of florida, aye. mr. rubio, aye. mr. casey, aye. the clerk: mr. carpe

mrs. johnson after a full day of meetings with government officials. they attended a reception in their honor at the white house. the president expanded on the theme of youth's responsibilities to the nation. at a gathering of delegates to the national rural patrick cooperative associations youth conference you have your obligation to your parents to your teachers to your principles but you also have a very strong compelling obligation to your country. if we are going to survive as a free nation if we're going to have the liberty and independence in the freedom that we want if we're going to have the opportunity. the prosperity the jobs and the housing and the beautification all the things that we like and that we want we're going to have to have first. qualified leaders and you can't find better talent to work on. than you young people who come from rural? this month the president followed through on a promise. he made to the nation's young people. in june, he sent to congress a message asking that the vote to 18 year olds. as part of her beautificati

mrs. johnson after a full day of meetings with government officials. they attended a reception in their honor at the white house. the president expanded on the theme of youth's responsibilities to the nation. at a gathering of delegates to the national rural patrick cooperative associations youth conference you have your obligation to your parents to your teachers to your principles but you also have a very strong compelling obligation to your country. if we are going to survive as a free nation if we're going to have the liberty and independence in the freedom that we want if we're going to have the opportunity. the prosperity the jobs and the housing and the beautification all the things that we like and that we want we're going to have to have first. qualified leaders and you can't find better talent to work on. than you young people who come from rural? this month the president followed through on a promise. he made to the nation's young people. in june, he sent to congress a message asking that the vote to 18 year olds. as part of her beautificati

johnson. in the very nick of time mr. mast, tell us about the mike johnson victory today. than mccarthy did eight months ago, nine months ago. >> number one, thank god. i will just say that. larry: yes. >> mike johnson he is a classmate of mine. we came into congress at the same time, and listen he is a strong christian number one. i think people heard that mentioned about him to his core. he is a constitutionalist, to his core, well-studied being takes his work very seriously, great messenger. larry: out there constantly on the floor of the house for hours speaking whatever the issues of the day are. he is entrenched in it, cares about it and he brings a good heart to this. larry: seems like mr. johnson has the knack or an ability to stay with husband conservative constitutionalist principles as you just noted but not to alienate people. he says it in a way that people understand. they may not agree but he is very respectful about it. i think that will serve, that style, brian mast, will serve him well. >> i think you very much pinpointed what he is to his core. he is res

mr. johnson: thank you sir. mr. rogers: when our founding fathers chose a new bold and innovative new self rule of governing, it met by deep skepticism by the world's monarchs. they said self rule is only a dream. and founders said, you're right. it's the american dream. mr. johnson: amen. mr. rogers: now it's our dream. we're in charge. the speakership of the united states house of representatives is the crucial outpost for the well-being of the people, the keeper, if you will, of the dream. sir, if you wish to assume this awesome responsibility please raise your right hand. do you solemnly swear that you will support and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies, foreign and domestic, that you will bear true faith and allegiance to the same, that you take this obligation freely without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion and that you will well and faithfully discharge of the duties on the office of which you are about to enter. some help you god. mr. johnson: i do, s

mrs. johnson paid their last respects to the junior senator from new york at the place where he was laid to rest forever. ♪ ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ here out of this >> out of this tragic thing, the president became even more determined than ever to turn heartbreak into constructive action. the day of the senator's death, president johnson sent letters to the speaker of the house, which urgently implored congress to enact a meaningful and effective gun control law. >> what in the name of conscience would it take to pass a truly effective gun control law? this hour of tragedy, that question should, at last, be answered. lead us, now, spell out our grief in constructive action. >> during the month of june, as he had done throughout the entire period of his comments it, president has continued to urge members of congress to stop the senseless criminal violence resulting from easy access to guns. on june 10th, the president convened the national commission on the causes and prevention of violence. gathered in the east room, the special panel, which became known as the eisenhower commission after determine ei

mr. johnson won in the first bought of voting on house floor, he gave a really well delivered speech. touches of humor included, fascinating for me, music to my ears. speaker johnson quoted scripture. the declaration of independence, ronald reagan and free markets, it does not get any better. now get a pencil, get a little index card to take notes. >> what is our creed? we hold these truths to be self evident. all men are created equal not born equal, created equal. they the same inalienable rights, life, liberty the pursuit of happiness that is the creed that has animated our nation since the founding and made us the great nation that we are. larry: how about that a little index card. you could take notes. mr. johnson talked about our national motto, in dpo god we trust. how is that a huge contrast with marxism or communism and their premise that there is no god, and gk chester to know who said that american is only nation in the world that is founded on creed based on god. i love, that mike johnson reminded us of ronald reagan who in his farewell speech to paraphrase "the gipper" sai

mr. johnson to give him the news his wife would have to be moved.ut for days he heard nothing more until today he and his sons went to the cemetery to watch as a new grave site was prepared. his wife's casket disinterred and reburied >> i felt really, really horrible for the family. >> reporter: while mr. johnson is satisfied that the new soite sets aside room for him and his sister they are contacting an attorney we're told we've been working with the families privately to come to a resolution, and we offer our apology for any disturbance this has caused the families she would not say whether either family would receive compensation >> our thanks to julie carrie for that report. >>> still to come, could a possible beer shortage be in our future >>> and it's a bear-y special week i'm feeling better. all in one and done with new mucinex kickstart. headache? better now. new mucinex kickstart gives all-in-one and done relief with a morning jolt of instant cooling sensation. it's comeback season. it ain't my dad's razor, dad. ay watch it! it's from gill

mr. johnson will understand it, then mr. johnson himself will understand it. and then.d we can safely go to washington with these messages and talk to the establishment there. i believe that ukraine should coordinate its own actions with israel and with taiwan, which should also become recipients of american aid. it is clear that it is quite difficult to coordinate with the israeli lobby, because it is very powerful, well, we, you know, ukrainian capabilities look compared to israel's capabilities. and taiwan is also in lobbying, like a lizard next to a dinosaur, but we have to make unusual and unusual alliances, if we want to achieve something from our partners, just relatively speaking, talking about the fact that ukraine protects the western world from the russian invasion, it not always effectively, because not everyone in the western world believes in this thesis and not everyone will believe in it. ugh, if we are actually talking about a certain , stable horizon of support from the usa, within the framework of all the political campaigns that will take place there

mr. johnson: thank you sir. mr. rogers: when our founding fathers chose a new bold and innovative new self rule of governing, it met by deep skepticism by the world's monarchs. they said self rule is only a dream. and founders said, you're right. it's the american dream. mr. johnson: amen. mr. rogers: now it's our dream. we're in charge. the speakership of the united states house of representatives is the crucial outpost for the well-being of the people, the keeper, if you will, of the dream. sir, if you wish to assume this awesome responsibility please raise your right hand. do you solemnly swear that you will support and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies, foreign and domestic, that you will bear true faith and allegiance to the same, that you take this obligation freely without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion and that you will well and faithfully discharge of the duties on the office of which you are about to enter. some help you god. mr. johnson: i do, so help me god. m

mr. johnson went back to work. he kept using the roundup. he got sicker and sicker, and developed nonhodgkin's lymphoma, and bobby and his law firm sued monsanto and proved that monsanto did indeed see these messages. they saw what mr. johnson had said and how he had reached out, and they didn't respond because they were making too much money. so bobby has stood up for the little guy, for the average person who is just trying to make a living. he's been doing that all his life. they won the monsanto suit which of course -- yeah. and then that of course opened up to other suits because roundup is killing people. so one thing i know about bobby is if he hears that can't be done or you can't do it, it only sparks a fire in him and it makes him fight harder. so i'm here to tell you that bobby is ready to fight for you guys. are you ready for him to fight for you? ok. one more time. i just want to hear it one more time. are you really ready for bobby kennedy? [cheers and applause] >> ok. ok. all right. listen, i know you didn't come here to hear

mr. johnson, no. the clerk: mr. scott of florida, no. the clerk: mr. thune, no. the clerk: mr.lin, no. mrs. shaheen, aye. mr. hirono, aye. the clerk: mr. risch, no. mr. peters, aye. the clerk: mrs. fischer, no. ms. cantwell, aye. the clerk: mr. murphy, aye. mr. graham, aye. mr. merkley, aye. the clerk: ms. warren, aye. the clerk: mr. lankford, no. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. mr. durbin, aye. the clerk: mr. cotton, no. mr. ossoff, aye. the clerk: mrs. britt, no. mr. coons, aye. mr. crapo, no. the clerk: mr. marshall, no. mr. wicker, no. the clerk: mr. wyden, aye. ms. collins, aye. the clerk: ms. smith, aye. mr. tester, aye. mr. rubio, no. mr. menendez, aye. mrs. capito, no. mr. cramer, no. ms. klobuchar, aye. mr. kelly, aye. the clerk: mr. budd, no. mr. mcconnell, no. mr. sanders, aye. the clerk: mr. welch, aye. the clerk: mr. moran, no. kathleen holland vote: the clerk: mr. king, aye. the clerk: mr. schatz, aye. mr. grassley, no. the clerk: mr. ricketts, no. mr. barrasso, no. the clerk: mr. cornyn, no. the clerk: ms. stabenow, aye. the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, aye. the clerk

mr. johnson, no. the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye. the clerk: mrs. blackburn, no. the clerk: ms. duckworth, aye. the clerk: ms. baldwin, aye. mr. welch, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. paul, no. ms. smith, aye. the clerk: mr. grassley, no. the clerk: mr. ricketts, no. mr. king, aye. ms. hassan, aye. the clerk: mr. cornyn, no. mr. casey, aye. mrs. britt, no. ms. warren, aye. mr. lankford, no. mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: mrs. capito, no. the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: ms. cantwell, aye. mr. wyden, aye. mr. moran, no. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye. the clerk: mr. wicker, no. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. the clerk: mr. carper, aye. mr. kennedy, no. mr. barrasso, no. mr. coons, aye. mr. romney, no. mr. warnock, aye. the clerk: mr. marshall, no. mr. ossoff, aye. mrs. shaheen, aye. mr. cotton, no. the clerk: ms. lummis, no. the clerk: mr. merkley, aye, ms. hirono, aye. mr. lee, no. ms. klobuchar, aye. mr. brown, aye. the clerk: ms. sinema, aye. mr. peters, aye. mr. risch, no. the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. the clerk: mr. rounds, no. the clerk: mr. kaine, aye. the clerk: mr. rubio,

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mr. johnson: i do, so help me god. mr. rogers: congratulations, >> let your mike johnson said we went through a little bit of suffering and character building but are ready to deliver results to the american people. this is just over 10 minutes. >> on behalf of the house republican conference, we are unified and so proud to have elected mike johnson as speaker of the people's house. as many of you heard and the american people heard, i meant every word that i said on the house floor, i've had the opportunity to work with mike johnson as vice chair and i was so humbled and honored to nominate him. mike epitomizes servant leadership. he is humble, but he is strong. he is well respected, not only across this conference but across this great nation. and we know this. we know that we were sent here on behalf of the american people to serve as their voice, to stand up for them to push back on the failed far left agenda of single party democrat rule led by joe biden. so we are here unified in strength to reopen the people's house

mr. johnson. mr. kaine. mr. kelly. mr. kennedy. mr. king. ms. klobuchar. mr. lankford. mr. lee. mr.s. lummis. mr. manchin. mr. markey. mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. mr. menendez. mr. merkley. mr. moran. mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters. mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch. mr. romney. ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. rubio. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. ms. sinema. ms. smith. ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. vote: vote: the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative, baldwin, bennet, cantwell. carper, cornyn, fetterman, graham, king, menendez, merkley, padilla, peters, reed, rounds, welch, wyden. mr. budd, aye. senators voting in the negative, blackburn, britt, daines, johnson, marshall, ricketts, schmitt, scott of florida. mr. coons, aye. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. mrs.

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mr. johnson. mr. johnson: thank you, mr. chairman. mr. sobolewski. your experience is one that is a fear that many people walk around with daily and hope they will not have to be the actual victim. soy appreciate you coming and sharing your harrowing experience and i'm sorry that that happened to you and that the person who did that was insufficiently punished. and mr. jablonski. same sentiment for you, i've thought about what i would do if i had been in the restaurant, just me and you and that guy and what i would have done, would i have come to your assistance? would i have been as brave as your little son to stand there, you know, he couldn't do anything. i wonder what i would do in that situation. i'm glad you made it out of there ok and sorry you had to go through that. ms. richards, public safety ploark i'm very sorry you don't feel safe doing your job which is to help people. i'm very sorry about that. detective pemberton, thank you for your service. i understand that law enforcement is a difficult occupation and a lot of people decide to leav

mr. johnson, there is probably some kind of understanding regarding aid to ukraine. mr. johnson said he did. in principle , there is nothing against this, but there are certain buts, and in addition, i believe that it is still necessary to distinguish between the issue of assistance to us and israel, for example, what he is currently concentrating on. what, what he's proposing to delineate aid to ukraine and israel, i think that's bad, because it means that it's going to be all, all, you know, long drawn out, it's going to be looked at for a long time, separately, he, he will to say that let's first consider aid to israel, because this is the hottest place today, this is what is needed immediately, now, we will consider aid to ukraine later, that's about it. which he's probably trying to do, and that's bad, because it's just that decisions are going to be made later, and he will still be pressured by his far-right colleagues not to consider aid to ukraine at all, because they are against aid to ukraine, that is , it complicates the situation, but at least here he is after

mr. johnson, then surely there is some, some kind of understanding regarding aid for ukraine. mr. johnson said that he has nothing against it in principle, but there are certain buts and besides , he believes. that it is still necessary to distinguish between the issue of aid to us and israel, for example. what is the current focus of the situation? what, what he proposes to distinguish aid to ukraine and israel, i i think that's bad, because it means that it's going to be all, all, you know, it's going to be a long time, it's going to be a long time, it's going to be considered separately, he, he 's going to say, let's look at the aid to israel first, because it's today , this is the hottest place, it is necessary immediately , now, and we will consider the aid to ukraine later, this is roughly what he is probably trying to do, and it is bad, because simply decisions will be made later, and he will be pressured by everything one of his far-right colleagues, that he should not consider aid to ukraine at all, that's why that they are against aid to ukraine, that is, it complicates t

mr. johnson: thank you, steve, thank you tom and elise. this is an extraordinary team that's been assembled to serve the american people. steve scalise represents so much in our home state of louisiana, one of the things he truly represents is perseverance and hope. as he was talking here a moment ago i was reminded of the scripture that's suffering produces perseverance, perseverance produces character, character produces hope. what we need this this country is more hope. the people have lost their faith in our institutions. their faith is at an all-time low. one of the reasons they've lost it is because the congress over the years has not delivered for the american people well enough. we're in the majority right now. we've gone through a little bit of suffering. we've gone through a little bit of character building. you know what it's produced? more strength, more perseverance and a lot more hope. that's what we're about to deliver to the american people. we are going to speak, we're going to speak with clarity and conviction and consist

mr. johnson, no. the clerk: mr. peters, no. mr. grassley, no. the clerk: mr. hagerty, no. mr. scott of florida, no. the clerk: ms. smith, no. mr. sanders, aye. ms. murkowski, no. the clerk: mr. van hollen, no. mr. blumenthal, no. the clerk: mr. cramer, no. the clerk: mr. casey, no. mr. welch, aye. ms. lummis, no. the clerk: mr. heinrich, no. the clerk: mr. budd, no. the clerk: mr. daines, no. mr. schmitt, no. mr. tester, no. mr. kaine, aye. mr. bennet, no. the clerk: mr. ricketts, no. mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: mr. kennedy, aye. mr. merkley, aye. the clerk: mr. cruz, no. the clerk: ms. hirono, no. the clerk: mr. warnock, no. the clerk: mr. manchin, no. the clerk: mrs. blackburn, no. mr. hickenlooper, no. mr. cassidy, no. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. mr. braun, aye. the clerk: mrs. britt, no. the clerk: mr. tuberville, no. the clerk: mr. schumer, no. mr. fetterman, no. the clerk: ms. cortez masto, no. mr. brown, no. the clerk: mr. vance, aye. the clerk: mr. menendez, no. the presiding officer: the yeas are 11, the nays are 86. the motion is not agreed to. the senator from in

mr. johnson, aye. mr. lujan, no. the clerk: mr. manchin, no. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, no.he clerk: mr. sanders, no. vote: the clerk: mr. mcconnell, aye. the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, no. the presiding officer: have all senators voted? does any senator wish to change his or her vote? if not, the yeas are 47. the nays are 51. the amendment is not agreed to. mr. kennedy: madam president. the presiding officer: the junior senator from louisiana. mr. kennedy: madam president, i ask unanimous consent that there be up to six minutes of debate equally divided prior to the scheduled roll call vote. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. kennedy: thank you, madam president. madam president, i call up my amendment 1354 and ask that it be reported by number. the presiding officer: the senate will be in order. the clerk will report by number. the clerk: the senator from louisiana mr. kennedy proposes amendment number 1354 to amendment number 1092. mr. kennedy: madam president, before i explain my amendment, i would like to yield 30 seconds to my good friend senator tester mr. tes

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johnson. i'd like to see what mr. tiffany's role was in the insurrection other than voting against certifying the election, and what he sees as the long-term outcome of being an election denier and tying the republican party's hopes to someone who supported the fourth string candidate when he stepped out of his fraud trial in new york the other day. thank you. host: mississippi, democratic caller. hi, kathleen. caller: i was sorry to hear about the people in maine. i'm sorry to hear about the people in galveston. i'm sorry to hear about all 50 states. georgia, south carolina north carolina, we don't know what is going on. we have to vote. i hope everybody gets out and votes because we don't want to go down in destruction. it's sad. i feel sorry for us. host: all right, kathleen. david, florida, republican. hi, david. david in crestview. we are listening to you. caller: yes. i want to say that the idea of taking the cap office social security is probably the best way to approach the problem because our wages have gone

mr. jeffries: johnson does have a working relationship with many of the house judiciary committee. interestingly enough including progressive members who serve on the house judiciary committee, interpersonally and the fact that he at least communicates with members on our side of the aisle in his role as high ranking member on the house judiciary committee and will translate in moving forward. >> one more question and then talk about other things, you mentioned you have a history on the judiciary. is there anything in policy that you think you could work with him on when he becomes speaker while you are working under this governing agreement. president biden spoke out about calling for a program and funding to deal with these two wars that the u.s. has interest in ukraine and israel. is this something -- when you get a speaker, speaker needs to deal with and will you have a vote? mr. jeffries: in possible areas of common ground, he did support the house democratic negotiated u.s.-mexico, canada trade agreement supported by the afl-cio and chamber of commerce and building upon some

mr. jeffries: johnson does have a working relationship with many of the house judiciary committee. interestingly enough including progressive members who serve on the house judiciary committee, interpersonally and the fact that he at least communicates with members on our side of the aisle in his role as high ranking member on the house judiciary committee and will translate in moving forward. >> one more question and then talk about other things, you mentioned you have a history on the judiciary. is there anything in policy that you think you could work with him on when he becomes speaker while you are working under this governing agreement. president biden spoke out about calling for a program and funding to deal with these two wars that the u.s. has interest in ukraine and israel. is this something -- when you get a speaker, speaker needs to deal with and will you have a vote? mr. jeffries: in possible areas of common ground, he did support the house democratic negotiated u.s.-mexico, canada trade agreement supported by the afl-cio and chamber of commerce and building upon some

mr. johnson by any chance trying to address the growing national debt? thank you very much. have a nice day. host: before you answer the question, have republicans ever crossed out a vote for a democratic nominee of the speaker of the house? guest: they did not cross the aisle for hakeem jeffries to his nomination for speaker. host: is this traditionally a party-line vote? guest: it is traditionally a party-line vote. it is something that is seen as one of those lines i generally do not. to the point that the caller asked about the national debt, johnson is a fiscal conservative. he is someone who has drawn the support of those hard right members who have made it very clear that they want to see the national debt addressed. we could see -- expecting to make that a serious priority under his role as speaker. he said his plan to bring forth a bipartisan congress to get both artist working together to address the issue. host: mary lou langley connecticut -- mary lou in connecticut. independent. mary lou, are you with this? independent. one last call for nearly. mary lou. karen.

mr. johnson's favor when it comes to that, saying that johnson has a good chance of getting to 217 after former speaker kevin mccarthy he may be the best position of any house republican to do so. he can lose only four votes but he can make it. house majority leader steve scalise and judiciary chair jim jordan have offered support. three gop lawmakers voted present last night in a private gop only roll call vote. there were only 23 -- there were 23 absences. this is where johnson's problems will be, if he has any. some may be holdouts, but there was an event last night that some gop lawmakers attended instead of the vote. if republicans cannot elect johnson as speaker, the game is up. moderate republicans will go to the floor and join with democrats to elect patrick mchenry. the house has been without a speaker for 22 days. members are fed up with the paralysis, the lack of a speaker, and the process over the last three weeks affects you as far as how you view congress and how it operates. you can let us know. (202) 748-8001 for republicans. democrats, (202) 748-8000. independents, (202)

mr. johnson. he is really a surrogate for trump. s in the judiciary, you should see what he does, just like mr. jordan but a little smoother and with a smile. he tries to undermine our faith in our institutions in order to make trump successful in his run for president. it is mighty scary, and i just hope and pray that the republican caucus sees this for what it is and saves us from going to the brink of destroying our democracy. >> so much more we can talk about on this, but running out of time, i gotta thank you, pennsylvania congresswoman madeleine dean, appreciate you being here. now, ali maybe on vacation. but he left us a little something before he took off. up next, we have the latest on the meaning of the velshi banned book club. with florida overtaking texas as the state with the most book bans, ali had the opportunity to speak with two others who are joining forces with nearly two dozen other rioters to stop that. i'm charles coleman junior of. and while she will be right back on the other side of the spray. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ this

mr. johnson that his arguments were unconstitutional.sswoman liz cheney also a lawyer called the brief embarrassing. a very conservative supreme court agreed with them. they threw the lawsuit out. boating rights attorney marc elias characterized in this way. other than events that took place on january six, the texas case was the most profoundly anti-democratic act in the postelection period. that is what mike johnson was rallying republican support for. the most profoundly anti-democratic act in the postelection period. and that was after johnson served as part of donald trump's defense team in the house during trump's first impeachment hearing, and after he tried to expunge both trump impeachments. and then the run johnson's positions before he even entered congress. new york times congressional correspondent andy carney reports that when mike johnson was an attorney for the conservative legal group the alliance defense fund, johnson spoke out against homosexuality, calling it an inherently unnatural, and a dangerous lifestyle. he link