For weeks in late 2020 and early 2021, Mike Johnson (R-LA) had been inventing reasons for other Republican Congressmen to defy their oath of Office.
In early December 2020, the Texas attorney general filed a long-shot appeal citing an array of unproven claims of fraud and other irregularities and asking the U.S. Supreme Court to invalidate the Pennsylvania results on similar constitutional grounds.
Johnson drafted a supporting brief that focused on the constitutional argument. As chairman of the Republican Study Committee, he pushed its members to sign the brief, and he also wrote an email to all Republican lawmakers warning in bold red letters that Mr. Trump would be tracking their response. “He said he will be anxiously awaiting the final list to review,” Johnson wrote.
Decent Americans will draw a line at those who attempt to destroy democracy.
The selection of Mike Johnson for Speaker of the House will not bode well for Republicans in 2024.
