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Trump, he believes, is an institutionalist. He doesnt articulate it in the same way that some old constitutional-law nerds would, he said, but thats what he is.
In his lawsuit challengingly the Pennsylvania vote in the election in 2020, he signed onto a brief with this statement in it
Our Country stands at an important crossroads. Either the Constitution matters and must be followed, even when some officials consider it inconvenient or out of date, or it is simply a piece of parchment on display at the National Archives.
Why Representative Mike Johnson Thinks That the Election Isnt Over
New Yorker December 15, 2020
https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/why-representative-mike-johnson-thinks-that-the-election-isnt-over
He also said
I dont see a grand conspiracy, he said in the middle of that month. What I see is a lot of chaos and confusion across the land, and the result is that this election will have this giant question mark hanging over it. I saw a new poll: a huge amount of the country doubts the election and thinks it was stolen from Donald Trump. Thirty-six percent of registered voters in America believe the election was stolen. That is a problem. Whether it was stolen or not, the fact that such a huge swath of the country believes that it was is something that should keep all of us up at night.
niyad
(133,024 posts)title did warn me.
bronxiteforever
(11,212 posts)At every turn the GOP gets more hateful and nuttier at the same time.
niyad
(133,024 posts)when I read "t#### articulates".
Historic NY
(40,085 posts)niyad
(133,024 posts)bronxiteforever
(11,212 posts)He declined to answer a question Tuesday night about his role in objecting to the 2020 results. The assembled lawmakers standing behind him booed the reporter who asked it.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/25/politics/mike-johnson-speaker-what-matters/index.html
What do you think he believes now?
Johonny
(26,336 posts)Only if Biden did. The 2020 election was tainted, but not all the seats we won in Congress. Just the presidential election. I love how that logic works out.
LetMyPeopleVote
(180,607 posts)Qutzupalotl
(15,833 posts)Could it be because ASSHOLES LIKE YOU KEEP TELLING THEM IT WAS.
