Democrats are appalled by much of Mike Johnson's record. But they say they have to find a way to look past his extremist beliefs.
, it wasn’t inevitable that the search for a new speaker would end with Republicans accepting—even eagerly embracing—the lie thatDemocrats told The Daily Beast Wednesday they have no choice but to work with Johnson, noting that McCarthy wasn’t exactly a moderate himself—and also has his own history of undermining the 2020 election and sanitizing Trump after Jan. 6.Certainly, nearly every Democrat finds Johnson’s own views more extreme than his predecessor’s.
In Johnson’s case, he was able to use his election-denying history as a rallying cry. When Democrats and the press began questioning his role in trying to overturn the 2020 election, Republicans closed ranks around him. Should Johnson remain the Speaker through the 2024 election, his approach to the 2020 election—which saw him discount the will of voters and an abundance of facts about the fairness of the election in order to keep Trump in power—will be anything but a relic of the past.
“We believe that when people go vote, their will should be respected. There are a number of Republicans that don't appear to have that view,” Lieu told the Daily Beast. “And so I hope the American people consider that when they themselves go vote over next year.” “There were a few House leaders who really distinguished themselves for the aggressiveness with which they pushed the big lie among their colleagues in the House, in litigation. Johnson was among the leaders of that pack,” said Rep. Adam Schiff , who served on the special committee investigating Jan. 6.
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