- Rep. Mike Johnson stated to The New York Times that he has never supported false claims about mass voter fraud.
- He has made past statements about “credible claims of fraud” as well as “rigged” voting machines in interviews.
- Johnson provided the GOP with a defense that didn’t rely upon extreme allegations in order to reject the 2020 election.
Louisiana Congressman, who is responsible for one of Republicans’ most important defenses against denial of legitimacy of 2020 election, said that he has never supported mass voter fraud claims. According to The New York Times.
Rep. Mike Johnson said in an interview with the newspaper that he has never supported some of Trump’s more extreme allegations of voter corruption, such as claims of illegal votes or rigged elections.
Johnson said that Johnson never egged him on any of it. Johnson stated that he has never been in the other camp at any time.
He said that he felt like a lonely wolf in the wild, and that he didn’t need to worry about anything. “They violated our Constitution!”
Johnson stated that Johnson had previously said a conservative talk radio showThere were “credible claims of fraud and regularity.” The Times reported that Johnson believed there was fraud. “A lot of merit”To claim that the voting machines were “rigged.”
The Times reported that the lawmaker was a prominent figure because he provided Republicans with a better lawyerly defense for casting doubts on the 2020 election vote, without having to accept Trump’s extreme claims or even admit the election result.
Reminding his Republican colleagues about his background as a constitutional lawyer, Johnson pointed to what he called a “third option” — object to how some states made changes to election procedures that aimed to make voting easier during the pandemic, such as modifications to early-voting or mail-in ballot rules, without getting approval from the state legislature.
The Times reported that nearly three quarters of the 139 House Republicans who voted against the Electoral College count rely on Johnson’s reasoning in their formal statements.
Johnson spokeswoman did not immediately reply to our request for comment.
