The statement in Johnson’s latest fundraising email was presumably made in error.
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The new House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) told potential donors in an email sent out this week that he refuses to put “people over politics” — an odd admission that may well have been a typo amid a flurry of other bold claims, including that he is “next bogeyman” of the “liberal media” — as Johnson grapples with his first full week as Speaker.Key Facts
Johnson’s campaign wrote “I refuse to put people over politics,” in the email to his supporters that also says he wants to “put Americans FIRST” and accuses “the woke, liberal agenda” of putting “Americans LAST.”
The email comes on the heels of his first week as speaker, which he equated Thursday to “an F5 hurricane” (though the F5 rating system is used for tornadoes), as the House voted on several noteworthy pieces of legislation and began debate on a new spending plan ahead of a November 17 government shutdown deadline.
Johnson’s fundraising email also referenced attacks from Democrats throughout the past week, including a fundraising email from President Joe Biden’s re-election campaign that calls him “a Trump lackey” and “Jim Jordan in a sports coat,” referring to the Ohio Republican congressman and failed speaker candidate who is a close ally of former President Donald Trump.
