ICYMI: Johnson Admits GOP Will Treat (Red) States Differently If Elections Are Nationalized

Washington, D.C. – Yesterday, President Trump voted by mail in Florida’s special election despite opposing mail-in voting and calling it “rigged.” Today, U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson was asked how to square those conflicting actions. 

Johnson parroted Trump’s talking points, and admitted that – if the federal government was given greater control over elections, as the SAVE and SAVE America Act would – different states could be treated differently. 

Watch the interaction HERE.

Reporter: President Trump has railed against mail-in  voting as rigged, he said it’s a form of cheating as recently as Monday. He’s also called on Congress to do away with… mail-in voting in certain circumstances. But in yesterday’s special election in Florida, he voted by mail. How do you square those two statements? 

Johnson: Look, I think some states have handled mail-in balloting well. I think Florida is a good example of that… they don’t allow fraud. They have great systems. I mean, I was talking yesterday to Laurel Lee, one of our colleagues here in the House and she used to help run elections in the State of Florida and she talked about how many great processes they have in place to ensure that you don’t have a lot of fraud. But that is not true in other parts of the country, and that is the concern. Especially in a state like CA or states where they just send mail-in ballots to everyone for no reason whatsoever. [...]