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House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) said that recent anti-GOP protests at various town halls were “paid” for by Democrats.
Johnson made his claim during an interview with Kaitlan Collins on CNN.
“The videos you saw of the town halls were for paid protesters in many of those places,” Johnson said. “These are Democrats who went to the events early and filled up the seats.”
Collins said that Johnson could not “argue they were all paid protesters,” adding that a “Republican acknowledged they were his constituents.”
“One Republican acknowledged they were … constituents. That’s fantastic, OK, but they had Democrats come and fill the seats early, all right?” Johnson shot back. “This is an old playbook that they pulled out and ran, and it made it look like that what is happening in Washington is unpopular.”
Johnson further said that the American people are behind President Trump’s legislative agenda.
As noted by The Hill, Johnson issued his comment “after the House GOP narrowly passed its budget blueprint, which would stave off a government shutdown next month and advance Trump’s priorities forward.”
Rep. Glenn Grothman (R-Wis.) was
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