{"id":1048302,"date":"2024-09-25T17:29:43","date_gmt":"2024-09-25T21:29:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1048302"},"modified":"2024-09-25T17:29:44","modified_gmt":"2024-09-25T21:29:44","slug":"%f0%9f%9a%a8-speaker-maga-mike-johnson-wont-commit-to-accepting-and-certifying-novembers-election-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/%f0%9f%9a%a8-speaker-maga-mike-johnson-wont-commit-to-accepting-and-certifying-novembers-election-results\/","title":{"rendered":"\ud83d\udea8 Speaker MAGA Mike Johnson Won\u2019t Commit to Accepting and Certifying November\u2019s Election Results"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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In response to Speaker MAGA Mike Johnson refusing to commit to accepting this November\u2019s election results, <\/em>DNC Rapid Response Director Alex Floyd released the following statement: <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMAGA Mike Johnson was a key architect of Donald Trump\u2019s efforts to overturn the last election, and now he\u2019s laying the groundwork to do the same thing all over again if Trump loses this November. Johnson has made it clear he has no regrets about his election denier track record and said he would do the \u2018exact same thing today\u2019 \u2013 but voters are having none of it, and will stop Trump and Johnson\u2019s attacks on our democracy at the ballot box this November.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

NEW: Speaker MAGA Mike Johnson refused to commit to accepting this November\u2019s election results.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pablo Manr\u00edquez, Vanity Fair<\/a>: \u201cMr. Speaker, do you commit to observing regular order in the certification process of the 2024 election, even if Harris beats Trump?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Johnson: \u201cWell of course \u2013 if we have a free, fair, and safe election, we’re gonna follow the Constitution.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

MSNBC<\/a>: \u201cOn certifying election results, Speaker Johnson offers a big \u2018if\u2019\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mediaite<\/a>: \u201cMike Johnson Gives Conditional Answer When Asked If He\u2019d Certify Kamala Harris Victory Over Trump\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Johnson has said he does not regret his role as a key \u201c<\/strong>architect<\/strong><\/a>\u201d of the effort to overturn the 2020 election results \u2013 and said he would do the \u201cexact same thing today.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ryan Lizza, Politico<\/a>: \u201cOne of the biggest sources of friction in the country is the aftermath of the 2020 election and January 6th. Do you have any regrets about the role that you played after the 2020 presidential election<\/strong>, including the amicus brief in support of Texas\u2019 lawsuit challenging the election results?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Johnson: \u201cNo, I don\u2019t. \u2026 you asked me if I regret that? I don\u2019t. I would do the exact same thing today if the circumstances were presented.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lizza: \u201cSo if you were speaker on January 6, 2021, would you have done anything differently?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Johnson: \u201cI don\u2019t know. \u2026 I\u2019m not sure what I would have done at that point.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Washington Post<\/a>: \u201cJohnson played one of the most significant roles of any member of Congress in the effort to overturn the election.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

HuffPost<\/a>: \u201cJohnson, a former lawyer, led an amicus brief signed by over 100 Republican members of Congress backing a flawed Texas lawsuit that asked the Supreme Court to overturn the 2020 election. He also played a key role in crafting the rationale that many of his GOP colleagues used in justifying their votes to throw out the 2020 election results \u2015 even just hours after the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Johnson urged supporters to \u201cfight\u201d on the morning of January 6 and continues to downplay the riot and prevent those who violently attacked law enforcement from being charged.<\/strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Johnson<\/a> on January 6, 2021: \u201cWe MUST fight<\/strong> for election integrity, the Constitution, and the preservation of our republic! It will be my honor to help lead that fight in the Congress today.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Louisiana Illuminator<\/a>: \u201cJohnson, who is close to Trump, did not acknowledge that the people who attacked the Capitol were the president\u2019s supporters. He told a reporter that he thought there was a possibly a \u2018big mix of people involved in this.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2018I don\u2019t think President Trump is any more responsible for what happened at the Capitol today than the congressmen of Portland are responsible for what happened there,\u2019 said Johnson, referring to some violence that erupted in Oregon over the summer. \u2018What caused [the Capitol riot] is the same thing that has caused all the unrest over the last many months.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2021<\/a>: Johnson voted against creating an independent commission to investigate the January 6 attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NBC News<\/a>: \u201cSpeaker Mike Johnson says he’s blurring Jan. 6 footage so rioters don’t get charged\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Raw Story<\/a>: \u201cMike Johnson says Jan. 6 rioters just ‘happened to be walking through the building’\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

REMINDER: Donald Trump is still pushing baseless lies about his loss by over 7 million votes in the 2020 election.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Associated Press<\/a>: \u201c[Trump] is flooding the airwaves and his social media platform with distortions, misinformation and unfounded conspiracy theories about his defeat.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

NBC News<\/a>: \u201cRe-litigating the 2020 election, repeating false claims it was stolen and casting aspersions on the security of mail voting remain major fixtures for [Trump] on the stump.<\/strong> \u2026 He regularly refers to the 2020 election as \u2018rigged\u2019 on his social media channels.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump continues to praise and promise pardons for the violent insurrectionists he rallied to storm the Capitol on January 6, calling them \u201chostages\u201d and \u201cpatriots.\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Washington Post<\/a>: \u201cTrump vows pardons, government apology to Capitol rioters if elected\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rachel Scott, ABC News<\/a>: \u201c140 police officers were assaulted [on January 6].<\/strong> Their injuries included broken bones, at least one officer lost an eye, one had two cracked ribs, two smashed spinal discs, another had a stroke. Were the people who assaulted those 140 officers, including those I just mentioned, \u2018patriots\u2019 who deserve pardons?\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[Trump refuses to answer]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scott: \u201cBut sir, my question is on those rioters who assaulted officers. Would you pardon those people?\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Donald Trump: \u201cOh absolutely I would. <\/strong>If they\u2019re innocent, I would pardon them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scott: \u201cThey\u2019ve been convicted.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump<\/a>: \u201cThose people were treated very harshly\u2026 nobody was killed on January 6. But I think that the people of January 6 were treated very unfairly<\/strong>\u2026 they were there to complain about an election, and you know it\u2019s very interesting, the biggest crowd I\u2019ve ever spoken to.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Hill<\/a>: \u201cTrump describes imprisoned Jan. 6 rioters as \u2018hostages\u2019\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

TIME<\/a>: \u201cTrump has sought to recast the insurrectionist riot as an act of patriotism. \u2018I call them the J-6 patriots,\u2019<\/strong> Trump tells TIME. When asked whether he would consider pardoning every one of them, he says: \u2018Yes, absolutely.\u2019\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump<\/a>: \u201cJanuary 6, it was the largest crowd I\u2019ve ever spoken to. And they were there proud, they were there with love in their heart. That was an unbelievable \u2014 and it was a beautiful day.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump has threatened political violence and warned of a \u201cbloodbath\u201d if he loses in November, and he is vowing to be a dictator on \u201cday one\u201d if he wins.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Associated Press<\/a>: \u201cTrump threatens to jail adversaries in escalating rhetoric ahead of pivotal debate\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN<\/a>: \u201cMany people have lost American presidential elections over the last 230 years \u2013 Trump is the only one to say about violence if he loses \u2018it depends.\u2019\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Atlantic<\/a>: \u201cTrump Says He\u2019ll Be a Dictator on \u2018Day One\u2019\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

NBC News<\/a>: \u201cTrump says there will be a \u2018bloodbath\u2019 if he loses the election\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Associated Press<\/a>: \u201cTrump declines to rule out abusing power to seek retribution if he returns to the White House\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Washington Post<\/a>: \u201cTrump calls political enemies \u2018vermin,\u2019 echoing dictators Hitler, Mussolini\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Guardian<\/a>: \u201cDonald Trump says he will lock up his political enemies if he is president again.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In response to Speaker MAGA Mike Johnson refusing to commit to accepting this November\u2019s election results, DNC Rapid Response Director Alex Floyd released the following statement:  \u201cMAGA Mike Johnson was a key architect of Donald Trump\u2019s efforts to overturn the last election, and now he\u2019s laying the groundwork to do the same thing all over again […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1048302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n\ud83d\udea8 Speaker MAGA Mike Johnson Won\u2019t Commit to Accepting and Certifying November\u2019s Election Results - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/\ud83d\udea8-speaker-maga-mike-johnson-wont-commit-to-accepting-and-certifying-novembers-election-results\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-09-25T21:29:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-09-25T21:29:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image.png?w=1024\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"6 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/%f0%9f%9a%a8-speaker-maga-mike-johnson-wont-commit-to-accepting-and-certifying-novembers-election-results\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/%f0%9f%9a%a8-speaker-maga-mike-johnson-wont-commit-to-accepting-and-certifying-novembers-election-results\/\",\"name\":\"\ud83d\udea8 Speaker MAGA Mike Johnson Won\u2019t Commit to Accepting and Certifying November\u2019s Election Results - 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