Mike Johnson Hit With Brutal Fact-Check After Bragging About How Many Bills House Republicans Have Passed So Far

Mike Johnson slapped with 'brutal' community note gutting his brag

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) tried bragging about how productive Congress has been under GOP leadership, only for X's community notes to call him out.In a Friday post, the account for the MeidasTouch political news network pointed out a "brutal community note" that appeared below one of Johnson's posts.In Johnson's post, he boasted that "House Republicans passed over 70 bills this week alone," and touted that the number "adds to our total o…

Mike Johnson Hit With Brutal Fact-Check After Bragging About How Many Bills House Republicans Have Passed So Far

House Speaker Mike Johnson was swiftly fact-checked after he claimed that Republicans have accomplished much more in Congress than they actually have.Johnson's claim came after he declared an early recess and closed the House early so lawmakers could campaign for the upcoming midterm elections. The move was criticized by his GOP colleague Thomas Massie, who had proposed a resolution to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over the war in Iran …

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Trump +15 district: Mike Johnson, of course, sent the House home for 50 days rather than lose a vote on Massie’s privileged resolution before the November…